Florida SB 1564: Year-round School Pilot Program

Bill Text

1564 
Thoroughbred Permitholders 
2026-01-09T04:48:33Z 
Providing that a thoroughbred permitholder may elect not to, rather than be required to, conduct live racing or games; providing that a thoroughbred permitholder that does not conduct live racing or games retains its permit, remains a pari-mutuel facility, remains an eligible facility if issued a slot machine license, and is eligible to be a guest track and a host track; authorizing, rather than prohibiting, the transfer or reissuance of a thoroughbred horse racing permit or license under certain circumstances; providing that the permit of a thoroughbred permitholder who conducts live performances and does not pay taxes for a certain time is void, etc. 
Original Filed Version 
2026 
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2026-07-01T00:00:00Z 
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General Bill 
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 Florida Senate - 2026 SB 1564 

 By Senator DiCeglie 

 18-00404A-26 20261564__ 
 1 A bill to be entitled 
 2 An act relating to thoroughbred permitholders; 
 3 amending s. 550.01215, F.S.; providing that a 
 4 thoroughbred permitholder may elect not to, rather 
 5 than be required to, conduct live racing or games; 
 6 providing that a thoroughbred permitholder that does 
 7 not conduct live racing or games retains its permit, 
 8 remains a pari-mutuel facility, remains an eligible 
 9 facility if issued a slot machine license, and is 
 10 eligible to be a guest track and a host track; 
 11 providing that a greyhound permitholder, jai alai 
 12 permitholder, harness horse racing permitholder, 
 13 quarter horse racing permitholder, and thoroughbred 
 14 permitholder are exempt from certain licensing and 
 15 application fees for operating a cardroom; requiring a 
 16 thoroughbred permitholder that operates a slot machine 
 17 facility or cardroom to offer a full schedule of live 
 18 racing until the permitholder notifies the Florida 
 19 Gaming Control Commission that it will no longer offer 
 20 live racing; providing that such notice is not valid 
 21 unless delivered to the commission on or after a 
 22 specified date; specifying requirements for such 
 23 notice; providing that a permitholder is not required 
 24 to deliver such notice if authorized by the commission 
 25 to relocate; amending s. 550.054, F.S.; authorizing, 
 26 rather than prohibiting, the transfer or reissuance of 
 27 a thoroughbred horse racing permit or license under 
 28 certain circumstances; deleting exceptions in which a 
 29 thoroughbred horse racing licensee may change the 
 30 location of the licensee’s thoroughbred horse 
 31 racetrack; amending s. 550.09515, F.S.; providing that 
 32 the permit of a thoroughbred permitholder who conducts 
 33 live performances and does not pay taxes for a certain 
 34 time is void; reenacting and amending s. 550.3345, 
 35 F.S.; providing that certain members of a certain not 
 36 for-profit corporation be designated by the 
 37 commission, rather than the Florida Thoroughbred 
 38 Breeders’ Association; providing that the not-for 
 39 profit corporation may move the location of a permit 
 40 to another location in a different county which has 
 41 been previously authorized for pari-mutuel wagering; 
 42 amending s. 550.475, F.S.; providing that holders of 
 43 pari-mutuel permits for pari-mutuel wagering may lease 
 44 any of the facilities of a thoroughbred training 
 45 facility holding a valid license; revising the 
 46 geographic area within which a pari-mutuel 
 47 permitholder may lease its facilities to certain 
 48 persons and permitholders; prohibiting a thoroughbred 
 49 permitholder relocation from operating a cardroom at a 
 50 leased training facility; providing that a lessor of a 
 51 pari-mutuel facility that has been issued a slot 
 52 machine license or a cardroom license is an eligible 
 53 facility; amending s. 550.5251, F.S.; requiring that 
 54 thoroughbred permitholders required to offer live 
 55 racing, rather than all thoroughbred permitholders, 
 56 must annually file with the commission an application 
 57 to conduct one or more thoroughbred racing meetings 
 58 during the thoroughbred racing season; reenacting s. 
 59 550.615(2) and (8), F.S., relating to intertrack 
 60 wagering, to incorporate the amendments made to ss. 
 61 550.01215 and 550.475, F.S., in references thereto; 
 62 providing an effective date. 
 63 
 64 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 
 65 
 66 Section 1. Paragraphs (a) and (b) of subsection (1) of 
 67 section 550.01215, Florida Statutes, are amended to read: 
 68 550.01215 License application; periods of operation; 
 69 license fees; bond.— 
 70 (1) Each permitholder shall annually, during the period 
 71 between January 15 and February 4, file in writing with the 
 72 commission its application for an operating license for a pari 
 73 mutuel facility for the conduct of pari-mutuel wagering during 
 74 the next state fiscal year, including intertrack and simulcast 
 75 race wagering. Each application for live performances must 
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