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H481 • 2025

An Act to encourage capital investment in retail sports wagering facilities

An Act to encourage capital investment in retail sports wagering facilities

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Sponsor
Daniel Cahill
Last action
2026-03-23
Official status
Accompanied a study order, see H5269
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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An Act to encourage capital investment in retail sports wagering facilities

An Act to encourage capital investment in retail sports wagering facilities By Representative Cahill of Lynn, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.

What This Bill Does

  • An Act to encourage capital investment in retail sports wagering facilities By Representative Cahill of Lynn, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.
  • 481) of Daniel Cahill for legislation to further regulate category 2 sports wagering licenses.
  • Economic Development and Emerging Technologies.

Limits and Unknowns

  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Bill History

  1. 2026-03-23 House

    Accompanied a study order, see H5269

  2. 2025-12-04 House

    Reporting date extended to Monday, March 16, 2026

  3. 2025-11-13 Joint

    Hearing rescheduled to 11/13/2025 from 11:00 AM-02:00 PM in A-2 and Virtual Hearing updated to New End Time

  4. 2025-10-31 Joint

    Hearing scheduled for 11/13/2025 from 11:00 AM-01:00 PM in A-2

  5. 2025-02-27 House

    Referred to the committee on Economic Development and Emerging Technologies

  6. 2025-02-27 Senate

    Senate concurred

Official Summary Text

An Act to encourage capital investment in retail sports wagering facilities
By Representative Cahill of Lynn, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 481) of Daniel Cahill for legislation to further regulate category 2 sports wagering licenses. Economic Development and Emerging Technologies.

Current Bill Text

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Bill H.481

SECTION 1. Section 3 of chapter 23N by replacing the last clause in the definition of “Category 2 license” to the following:-

provided further, a category 2 licensee may, in lieu of the fee in section 5(f), make a capital investment of not less than $7,500,000 in a sports wagering facility.

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