Bill > H0591

Introduced Session

An act relating to gambling; amending s. 16.71, F.S.; deleting obsolete provisions; deleting language concerning factors to be considered in appointments to the Florida Gaming Control Commission; amending s. 551.104, F.S.; revising hiring and procurement policy and reporting requirements for slot machine gaming licensure; amending s. 838.12, F.S.; prohibiting betting on athletic contests with knowledge that the results are prearranged or predetermined; providing criminal penalties; amending s. 843.08, F.S.; prohibiting false personation of personnel of the Florida Gaming Control Commission; providing criminal penalties; amending s. 849.01, F.S.; revising criminal penalties for offenses involving keeping a gambling house; amending s. 849.02, F.S.; increasing criminal penalties for specified offenses by agents or employees of a keeper of a gambling house; amending s. 849.03, F.S.; revising criminal penalties for offenses involving renting a house for gambling purposes; amending s. 849.08, F.S.; defining the terms "Internet gambling" and "Internet sports wagering"; prohibiting Internet gambling and Internet sports wagering and related offenses; providing criminal penalties; providing an exception; amending s. 849.086, F.S.; hb591-00 prohibiting specified actions relating to manipulation of card games; providing criminal penalties; amending s. 849.11, F.S.; prohibiting certain offenses related to games of chance involving the Internet; providing criminal penalties; amending s. 849.13, F.S.; providing enhances criminal penalties for second or subsequent violations of certain provisions; amending s. 849.14, F.S.; revising the criminal penalties for betting or wagering on certain activities; amending s. 849.15, F.S.; providing definitions; providing criminal penalties for specified offenses relating to the manufacture, possession, and sale of slot machines or devices; creating s. 849.155, F.S.; prohibiting trafficking in slot machines, devices, or parts thereof; providing criminal penalties; providing for the deposit of fines into a specified trust fund for specified purposes; creating s. 849.157, F.S.; prohibiting the making of a false or misleading statement regarding the legality of slot machines or devices for specified purposes; providing criminal penalties; repealing s. 849.23, F.S., relating to penalties for violations of specified sections; creating s. 849.47, F.S.; defining the term "illegal gambling"; prohibiting the transportation of specified numbers of persons, persons of certain ages, or a hb591-00 certain number of persons for the purpose of facilitating illegal gambling; providing criminal penalties; creating s. 849.48, F.S.; defining the term "illegal gambling"; prohibiting specified gambling or gaming advertisements; providing criminal penalties; providing construction; creating s. 849.49, F.S.; preempting to the state the regulation of gaming, gambling, lotteries, or any activities described in specified provisions; amending s. 903.046, F.S.; providing for consideration of the amount of currency seized connected to or involved in specified gambling or gaming offenses when determining whether to release a defendant prior to trial; amending s. 921.0022, F.S.; ranking offenses for purposes of the offense severity ranking chart of the Criminal Punishment Code; amending ss. 772.102 and 895.02, F.S.; conforming provisions to changes made by the act; providing an effective date.

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Berny Jacques (R)*, 

1st Reading (Original Filed Version) (on 01/13/2026)

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