US Gambling Bill Tracker - Active And Pending Gambling Legislation In The USA
Looking back, 2018 has been a historic year for the legalization of gambling across the United States thanks in large part to the repeal of PASPA and states now having the power to freely decide on whether to legalize betting on sports.
As a result, many of the state legislative bodies have begun the process of presenting gambling bills for sports betting in addition to other gambling-related issues such as online gambling, casino licensing, lotteries, and many others.
We’ve compiled legislative data from all 50 states plus Washington D.C. and have determined which jurisdictions currently have pending gambling legislation. In addition, legislature and governor contact information can be found in the description for each state. The tracker will be updated when any new gambling bills are introduced or when any current bills are passed anywhere in the country.
*Click the states below to view pending state gambling bills.
Alabama
Pending Gambling Bills
- No updates of any possible gambling-related bills to be presented in 2019 for the state of Alabama.
Alabama Legislature Contact Information
- Alabama Legislature Official Website
- House Information: (334) 242-7600
- Senate Information: (334) 242-7800
Alabama Governor Contact Information
- Governor Kay Ivey Official Website
- Office Number: (334)-242-7100
Alaska
Pending Gambling Bills
Alaska Legislature Contact Information
- Alaska Legislature Official Website
- House and Senate Information: (907) 465-3755
Alaska Governor Contact Information
- Governor Michael Dunleavy Official Website
- Office Number: (907) 465-3500
Arizona
Pending Gambling Bills
Arizona Legislature Contact Information
- Arizona Legislature Official Website
- House Information: (602) 926-4221
- Senate Information: (602) 926-3559
Arizona Governor Contact Information
- Governor Doug Ducey Official Website
- Office Number: (602) 542-4331
Arkansas
Pending Gambling Bills
Arkansas Legislature Contact Information
- Arkansas Legislature Official Website
- House and Senate Information: (501) 682-5080
Arkansas Governor Contact Information
- Governor Asa Hutchinson Official Website
- Office Number: (501) 682-2345
California
Pending Gambling Bills
California Legislature Contact Information
- California Legislature Official Website
- Assembly and Senate Information: (916) 324-0333
California Governor Contact Information
- Governor Gavin Newsom Official Website
- Office Number: (916) 445-2841
Colorado
Pending Gambling Bills
- None. However, a bipartisan committee plans to present a sports betting bill in early 2019.
Colorado Legislature Contact Information
- Colorado Legislature Official Website
- General Assembly Number: (303) 866-2045
Colorado Governor Contact Information
- Governor Jared Polis Official Website
- Office Number: (303) 866-2471
Connecticut
Pending Gambling Bills
Connecticut Legislature Contact Information
- Connecticut Legislature Official Website
- General Assembly Number: (860) 240‑0100
Connecticut Governor Contact Information
- Governor Ned Lamont Official Website
- Office Number: (860) 566-4840
Delaware
Pending Gambling Bills
- None. However, the state launched legal sports betting in 2018 and could introduce bills in 2019 based on data collected following legalization.
Delaware State Legislature ContactInformation
- Delaware General Assembly Official Website
- House and Senate Information: (111) 123-4567
Delaware Governor Contact Information
- Governor John Carney Official Website
- Executive Office Number: (302) 744-4101
Florida
Pending Gambling Bills
- No updates of any possible gambling-related bills to be presented in 2019 for the state of Florida.
Florida State Legislature Contact Information
- Florida State Legislature Official Website
- Senate Information: (850) 487-5915
- House Information: (850) 717-5650
Florida Governor Contact Information
- Governor Ron DeSantis Official Website
- Office Number: (850) 488-7146
Georgia
Pending Gambling Bills
Georgia State Legislature Contact Information
- Georgia General Assembly Official Website
- Clerk’s Office Number: (404) 656-5015
Georgia Governor Contact Information
- Governor Brian Kemp Official Website
- Office Number: (404) 656-1776
Hawaii
Pending Gambling Bills
Hawaii State Legislature Contact Information
- Hawaii State Legislature Official Website
- Senate Clerk’s Office Number: (808) 586-6720
- House Clerk’s Office Number: (808) 586-6400
Hawaii Governor Contact Information
- Governor David Ige Official Website
- Office Number: (808) 586-0034
Idaho
Pending Gambling Bills
- No updates of any possible gambling-related bills to be presented in 2019 for the state of Idaho.
Idaho State Legislature Contact Information
- Idaho Legislature Official Website
- General Number: (208) 334-2475
Idaho Governor Contact Information
- Governor Brad Little Official Website
- Office Number: (208) 334-2100
Illinois
Pending Gambling Bills
Illinois State Legislature Contact Information
- Illinois General Assembly Official Website
- Legislative Information: (217) 782-3944
Illinois Governor Contact Information
- Governor Bruce Rauner Official Website
- Springfield Office: (217) 782-0244
- Chicago Office: (312) 814-2121
Indiana
Pending Gambling Bills
Indiana State Legislature Contact Information
- Indiana General Assembly Official Website
- House Information: (317) 232-9600
- Senate Information: (317) 232-9400
Indiana Governor Contact Information
- Governor Eric J. Holcomb Official Website
- Office Number: (317)-232-4567
Iowa
Pending Gambling Bills
Iowa State Legislature Contact Information
- Iowa Legislature Official Website
- Senate Information: (515) 281-3371
- House Information: (515) 281-3221
Iowa Governor Contact Information
- Governor Kim Reynolds Official Website
- Office Number: (515) 281-5211
Kansas
Pending Gambling Bills
Kansas State Legislature Contact Information
- Kansas Legislature Official Website
- Legislative Administrative Services: (785) 296-2391
Kansas Governor Contact Information
- Governor Jeff Colyner Official Website
- Office Number: (785) 296-3232
Kentucky
Pending Gambling Bills
- None. However, multiple sports betting bills were pre-filed in 2018 but saw no action. Currently, a Kentucky bipartisan committee is in the process of performing a study on the impact of sports betting in the state and plans on pre-filing an official sport betting bill before January 8, 2019 – the start of the 2019 legislative session.
Kentucky State Legislature Contact Information
- Kentucky Legislature Official Website
- Legislature Number: (502) 564-8100
Kentucky Governor Contact Information
- Governor Matt Bevin Official Website
- Office Number: (502) 564-2611
Louisiana
Pending Gambling Bills
- Incoming bill pending introduction.
Louisiana State Legislature Contact Information
- Louisiana Legislature Official Website
- House Information: (225) 342-6945
- Senate Information: (225) 342-2040
Louisiana Governor Contact Information
- Governor John Bel Edwards Official Website
- Office Front Desk: (225) 342-7015
Maine
Pending Gambling Bills
- Pending bill to be introduced.
Maine State Legislature Contact Information
- Maine State Legislature Official Website
- Office Directory: (207) 287-1615
Maine Governor Contact Information
- Governor Paul R. LePage Official Website
- Office Number: (207) 287-3531
Maryland
Pending Gambling Bills
Maryland State Legislature Contact Information
- Maryland General Assembly Official Website
- Department of Legislative Services: (410) 946-5400
Maryland Governor Contact Information
- Governor Larry Hogan Official Website
- Office Number: (410) 974-3901
Massachusetts
Pending Gambling Bills
Massachusetts State Legislature Contact Information
- General Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Official Website
- Main Statehouse Number: (617) 722-2000
Massachusetts Governor Contact Information
- Governor Charlie Baker Official Website
- Constituent Services Main Office: (617) 725-4005
Michigan
Pending Gambling Bills
- Introducing new bills in 2019.
Michigan State Legislature Contact Information
- Michigan Legislature Official Website
- House Information: (517) 373-0135
- Senate Information: (517) 373-2400
Michigan Governor Contact Information
- Governor Rick Synder Official Website
- Office Number: (517) 373-3400
Minnesota
Pending Gambling Bills
Minnesota State Legislature Contact Information
- Minnesota State Legislature Official Website
- House Information: (651) 296-2146
- Senate Information: (651) 296-0504
Minnesota Governor Contact Information
- Governor Tim Walz Official Website
- Office Number: (651) 201-3400
Mississippi
Pending Gambling Bills
- The state of Mississippi launched legal sports betting in 2018 but could present further bills in 2019 for online gambling.
Mississippi State Legislature Contact Information
- Mississippi Legislature Official Website
- House Information: (601) 359-3360
- Senate Information: (601) 359-3229
Mississippi Governor Contact Information
- Governor Phil Bryant Official Website
- Office Number: (601) 359-3150
Missouri
Pending Gambling Bills
Missouri State Legislature Contact Information
Missouri Governor Contact Information
- Governor Michael L. Parson Official Website
- Office Number: (573) 751-3222
Montana
Pending Gambling Bills
Montana State Legislature Contact Information
- Montana Legislature Official Website
- Legislative Services Division: (406) 444-3064
Montana Governor Contact Information
- Governor Steve Bullock Official Website
- Office Number: (406) 444-3111
Nebraska
Pending Gambling Bills
Nebraska State Legislature Contact Information
- Nebraska State Legislature Official Website
- Unicameral Information Office: (402) 471-2126
Nebraska Governor Contact Information
- Governor Steve Sisolak Official Website
- Lincoln Office Number: (402) 471-2244
Nevada
Pending Gambling Bills
- The state of Nevada has had full wide-open gambling since March 19, 1931 when Assembly Bill 98 was sign into law by Governor Fred Balzar.
Nevada State Legislature Contact Information
- Nevada State Legislature Official Website
- General Legislative Information: (775) 684-6827
Nevada Governor Contact Information
- Governor Brian Sandoval Official Website
- Carson City Office Number: (775) 684-5670
- Las Vegas Office Number: (702) 486-2500
New Hampshire
Pending Gambling Bills
New Hampshire State Legislature Contact Information
- New Hampshire General Court Official Website
- House Information: (603) 271-3661
- Senate Information: (603) 271-2111
New Hampshire Governor Contact Information
- Governor Chris Sununu Official Website
- Office Number: (603) 271-2121
New Jersey
Pending Gambling Bills
New Jersey State Legislature Contact Information
- New Jersey State Legislature Official Website
- Office of Legislative Services: (609) 847-3905
New Jersey Governor Contact Information
- Governor Phil Murphy Official Website
- Office Number: (609) 292-6000
New Mexico
Pending Gambling Bills
New Mexico State Legislature Contact Information
- New Mexico State Legislature Official Website
- House Information: (505) 986-4751
- Senate Information (505) 986-4714
New Mexico Governor Contact Information
- Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham Official Website
- Office Number: (505) 476-2200
New York
Pending Gambling Bills
New York State Legislature Contact Information
- New York State Assembly Official Website
- Assembly Public Office Information: (518) 455-4218
New York Governor Contact Information
- Governor Andrew Cuomo Official Website
- Office Number: (518) 474-8390
North Carolina
Pending Gambling Bills
North Carolina State Legislature Contact Information
- North Carolina General Assembly Official Website
- Legislative Services Office: (919) 733-7044
North Carolina Governor Contact Information
- Governor Roy Cooper Official Website
- Office Number: (919) 814-2000
North Dakota
Pending Gambling Bills
North Dakota State Legislature Contact Information
- North Dakota Legislative Branch Official Website
- Legislative Information: (701) 328-3373
North Dakota Governor Contact Information
- Governor Doug Burgum Official Website
- Office Number: (701) 328-2200
Ohio
Pending Gambling Bills
Ohio State Legislature Contact Information
- Ohio General Assembly Official Website
- House Directory: http://www.ohiohouse.gov/members/member-directory
- Senator Directory: http://www.ohiosenate.gov/senators
Ohio Governor Contact Information
- Governor Mike DeWine Official Website
- Office Number: (614) 466-3555
Oklahoma
Pending Gambling Bills
Oklahoma State Legislature Contact Information
- Oklahoma State Legislature Official Website
- House Directory: https://www.okhouse.gov/Members/Pictorial.aspx
- Senate Directory: http://www.oksenate.gov/Senators/Default.aspx?selectedtab=2
Oklahoma Governor Contact Information
- Governor Mary Fallin Official Website
- Office Number: (405) 521-2342
Oregon
Pending Gambling Bills
- May not need bill due to grandfathered in and looking toward sports gambling.
Oregon State Legislature Contact Information
- Oregon State Legislature Official Website
- Toll Free Number: 1(800) 332-2313
Oregon Governor Contact Information
- Governor Kevin Stitt Official Website
- Office Number: (503) 378-4582
Pennsylvania
Pending Gambling Bills
- The Pennsylvania General Assembly currently has 19 gambling-related bills pending. To view them all, click here.
Pennsylvania State Legislature Contact Information
Pennsylvania Governor Contact Information
- Governor Tom Wolf Official Website
- Office Number: (717) 787-2500
Rhode Island
Pending Gambling Bills
Rhode Island State Legislature Contact Information
- Rhode Island General Assembly Official Website
- House Leadership: (401) 222-7904
- Senate Leadership: (401) 222-6655
Rhode Island Governor Contact Information
- Governor Gina Raimondo Official Website
- Office Number: (401) 222-2080
South Carolina
Pending Gambling Bills
South Carolina State Legislature Contact Information
South Carolina Governor Contact Information
- Governor Kristi Noem Official Website
- Office Number: (803) 734-2100
South Dakota
Pending Gambling Bills
South Dakota State Legislature Contact Information
- South Dakota Legislature Official Website
- Legislative Research Council: (605) 773-3251
South Dakota Governor Contact Information
- Governor Dennis Daugaard Official Website
- Office Number: (605) 773-3212
Tennessee
Pending Gambling Bills
Tennessee State Legislature Contact Information
Tennessee Governor Contact Information
Governor Bill Lee Official Website
- Office Number: (615) 741-2001
Texas
Pending Gambling Bills
- No updates of any possible gambling-related bills to be presented in 2019 for the state of Texas.
Texas State Legislature Contact Information
- Texas State Legislature Official Website
- House Directory: https://house.texas.gov/members/
- Senate Directory: https://senate.texas.gov/directory.php
Texas Governor Contact Information
- Governor Greg Abbott Official Website
- Office Number: (512) 463-2000
Utah
Pending Gambling Bills
Utah State Legislature Contact Information
- Utah State Legislature Official Website
- House Information: (801) 538-1029
- Senate Information: (801) 538-1035
Utah Governor Contact Information
- Governor Gary Herbert Official Website
- Office Number: (801) 538-1000
Vermont
Pending Gambling Bills
Vermont State Legislature Contact Information
- Vermont General Assembly Official Website
- State House Number: (802) 828-2228
Vermont Governor Contact Information
- Governor Phil Scott Official Website
- Office Number: (802) 828-3333
Virginia
Pending Gambling Bills
Virginia State Legislature Contact Information
- Virginia General Assembly Official Website
- General Information: (804) 698-1788
Virginia Governor Contact Information
- Governor Ralph Northam Official Website
- Office Number: (804) 786-2211
Washington
Pending Gambling Bills
- Washington has introduced several new bills, please refer to link and we can choose the bets to discuss https://www.wsgc.wa.gov/news/gambling-legislation-2019
Washington State Legislature Contact Information
- Washington State Legislature Official Website
- Legislative Hotline: 1(800) 562-6000
Washington Governor Contact Information
- Governor Jay Inslee Official Website
- Office Number: (360) 902-4111
Washington D.C.
Pending Gambling Bills
Washington D.C. Council Contact Information
- Council of the District of Columbia Official Website
- Council Directory: http://dccouncil.us/councilmembers/
Washington D.C. Mayor Contact Information
- Mayor Muriel Bowser Official Website
- Office Number: (202) 727-2643
West Virginia
Pending Gambling Bills
- The West Virginia Legislature currently has 16 gambling-related bills pending. To view them all, click here.
West Virginia State Legislature Contact Information
West Virginia Governor Contact Information
- Governor Jim Justice Official Website
- Office Number: (304) 558-2000
Wisconsin
Pending Gambling Bills
- No updates of any possible gambling-related bills to be presented in 2019 for the state of Wisconsin.
Wisconsin State Legislature Contact Information
- Wisconsin State Legislature Official Website
- Legislative Reference Bureau: (608) 266-0341
Wisconsin Governor Contact Information
- Governor Tony Evers Official Website
- Office Number: 608-266-1212
Wyoming
Pending Gambling Bills
- No updates of any possible gambling-related bills to be presented in 2019 for the state of Wyoming.
Wyoming State Legislature Contact Information
- Wyoming State Legislature Official Website
- Legislative Service Office: (307) 777-7881
Wyoming Governor Contact Information
- Governor Mark Gordon Official Website
- Office Number: (307) 777-7434