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IntroducedJan 09, 2026
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Passed SenateMar 06, 2026
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Passed HouseMar 11, 2026
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Became Law
Florida Senate Bill
Illegal Gaming; Repealing a provision relating to penalties and violations related to illegal gambling; authorizing a person who is ineligible for employment with the commission to submit a waiver request to the commission asking to be considered eligible for employment if the person possesses certain expertise or experience; revising the standards of conduct for current and former commissioners and employees of the commission; authorizing a slot machine licensee to apply to the commission to change the location of its designated slot machine gaming area under certain circumstances; providing criminal penalties for persons who stake, bet, or wager any money or other thing of value upon the result of certain games, contests, matches, races, or sports if such persons have knowledge that the outcome of the games, contests, matches, races, or sports is prearranged or predetermined; revising the criminal penalties for persons who rent or lease a house for gambling purposes, etc.
Last Action See all actions
Senate • Mar 11, 2026: In returning messages
Latest Bill Text See all bill texts
Summary
Comments on SB 1580
Tweets
Whip Lists
Sponsors
- Rulesprimary
- Regulated Industriesprimary

Votes
YES: 82
- Abbott
- Oliver
- Albert
- Esposito
- Overdorf
- Alvarez, D.
- Fabricio
- Owen
- Partington
- Anderson
- Perez
- Andrade
- Garrison
- Persons-Mulicka
- Plakon
- Gerwig
- Baker
- Giallombardo
- Porras
- Bankson
- Gonzalez Pittman
- Barnaby
- Gossett-Seidman
- Redondo
- Rizo
- Basabe
- Greco
- Benarroch
- Griffitts
- Robinson, W.
- Berfield
- Grow
- Black
- Salzman
- Blanco
- Sapp
- Booth
- Shoaf
- Borrero
- Hodgers
- Sirois
- Botana
- Holcomb
- Boyles
- Smith
- Brackett
- Jacques
- Snyder
- Brannan
- Johnson
- Buchanan
- Stark
- Busatta
- Kendall
- Steele
- Kincart Jonsson
- Canady
- Koster
- Cassel
- LaMarca
- Tomkow
- Chamberlin
- Trabulsy
- López, J.
- Tramont
- Chaney
- Maggard
- Tuck
- Cobb
- Maney
- Conerly
- McClure
- Weinberger
- McFarland
- Melo
- Yarkosky
- Michael
- Yeager
- Miller
- Duggan
- Mooney
- Nix
NO: 31
Actions
- Mar 11, 2026 | Senate
- In returning messages
- Mar 11, 2026 | House
- Read 2nd time
- Amendment 409731 adopted
- Added to Third Reading Calendar
- Read 3rd time
- CS passed as amended; YEAS 82, NAYS 31
- Mar 10, 2026 | House
- Bill referred to House Calendar
- Bill added to Special Order Calendar (3/11/2026)
- 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2)
- Mar 06, 2026 | House
- In Messages
- Mar 06, 2026 | Senate
- Read 2nd time
- Read 3rd time
- CS passed; YEAS 34 NAYS 0
- Mar 04, 2026 | Senate
- Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
- Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/06/26
- CS/CS by Rules read 1st time
- Mar 03, 2026 | Senate
- CS/CS by- Rules; YEAS 21 NAYS 1
- Feb 26, 2026 | Senate
- On Committee agenda-- Rules, 03/03/26, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building
- Feb 25, 2026 | Senate
- Favorable by Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government; YEAS 8 NAYS 0
- Now in Rules
- Feb 20, 2026 | Senate
- On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government, 02/25/26, 1:30 pm, 412 Knott Building
- Feb 18, 2026 | Senate
- CS by Regulated Industries read 1st time
- Feb 12, 2026 | Senate
- Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
- Original reference(s) removed: Fiscal Policy
- Remaining references corrected to Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government; Rules
- Now in Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government
- Feb 10, 2026 | Senate
- CS by Regulated Industries; YEAS 9 NAYS 0
- Feb 05, 2026 | Senate
- On Committee agenda-- Regulated Industries, 02/10/26, 12:00 pm, 412 Knott Building
- Jan 22, 2026 | Senate
- Introduced
- Jan 16, 2026 | Senate
- Referred to Regulated Industries; Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government; Fiscal Policy
- Jan 09, 2026 | Senate
- Filed
Bill Texts
- S 1580 FiledHTML
- S 1580 c1HTML
- S 1580 c2HTML
- Committee Amendment 178928 (Replaced by Committee Substitute 2/10/2026) -- Regulated Industries (Martin)PDF
- Committee Amendment 287656 (Withdrawn 3/4/2026) -- Rules (Pizzo)PDF
- Committee Amendment 145382 (Replaced by Committee Substitute 3/4/2026) -- Rules (Pizzo)PDF
- Committee Amendment 587100 (Withdrawn 3/4/2026) -- Rules (Martin)PDF
- Committee Amendment 498764 (Replaced by Committee Substitute 3/4/2026) -- Rules (Martin)PDF
- Floor Strike All Amendment 409731 (House: Adopted 3/11/2026) -- TrabulsyPDF
Documents
- Bill Analysis -- Regulated Industries (Pre-Meeting) (2/9/2026 12:09 PM)
- Bill Analysis -- Regulated Industries (Post-Meeting) (2/12/2026 9:58 AM)
- Bill Analysis -- Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government (Pre-Meeting) (2/24/2026 2:00 PM)
- Bill Analysis -- Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government (Post-Meeting) (2/25/2026 4:41 PM)
- Bill Analysis -- Rules (Pre-Meeting) (3/2/2026 7:56 AM)
- Bill Analysis -- Rules (Post-Meeting) (3/4/2026 4:17 PM)
- House Message Summary -- Regulated Industries (3/12/2026 8:27 AM)
