Scott PowersMarch 1, 2022
6min0
The House offered to match Senate's proposal of $0 for Jobs Growth Grant Fund.
Tag: conference committee
Scott PowersMarch 1, 2022Scott PowersMarch 1, 20226min0
The House offered to match Senate's proposal of $0 for Jobs Growth Grant Fund.
Jacob OglesApril 26, 2019
3min494
Gov. Ron DeSantis will get chance to assess.
Scott PowersApril 24, 2019
6min464
"I've been assured there will be Pulse money."
Jim RosicaMarch 9, 2018
7min566
The Florida Legislature’s last best chance to pass comprehensive legislation on gambling came up a bad beat on Friday, with a conference committee calling it quits. Senate President Joe Negron and House Speaker Richard Corcoran released a joint statement Friday night. “Despite the good faith efforts of both the House and Senate, a gaming bill […]
Jim RosicaMarch 9, 2018
5min336
The House’s turn to deal in talks toward an omnibus gambling bill produced an proposal for five new “limited gaming” licenses for either 500 slots or designated player games—but not both. And designated player games, a hybrid of poker and blackjack that’s proved lucrative to pari-mutuel cardrooms, would be banned everywhere else. And no new pari-mutuel, […]
Jim RosicaMarch 9, 2018
3min169
The maneuvering toward comprehensive gambling legislation continues, with the Senate seeing the House offer to create three new slot machine licenses, and raising them three more. The Conference Committee on Gaming met again Friday morning. Out of the mix so far is expressly allowing fantasy sports play in the state, and allowing continued play of designated player games, […]
Jim RosicaFebruary 8, 2018
5min387
As owners of the state’s dog and horse tracks fret over a legislative deal this year, House Speaker Richard Corcoran on Thursday didn’t back down from his position that there be “an absolute contraction” of gambling in the state. But he also didn’t make clear what a “contraction” actually looks like, and whether that could […]
Jim RosicaFebruary 2, 2018
8min1152
A lawyer for the Seminole Tribe of Florida on Friday said his client is offended over gambling that violates its exclusive agreement with the state and won’t agree to a new deal unless “the games end.” Barry Richard, the Tribe’s outside counsel, and tribal leaders met with Sen. Bill Galvano and Rep. Jose Oliva this week […]
Jim RosicaJanuary 26, 2018
6min951
The House on Friday dropped its 83-page omnibus gambling bill for 2018, which reads like a love letter to the Seminole Tribe of Florida and a poison pen missive to nearly all the other gambling interests in the state. Industry representatives privately admitted the legislation—overseen by Speaker-designate Jose Oliva—was a placeholder for the House to pass, […]