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2025–2026 Regular Session

House Bill 2497

An Act amending Title 4 (Amusements) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, providing for event outcome prediction wagering; imposing duties on the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board and the Department of Revenue; imposing an event outcome prediction wagering tax and local share assessment; establishing restricted receipt accounts within the State Gaming Fund and the Commonwealth Financing Authority; and imposing penalties.

In the House of Representatives's Gaming Oversight Committee since May 8, 2026.

Sponsors

Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.

In the House of Representatives

11 co-sponsors

Tarik Khan, Carol Hill-Evans, Benjamin V. Sanchez, Jeanne McNeill, Arvind Venkat, Ben Waxman, Johanny Cepeda-Freytiz, Lisa A. Borowski, Joe Ciresi, Darisha K. Parker, Gina H. Curry

Its course

May 8 to May 8, 2026, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.

Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.

Every action1 action on 1 day

In the House of RepresentativesFrom May 8

Gaming OversightFrom May 8

Text

Each version as the General Assembly printed it.

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What happened

In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the General Assembly published it is below.

In the House of Representatives May 8

  1. May 8Sent to GAMING OVERSIGHT
All 1 actions, as published
  1. May 8Referred to GAMING OVERSIGHT, May 8, 2026House of Representatives