Florida SB 204: Sale and Delivery of Firearms

Bill Text

204 
Gaming 
2026-02-16T07:03:06Z 
Requiring certain organizations, before purchasing, installing, or operating a game or machine on their premises, or that already have a game or machine installed on their premises, and are in doubt about whether such game or machine meets the definition of an amusement game or machine, to petition the Florida Gaming Control Commission for a declaratory statement on whether the operation of such game or machine is authorized or prohibited; prohibiting such organizations from purchasing or installing a game or machine until such declaratory statement is issued; providing criminal penalties for specified offenses relating to the manufacture, possession, and sale of slot machines or devices, etc. 
Committee Substitute 1 
2026 
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General Bill 
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 Florida Senate - 2026 CS for SB 204 

 By the Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and 
 General Government; and Senator Bradley 

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 1 A bill to be entitled 
 2 An act relating to gaming; amending s. 546.10, F.S.; 
 3 requiring certain organizations, before purchasing, 
 4 installing, or operating a game or machine on their 
 5 premises, or that already have a game or machine 
 6 installed on their premises, and are in doubt about 
 7 whether such game or machine meets the definition of 
 8 an amusement game or machine, to petition the Florida 
 9 Gaming Control Commission for a declaratory statement 
 10 on whether the operation of such game or machine is 
 11 authorized or prohibited; prohibiting such 
 12 organizations from purchasing or installing a game or 
 13 machine until such declaratory statement is issued; 
 14 prohibiting such organizations from petitioning the 
 15 commission if the game, machine, premises, or 
 16 organization in question is the subject of a criminal 
 17 investigation; requiring the commission to issue a 
 18 declaratory statement within a specified timeframe; 
 19 prohibiting the commission from denying a petition if 
 20 it was validly requested; specifying the information 
 21 that must be included in a petition; providing that 
 22 the declaratory statement is valid only for the game 
 23 or machine for which it is requested and is invalid if 
 24 the specifications for the game or machine have been 
 25 changed; providing that the declaratory statement is 
 26 binding on the commission and may be introduced as 
 27 evidence in subsequent proceedings; providing 
 28 construction; amending s. 849.15, F.S.; defining 
 29 terms; providing criminal penalties for specified 
 30 offenses relating to the manufacture, possession, and 
 31 sale of slot machines or devices; providing that 
 32 shipments of legal gaming devices to Indian lands are 
 33 deemed legal shipments under certain circumstances; 
 34 providing an effective date. 
 35 
 36 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 
 37 
 38 Section 1. Present subsections (8) and (9) of section 
 39 546.10, Florida Statutes, are redesignated as subsections (9) 
 40 and (10), respectively, and a new subsection (8) is added to 
 41 that section, to read: 
 42 546.10 Amusement games or machines.— 
 43 (8)(a)1. Before purchasing a game or machine and installing 
 44 it on the premises of any veterans’ service organization granted 
 45 a federal charter under Title 36, U.S.C., or a division, 
 46 department, post, or chapter of such organization, for which an 
 47 alcoholic beverage license has been issued, if the organization 
 48 is in doubt about whether the game or machine meets the 
 49 definition of an amusement game or machine under this section, 
 50 the organization must petition the Florida Gaming Control 
 51 Commission for a declaratory statement pursuant to s. 120.565 on 
 52 whether the operation of the game or machine would be authorized 
 53 under this section or would be a violation of this section or 
 54 chapter 849. An organization awaiting such declaratory statement 
 55 from the commission may not purchase or install the game or 
 56 machine until the declaratory statement is issued. 
 57 2. If there is a game or machine currently on the premises 
 58 of any veterans’ service organization granted a federal charter 
 59 under Title 36, U.S.C., or a division, department, post, or 
 60 chapter of such organization, for which an alcoholic beverage 
 61 license has been issued, and the veterans’ service organization 
 62 is in doubt about whether the game or machine meets the 
 63 definition of an amusement game or machine under this section, 
 64 the organization, before operating the game or machine, must 
 65 petition the commission for a declaratory statement pursuant to 
 66 s. 120.565 on whether the operation of the game or machine would 
 67 be authorized under this section or would be a violation of this 
 68 section or chapter 849. If the game, machine, premises, or 
 69 organization is the subject of an ongoing criminal 
 70 investigation, the org