2025 bills / S.B. 156
S.B. 156 Pari-mutuel Horse Racing (2025)
- Introduced
- Senate committee
- Senate vote (stopped here)
- House committee
- House vote
- Signed into law
What this bill does
The bill would create a state Pari-mutuel Horse Racing Commission that licenses and permits horse racing and betting, with county voter approval required before permits are issued there. It would also set rules on wagering, takeouts, bonds, fines, animal treatment, and horse identification, and require a state audit of the commission.
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Official description
- defines terms
- creates the Pari-mutuel Horse Racing Commission (commission)
- provides for the commission's membership, authority, and duties
- requires the state auditor to audit the commission's accounting
- allows the commission to issue licenses and permits for pari-mutuel events
- allows the commission to enforce fines and penalties for permit and license violations
- requires voters to approve pari-mutuel horse racing and wagering within a county before the commission issues permits in the county
- requires a permittee other than a political subdivision to post a bond or other financial assurance
- provides for simulcasting and advance deposit pari-mutuel wagering
- provides for takeouts of certain percentages from the winning wagers for certain purposes
- prohibits bribery, touting, and wagering involving minors
- requires the identification of horses
- prohibits certain treatment of animals in relation to pari-mutuel events
- creates restricted accounts
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Every vote
- 7 yes, 0 no, 1 absentSenate Business and Labor Committee: vote to change the bill · 2/14/2025 3:06 PMWho voted how
- 4 yes, 3 no, 1 absentSenate Business and Labor Committee: vote to approve it · 2/14/2025 3:07 PMWho voted how
- 13 yes, 14 no, 2 absentSenate vote, which failed · 3/5/2025 9:01 PMWho voted how