Senate Bill 622 (2025) - The Florida Senate

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CS/CS/SB 622: Jai Alai Permitholders

GENERAL BILL by Fiscal Policy ; Regulated Industries ; Rodriguez ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Calatayud

Jai Alai Permitholders; Authorizing holders of valid pari-mutuel permits to lease certain facilities to any other holder of the same pari-mutuel permit or to any jai alai permitholder when located within a specified radius of each other; authorizing such lessees to apply for a certain license; prohibiting such lessees from operating a cardroom or slot machine at the leased facility, etc.

Effective Date: 7/1/2025
Last Action: 4/29/2025 House - In Messages
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF

Senate Committee References:

Regulated Industries (RI)
Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government (AEG)
Fiscal Policy (FP)

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Bill History

Date	Chamber	Action
2/11/2025	Senate	• Filed
2/20/2025	Senate	• Referred to Regulated Industries; Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government; Fiscal Policy
3/4/2025	Senate	• Introduced
3/20/2025	Senate	• On Committee agenda-- Regulated Industries, 03/25/25, 4:00 pm, 412 Knott Building
3/25/2025	Senate	• CS by Regulated Industries; YEAS 8 NAYS 0
3/27/2025	Senate	• Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute) • Now in Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government
4/2/2025	Senate	• CS by Regulated Industries read 1st time
4/10/2025	Senate	• On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government, 04/15/25, 12:30 pm, 412 Knott Building
4/15/2025	Senate	• Favorable by Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government; YEAS 12 NAYS 0 • Now in Fiscal Policy
4/17/2025	Senate	• On Committee agenda-- Fiscal Policy, 04/22/25, 11:00 am, 412 Knott Building
4/22/2025	Senate	• CS/CS by- Fiscal Policy; YEAS 18 NAYS 0
4/23/2025	Senate	• Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute) • Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading • CS/CS by Fiscal Policy read 1st time
4/29/2025	Senate	• Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/29/25 • Read 2nd time -SJ 635 • Read 3rd time -SJ 635 • CS passed; YEAS 37 NAYS 1 -SJ 635
4/29/2025	House	• In Messages

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CS/CS/SB 622, Committee Substitute 2 (Current Bill Version) Posted 4/23/2025 at 8:20 AM

Bill Text:	Web Page \| PDF

Analyses:	None

Related Bills (2)

Bill Number	Subject	Filed By	Relationship	Last Action and Location	Track Bills
H 709 (c1)	Jai Alai Permitholders	Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee	Similar	Last Action: 4/11/2025 H Added to Commerce Committee agenda
H 1467 (e1)	Gambling	Commerce Committee	Compare	Last Action: 4/28/2025 S Received

Floor Votes (1)

Date	Chamber	Result
4/29/2025 3:58 PM	Senate	37 Yeas - 1 Nays

Citations - Statutes (1)

Citation	Catchline	Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
550.475	Lease of pari-mutuel facilities by pari-mutuel permitholders.	Page 1 (pdf)

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CS/SB 622, Committee Substitute 1 Posted 3/27/2025 at 2:37 PM

Bill Text:	Web Page \| PDF

Analyses:	Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government (Pre-Meeting) 4/14/2025 (pdf) Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government (Post-Meeting) 4/15/2025 (pdf) Fiscal Policy (Pre-Meeting) 4/21/2025 (pdf) Fiscal Policy (Post-Meeting) 4/22/2025 (pdf)

Related Bills (2)

Bill Number	Subject	Filed By	Relationship	Last Action and Location	Track Bills
H 709 (c1)	Jai Alai Permitholders	Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee	Compare	Last Action: 4/11/2025 H Added to Commerce Committee agenda
H 1467 (c1)	Gambling	Commerce Committee	Compare	Last Action: 4/28/2025 S Received

Committee Amendments (2)

Amendment	Sponsor	Filed	Last Committee Action	Format
725608 - Amendment (Delete All) Delete everything after the enacting clause and insert:	Fiscal Policy (Rodriguez)	4/18/2025 3:03 PM	Replaced by Committee Substitute 4/22/2025	Web Page PDF
669490 - Amendment to Amendment (725608) Delete lines 10 - 18 and insert:	Fiscal Policy (Rodriguez)	4/21/2025 4:26 PM	Replaced by Committee Substitute 4/22/2025	Web Page PDF

Committee Votes (2)

Date	Committee	Result
4/15/2025 12:30 PM	Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government	12 Yeas - 0 Nays
4/22/2025 11:00 AM	Fiscal Policy	18 Yeas - 0 Nays

Citations - Statutes (3)

Citation	Catchline	Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
550.054	Application for permit to conduct pari-mutuel wagering.	Page 2 (pdf)
550.475	Lease of pari-mutuel facilities by pari-mutuel permitholders.	Page 1 (pdf)
550.615	Intertrack wagering.	Page 3 (pdf)

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SB 622, Original Filed Version Posted 2/11/2025 at 10:49 AM

Bill Text:	Web Page \| PDF

Analyses:	Regulated Industries (Pre-Meeting) 3/24/2025 (pdf) Regulated Industries (Post-Meeting) 3/27/2025 (pdf)

Related Bills (1)

Bill Number	Subject	Filed By	Relationship	Last Action and Location	Track Bills
H 709 (c1)	Jai Alai Permitholders	Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee	Compare	Last Action: 4/11/2025 H Added to Commerce Committee agenda

Committee Amendments (1)

Amendment	Sponsor	Filed	Last Committee Action	Format
469630 - Amendment Delete lines 20 - 26 and insert:	Regulated Industries (Rodriguez)	3/20/2025 3:07 PM	Replaced by Committee Substitute 3/25/2025	Web Page PDF

Committee Votes (1)

Date	Committee	Result
3/25/2025 4:00 PM	Regulated Industries	8 Yeas - 0 Nays

Citations - Statutes (3)

Citation	Catchline	Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
550.054	Application for permit to conduct pari-mutuel wagering.	Page 2 (pdf)
550.475	Lease of pari-mutuel facilities by pari-mutuel permitholders.	Page 1 (pdf)
550.615	Intertrack wagering.	Page 3 (pdf)

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