2026 Regular Session
HB228
Horse Racing - Prohibited Acts - Slaughter of Racehorses for Commercial Purposes
Earlier-session bill · introduced 2025
Prohibiting a person from slaughtering or causing the slaughter of a racehorse in the State for certain commercial purposes; prohibiting a person from purchasing, selling, transferring, offering for sale, importing into the State, or transporting a racehorse if the person knows or reasonably should know that the racehorse will be slaughtered for certain commercial purposes; requiring certain fines collected by the State Racing Commission to be distributed to the racing Special Fund; etc.
Legislative progress
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This summary includes only completed milestones supported by recorded actions. It does not predict the next step, and it preserves later committee reassignments, concurrence, conference, veto, and approval actions when they occur.
Recorded floor votes
2 roll calls are available for this bill. This record includes procedural and intermediate action as well as substantive final votes.
March 4, 2026 · House
Third Reading Passed
Passed ⭐ Substantive final action
127 yea–2 nay · 4 not voting · 8 absent
April 8, 2026 · Senate
Third Reading Passed
Passed ⭐ Substantive final action
43 yea–0 nay · 2 not voting · 2 absent
Committee referrals
March 5, 2026 · Senate
Budget and Taxation
January 14, 2026 · House
Appropriations
Instrument history
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This is the complete recorded action history in the current source package. Highlighted entries are marked as significant by the source. A roll-call link appears only when a vote-like action has one unambiguous same-day chamber vote.
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House Approved by the Governor - Chapter 83
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House Returned Passed
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Senate Third Reading Passed (43-0) View roll call
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Senate Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed
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Senate Favorable Report by Budget and Taxation
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Senate Referred Budget and Taxation
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House Third Reading Passed (127-2) View roll call
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House Second Reading Passed
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House Favorable Adopted
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House Favorable Report by Appropriations
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House Hearing 1/27 at 1:00 p.m.
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House First Reading Appropriations
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House Pre-filed