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S3621 • 2026

Reduces minimum number of annually required thoroughbred horse racing dates under certain circumstances.

Reduces minimum number of annually required thoroughbred horse racing dates under certain circumstances.

Budget
Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Sarlo, Paul A.
Last action
2026-06-30
Official status
Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Tourism, Gaming and the Arts Committee
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Reduces minimum number of annually required thoroughbred horse racing dates under certain circumstances.

Reduces minimum number of annually required thoroughbred horse racing dates under certain circumstances.

What This Bill Does

  • Reduces minimum number of annually required thoroughbred horse racing dates under certain circumstances.
  • Topic: Tourism, Gaming and the Arts Fiscal note: This bill has not been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

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Bill History

  1. 2026-06-30 New Jersey Legislature

    Passed by the Senate (38-1)

  2. 2026-06-30 New Jersey Legislature

    Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Tourism, Gaming and the Arts Committee

  3. 2026-06-24 New Jersey Legislature

    Reported from Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading

  4. 2026-06-11 New Jersey Legislature

    Transferred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee

  5. 2026-02-19 New Jersey Legislature

    Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate State Government, Wagering, Tourism & Historic Preservation Committee

Official Summary Text

Reduces minimum number of annually required thoroughbred horse racing dates under certain circumstances.
Topic:
Tourism, Gaming and the Arts
Fiscal note:
This bill has not been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

Current Bill Text

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S3621 1R

[First Reprint]

SENATE, No. 3621

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

�

INTRODUCED FEBRUARY 19, 2026

Sponsored by:

Senator� PAUL A. SARLO

District 36 (Bergen and Passaic)

Senator� VIN GOPAL

District 11 (Monmouth)

SYNOPSIS

���� Reduces minimum number of annually required
thoroughbred horse racing dates under certain circumstances.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

���� As reported by the Senate Budget and Appropriations
Committee on June 24, 2026, with amendments.

��

An Act
concerning the number of race dates held annually by
certain horse racing permit holders and amending P.L.2001, c.199.�

����
Be It
Enacted
by the Senate and General Assembly of
the State of New Jersey:

����
1
[
1. Section 30
of P.L.2001, c.199 (C.5:5-156) is amended to read as follows:

���� 30.� a.� The permit holder at
Monmouth Park and the thoroughbred permit holder at Meadowlands Racetrack
together shall schedule annually no fewer than 141 thoroughbred race dates,
except that the thoroughbred permit holder may decrease the annual number of
scheduled thoroughbred race dates to no fewer than
[
50
]

:

����
25
thoroughbred race
dates
,
upon written consent from the New Jersey Thoroughbred Horsemen's
Association
; or

����
25 thoroughbred race dates,
in the event that the horse racing purse subsidy that is required to be
allocated to the thoroughbred industry pursuant to section 1 of P.L.2019, c.36
(C.5:5-99.1) is not appropriated in the State�s annual appropriations act; or

����
40 thoroughbred race dates,
in the event that the horse racing purse subsidy allocated to the thoroughbred
industry by the State�s annual appropriations act is less than the amount
required to be allocated to the thoroughbred industry pursuant to section 1 of
P.L.2019, c.36 (C.5:5-99.1), but more than $5 million
.

���� b.��� The standardbred permit
holder at Meadowlands Racetrack shall schedule annually no fewer than 151
standardbred race dates, except that the standardbred permit holder may
decrease the annual number of scheduled standardbred race dates to no fewer
than 75 standardbred race dates upon written consent from the Standardbred
Breeders' and Owners' Association of New Jersey.

���� c.���� The permit holders at
Freehold Raceway shall schedule annually no fewer than 192 standardbred race
dates, except that the permit holders may decrease the annual number of
scheduled race dates to no fewer than 75 standardbred race dates upon written
consent from the Standardbred Breeders' and Owners' Association of New Jersey.

���� d.��� (Deleted by amendment,
P.L.2017, c.172)

(cf: P.L.2017, c.172, s.1)
]
1

����
1
1.�� Section
30 of P.L.2001, c.199 (C.5:5-156) is amended to read as follows:

���� 30. a. The permit holder at
Monmouth Park and the thoroughbred permit holder at Meadowlands Racetrack
together shall schedule annually no fewer than 141 thoroughbred race dates,
except that the thoroughbred permit holder may decrease the annual number of
scheduled thoroughbred race dates to no fewer than
[
50
]

:

����
25
thoroughbred race
dates
,
upon written consent from the New Jersey Thoroughbred Horsemen's
Association
; or

����
25 thoroughbred race dates,
in the event that less than $5 million of the horse racing purse subsidy that
is required to be allocated to the thoroughbred industry pursuant to section 1
of P.L.2019, c.36 (C.5:5-99.1) is appropriated in the State�s annual
appropriations act; or

����
40 thoroughbred race dates,
in the event that more than $5 million but less than $10 million of the horse
racing subsidy that is required to be allocated to the thoroughbred industry pursuant
to section 1 of P.L.2019, c.36 (C.5:5-99.1) is appropriated in the State�s
annual appropriations act
.

���� b.��� The standardbred permit
holder at Meadowlands Racetrack shall schedule annually no fewer than 151
standardbred race dates, except that the standardbred permit holder may
decrease the annual number of scheduled standardbred race dates to no fewer
than 75 standardbred race dates upon written consent from the Standardbred
Breeders' and Owners' Association of New Jersey.

���� c.���� The permit holders at
Freehold Raceway shall schedule annually no fewer than 192 standardbred race
dates, except that the permit holders may decrease the annual number of
scheduled race dates to no fewer than 75 standardbred race dates upon written
consent from the Standardbred Breeders' and Owners' Association of New Jersey.

���� d.��� (Deleted by amendment,
P.L.2017, c.172)
1

(cf: P.L.2017, c.172, s.1)

���� 2.��� This act shall take
effect immediately.