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CS/CS/HB 707: Fantasy Contests

GENERAL BILL by Finance and Tax Committee ; Business and Professions Subcommittee ; Gaetz ; Workman ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Moskowitz ; Young

Fantasy Contests; Provides requirements & procedures for operation of fantasy contests; requires fantasy contest operators to apply for licenses, pay specified fees, & provide specified information; directs DBPR's Division of Regulation to contract for services related to prevention of compulsive or addictive behavior; authorizes division to adopt rules; provides penalties; requires that provisions of chapter 849, F.S., relating to gambling offenses, do not apply to fantasy contest operators or "noncommercial contest operators" as defined by the act; provides applicability.

Effective Date: upon becoming a law
Last Action: 3/11/2016 House - Died in Regulatory Affairs Committee
Bill Text: PDF



Bill History

Date Chamber Action
11/17/2015 House • Filed
11/23/2015 House • Referred to Business and Professions Subcommittee; Regulatory Affairs Committee -HJ 62
1/8/2016 House • On Committee agenda-- Business and Professions Subcommittee, 01/12/16, 1:30 pm, 12 HOB
1/12/2016 House • Introduced -HJ 62
• CS by Business and Professions Subcommittee; YEAS 10 NAYS 3 -HJ 232
1/19/2016 House • Pending review of CS under Rule 7.19(c)
• CS by Business and Professions Subcommittee read 1st time -HJ 227
1/21/2016 House • CS referred to Finance and Tax Committee; Regulatory Affairs Committee -HJ 249
• Now in Finance and Tax Committee -HJ 249
1/25/2016 House • On Committee agenda-- Finance and Tax Committee, 01/27/16, 12:00 pm, Morris Hall
1/27/2016 House • CS/CS by Finance and Tax Committee; YEAS 15 NAYS 3 -HJ 406
2/5/2016 House • Pending review of CS under Rule 7.19(c)
2/8/2016 House • Now in Regulatory Affairs Committee -HJ 405
• CS/CS by Finance and Tax Committee read 1st time -HJ 403
3/11/2016 House • Died in Regulatory Affairs Committee