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SB840 • 2025

An Act amending Title 4 (Amusements) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board, further providing for regulatory authority of board and for number of slot machines.

An Act amending Title 4 (Amusements) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board, further providing for regulatory authority of board and for number of slot machines.

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
LAUGHLIN
Last action
2025-06-30
Official status
Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS, June 30, 2025
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

Using official source text because the generated explanation was unavailable or could not be confirmed against the official bill text.

An Act amending Title 4 (Amusements) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board, further providing for regulatory authority of board and for number of slot machines.

An Act amending Title 4 (Amusements) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board, further providing for regulatory authority of board and for number of slot machines.

What This Bill Does

  • An Act amending Title 4 (Amusements) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board, further providing for regulatory authority of board and for number of slot machines.

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. 2025-10-15 S

    (Remarks see Senate Journal Page 630-631), June 25, 2025

  2. 2025-06-30 H

    Second consideration, June 30, 2025

  3. 2025-06-30 APPROPRIATIONS

    Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS, June 30, 2025

  4. 2025-06-26 GAMING OVERSIGHT

    Reported as committed, June 26, 2025

  5. 2025-06-26 H

    First consideration, June 26, 2025

  6. 2025-06-26 H

    Laid on the table, June 26, 2025

  7. 2025-06-26 H

    Removed from table, June 26, 2025

  8. 2025-06-25 S

    Third consideration and final passage, June 25, 2025 (26-24)

  9. 2025-06-25 H

    In the House

  10. 2025-06-25 GAMING OVERSIGHT

    Referred to GAMING OVERSIGHT, June 25, 2025

  11. 2025-06-11 S

    Second consideration, June 11, 2025

  12. 2025-06-11 APPROPRIATIONS

    Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS, June 11, 2025

  13. 2025-06-11 APPROPRIATIONS

    Re-reported as committed, June 11, 2025

  14. 2025-06-10 COMMUNITY, ECONOMIC AND RECREATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

    Reported as committed, June 10, 2025

  15. 2025-06-10 S

    First consideration, June 10, 2025

  16. 2025-06-09 COMMUNITY, ECONOMIC AND RECREATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

    Referred to COMMUNITY, ECONOMIC AND RECREATIONAL DEVELOPMENT, June 9, 2025

Official Summary Text

An Act amending Title 4 (Amusements) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board, further providing for regulatory authority of board and for number of slot machines.

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
PRINTER'S NO. 931
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No. 840
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY LAUGHLIN, JUNE 9, 2025
REFERRED TO COMMUNITY, ECONOMIC AND RECREATIONAL DEVELOPMENT,
JUNE 9, 2025
AN ACT
Amending Title 4 (Amusements) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes, in Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board, further
providing for regulatory authority of board and for number of
slot machines.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Sections 1207(19) and 1210(a)(2) of Title 4 of
the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes are amended to read:
§ 1207. Regulatory authority of board.
The board shall have the power and its duties shall be to:
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(19) Authorize an employee of the board to approve, deny
or condition a request to decrease the number of slot
machines in operation at a licensed facility. An employee may
not approve a requested decrease in the number of slot
machines under this paragraph if the requested decrease
exceeds 2% of the total number of slot machines in operation
at a licensed facility. Except as provided under paragraph
(20), at no time shall the number of slot machines in
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operation at a Category 1 or Category 2 licensed facility be
less than [1,500] 1,000 or less than 250 slot machines at a
Category 3 licensed facility.
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§ 1210. Number of slot machines.
(a) Initial complement.--Except as provided for Category 3
slot machine licensees under section 1305 (relating to Category
3 slot machine license) or a Category 4 slot machine licensee
under section 1305.1 (relating to Category 4 slot machine
license), the following apply:
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(2) Each slot machine licensee shall be required to
operate and make available to play a minimum of [1,500] 1,000
slot machines at its licensed facility within one year of the
issuance by the board of a slot machine license to the slot
machine licensee. The board, upon application and for good
cause shown, may grant an extension for an additional period
ending on the later of 36 months from the end of the initial
one-year period or December 31, 2012.
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Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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