Bill > S1836

Introduced Session

An act relating to gaming control; creating s. 16.7165, F.S.; providing that the Florida Gaming Control Commission is exempt from specified state contracting provisions; authorizing the commission to acquire land, property, interests, buildings, or other improvements for a specified purpose; amending s. 843.08, F.S.; prohibiting a person from falsely personating any personnel or representative from the commission; providing a criminal penalty; amending s. 849.01, F.S.; specifying that a violation of the prohibition against keeping a gambling house must be committed knowingly; increasing the criminal penalty for a violation; amending s. 849.03, F.S.; revising the penalties for persons who knowingly rent a place for the purpose of illegal gambling; amending s. 849.04, F.S.; deleting specified premises as being prohibited from allowing minors to place bets; increasing the criminal penalties; repealing s. 849.07, F.S., relating to permitting gambling by a billiard or pool table licenseholder; amending s. 849.09, F.S.; revising the exceptions for the prohibition of lottery games; increasing the criminal penalties for violations; amending s. 849.0931, F.S.; revising the definition of the term “instant bingo”; revising construction; amending s. 849.10, F.S.; making technical changes; creating s. 849.105, F.S.; prohibiting a person from advertising illegal gambling; prohibiting an owner of an establishment from knowingly advertising illegal gambling; providing exceptions; providing criminal penalties; amending s. 849.13, F.S.; revising the criminal penalties for certain violations of the prohibition on lottery games; amending s. 849.15, F.S.; revising the criminal penalty for specified violations involving a slot machine or device; providing criminal penalties; amending s. 849.16, F.S.; revising the definition of the term “slot machine or device”; deleting a rebuttable presumption that a device, system, or network is a prohibited slot machine or device under certain circumstances; amending s. 849.23, F.S.; revising the criminal penalty for certain violations involving slot machines or devices to include penalties for repeat offenses; amending s. 849.25, F.S.; deleting obsolete language; making technical changes; amending s. 903.046, F.S.; revising what a court must consider when determining bail for offenses involving illegal gambling or gaming; amending s. 921.0022, F.S.; deleting offenses created by the act on the offense severity ranking chart of the Criminal Punishment Code; conforming provisions to changes made by the act; reenacting s. 849.02, F.S., relating to agents or employees of the keeper of gambling houses, to incorporate the amendment made to s. 849.01, F.S., in a reference thereto; reenacting ss. 849.092 and 849.0935(2), F.S., relating to motor fuel retail businesses and charitable or nonprofit organizations, respectively, to incorporate the amendment made to s. 849.09, F.S., in references thereto; reenacting 402.82(4)(e), 718.114, 723.079(10), and 849.094(1)(a), F.S., relating to electronic benefits transfer program; association powers; powers and duties of homeowners’ association; and game promotion in connection with sale of consumer products or services, respectively, to incorporate the amendment made to s. 849.0931, F.S., in references thereto; reenacting s. 849.142, F.S., relating to exempted activities, to incorporate the amendments made to ss. 849.01, 849.09, and 849.0931, F.S., in references thereto; reenacting ss. 772.102(1)(a) and (2)(a) and 895.02(12)(a), F.S., relating to definitions, respectively, to incorporate the amendments made to ss. 849.09 and 849.15, F.S., in references thereto; reenacting ss. 338.234(1) and 849.19, F.S., relating to granting concessions or selling along the turnpike system and property rights in confiscated machine, respectively, to incorporate the amendment made to s. 849.16, F.S., in references thereto; reenacting s. 777.04(4)(a), (d), and (e), F.S., relating to attempts, solicitation, and conspiracy, to incorporate the amendment made to s. 849.25, F.S., in references thereto; reenacting ss. 903.011(6) and 903.047(1)(c), F.S., relating to pretrial release and conditions of pretrial release, respectively, to incorporate the amendment made to s. 903.046, F.S., in references thereto; providing an effective date.

Jonathan Martin (R)*, 

Died in Regulated Industries (on 06/16/2025)

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