Sunday, March 15, 2026 4:02 PM
A bill that would have leveled the playing field among pari-mutuel activities while decoupling thoroughbred horse racing from other gambling activities cleared the House last month, but failed to gain traction in the Senate.
House lawmakers last month passed a Committee substitute of the measure (HB 881) from Republican Rep. Adam Anderson on a 77-34 vote largely along party lines, with mostly Democrats in opposition.
The vote sent the measure to the Senate, where a similar bill never even received a Committee hearing, meaning the upper chamber had no appetite to offer its seal of approval to the measure.
And even had the Senate taken up the matter, its fate was murky.