Tampa Bay Downs

The measure would permit Tampa Bay Downs and Gulfstream Park to have card rooms without live racing, but not for five years, giving Florida's thoroughbred industry time to adjust.

The measure, which would remove a requirement that Florida's thoroughbred tracks hold live races to be able to host other types of gambling, advances to the full House.

In a concept known as “decoupling,” the proposal would erase a requirement that horse tracks hold live horse racing to be able to operate other types of gambling. It would apply to Gulfstream Park, too.