CS/SB 742 (2014) -  Racing Animals

General Bill by Gaming and Sobel (CO-SPONSORS) Soto; Clemens; Abruzzo; Margolis; Sachs
Racing Animals: Citing this act as the "Victoria Q. Gaetz Animal Rights Act"; revising the prohibition on the use of medication or drugs on animals; revising penalties for such use; revising procedures for testing animals for medication or drugs; requiring the Division of Pari-mutuel Wagering within the Department of Business and Professional Regulation to maintain records of greyhounds injured while racing; providing for the content of such records; providing fines for making false statements on an injury form, etc.
Effective Date: 07/01/2014
Last Event: Died in Messages on Friday, May 2, 2014 10:39 PM

Referred Committees and Committee Actions

Senate Referrals

  • Gaming
    • On agenda for: 04/08/14 1:00 PM
    • Favorable With Committee Substitute (final action) Votes: Yeas 13   Nays 1
  • Appropriations
    • On agenda for: 04/22/14 9:00 AM
    • Favorable (final action) Votes: Yeas 12   Nays 4

Related Bills

Bill # Subject Relationship
Bill #: HB 933 Subject: Greyhound Racing Injuries Relationship: Compare

Bill Text

  • Engrossed 1
  • Committee Substitute 1
    • A 933466 , Sobel Date Filed: 05/01/14, Line#: 15 Senate: Adopted 5/2/2014 3:34:22 PM
    • A 415938 , Altman Date Filed: 04/30/14, Line#: 145 Senate: Withdrawn 5/1/2014 9:49:42 AM
    • A 116594 , Smith Date Filed: 05/01/14, Line#: 145 Senate: Withdrawn 5/2/2014 3:39:20 PM
    • A 121868 , Appropriations, Sobel Date Filed: 04/21/14, Line#: 145 Senate(c): Out of Order 04/24/2014 01:03 PM
    • AA 601026 , Appropriations, Sobel Date Filed: 04/21/14, Line#: 56
    • AA 487824 , Appropriations, Sobel Date Filed: 04/21/14, Line#: 86
    • AA 961536 , Appropriations, Sobel Date Filed: 04/22/14, Line#: 435
    • AA 647280 , Appropriations, Sobel Date Filed: 04/21/14, Line#: 496
  • Original Filed Version
    • D 240172 , Gaming, Latvala Date Filed: 04/07/14, Line#: 0 Senate(c): Withdrawn 04/09/2014 04:10 PM
    • A 607554 , Gaming, Montford Date Filed: 04/08/14, Line#: 12 Senate(c): Withdrawn 04/09/2014 04:10 PM
    • AA 780164 , Gaming, Dean Date Filed: 04/08/14, Line#: 25 Senate(c): Withdrawn 04/09/2014 04:10 PM
    • A 899300 , Gaming, Latvala Date Filed: 04/07/14, Line#: 16 Senate(c): Replaced by Substitute Amendment 04/09/2014 04:10 PM
    • SA 332448 , Gaming, Latvala Date Filed: 04/08/14, Line#: 16 Senate(c): Replaced by Committee Substitute 04/09/2014 04:10 PM
    • A 420982 , Gaming, Sachs Date Filed: 04/08/14, Line#: 18 Senate(c): Withdrawn 04/09/2014 04:10 PM
    • A 576668 , Gaming, Sachs Date Filed: 04/04/14, Line#: 50 Senate(c): Withdrawn 04/09/2014 04:10 PM
    • AA 346872 , Gaming, Montford Date Filed: 04/08/14, Line#: 28 Senate(c): Withdrawn 04/09/2014 04:10 PM
    • AA 904392 , Gaming, Sachs Date Filed: 04/08/14, Line#: 576 Senate(c): Withdrawn 04/09/2014 04:10 PM
    • AA 394362 , Gaming, Clemens Date Filed: 04/08/14, Line#: 620 Senate(c): Withdrawn 04/09/2014 04:10 PM
    • AA 794644 , Gaming, Margolis Date Filed: 04/07/14, Line#: 672 Senate(c): Withdrawn 04/09/2014 04:10 PM
    • A 646294 , Gaming, Latvala Date Filed: 04/07/14, Line#: 50 Senate(c): Withdrawn 04/09/2014 04:10 PM
    • SA 876268 , Gaming, Latvala Date Filed: 04/08/14, Line#: 50 Senate(c): Withdrawn 04/09/2014 04:10 PM

Staff Analysis

Chamber Committee
Chamber: Senate Committee: Appropriations 4/24/2014 7:28:07 PM
Chamber: Senate Committee: Appropriations 4/21/2014 9:44:37 AM
Chamber: Senate Committee: Gaming 4/10/2014 4:20:33 PM
Chamber: Senate Committee: Gaming 4/7/2014 11:37:59 AM

Vote History

Chamber Date Yeas Nays Action Action 2 Vote Detail Barcode
Chamber: Senate Date: 05/02/2014 03:34 PM   Yeas: 40 Nays: 0 Action: Amendment Action 2: Vote Detail: Vote [Seq# 27] Barcode:
Chamber: Senate Date: 05/02/2014 03:40 PM   Yeas: 40 Nays: 0 Action: Action 2: Vote Detail: Vote [Seq# 28] Barcode:

Bill History

Event Time Member Committee Ver.
Event: H Died in Messages Time: 05/02/2014 - 10:39 PM Member: Committee: Version: e1
Event: H In Messages Time: 05/02/2014 - 4:04 PM Member: Committee: Version: e1
Event: S CS passed as amended; YEAS 40 NAYS 0 -SJ 1107 Time: 05/02/2014 - 3:40 PM Member: Committee: Version: c1
Event: S Read 3rd time -SJ 1107 Time: 05/02/2014 - 3:39 PM Member: Committee: Version: c1
Event: S Amendment(s) adopted (933466) -SJ 1106 Time: 05/02/2014 - 3:35 PM Member: Committee: Version: c1
Event: S Read 2nd time -SJ 1100 Time: 05/02/2014 - 1:35 PM Member: Committee: Version: c1
Event: S Retained on Special Order Calendar -SJ 1037 Time: 05/01/2014 - 7:08 PM Member: Committee: Version: c1
Event: S Placed on Special Order Calendar, 05/01/14 Time: 04/28/2014 - 7:42 PM Member: Committee: Version: c1
Event: S Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading -SJ 697 Time: 04/25/2014 - 8:16 AM Member: Committee: Version: c1
Event: S CS by Gaming read 1st time -SJ 622 Time: 04/24/2014 - 11:00 PM Member: Committee: Gaming Version: c1
Event: S Favorable by- Appropriations; YEAS 12 NAYS 4 -SJ 697 Time: 04/22/2014 - 9:10 PM Member: Committee: Appropriations Version: c1
Event: S On Committee agenda-- Appropriations, 04/22/14, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building Time: 04/17/2014 - 4:24 PM Member: Committee: Appropriations Version: c1
Event: S Now in Appropriations Time: 04/11/2014 - 2:27 PM Member: Committee: Appropriations Version: c1
Event: S Remaining references corrected to Appropriations -SJ 513 Time: 04/11/2014 - 2:27 PM Member: Committee: Appropriations Version: c1
Event: S Original reference(s) removed: Appropriations Subcommittee on General Government Time: 04/11/2014 - 2:27 PM Member: Committee: Appropriations Subcommittee on General Government Version: c1
Event: S Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute) Time: 04/10/2014 - 4:32 PM Member: Committee: Gaming Version: c1
Event: S CS by Gaming; YEAS 13 NAYS 1 -SJ 510 Time: 04/08/2014 - 2:53 PM Member: Committee: Gaming Version: __
Event: S On Committee agenda-- Gaming, 04/08/14, 1:00 pm, 110 Senate Office Building Time: 04/03/2014 - 4:47 PM Member: Committee: Gaming Version: __
Event: S Introduced -SJ 60 Time: 03/04/2014 - 8:13 AM Member: Committee: Version: __
Event: S Referred to Gaming; Appropriations Subcommittee on General Government; Appropriations -SJ 60 Time: 02/04/2014 - 12:21 PM Member: Committee: Gaming Version: __
Event: S Filed Time: 01/24/2014 - 2:40 PM Member: Committee: Version: __

Statutes Referenced by this Bill

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550.2415 HB 933