House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Prediction Markets Are Gambling Act
Official title: To amend the Commodity Exchange Act to prohibit certain event contracts involving sports and casino-style games.
Sponsor: Rep. Steven Horsford D-NVWhere it went
- IntroducedJul 22, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 22, 2026 — Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 9856.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. HORSFORD, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 120, July 22, 2026, Page H5177):US Constitution Article I, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 22, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 36 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 9856, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/9856
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 18, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 24, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of September 18, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
3 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 1 Democrat
2 of 3 cosponsors (67%) are from the other party.
Mark Amodei (R-NV), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), Blake Moore (R-UT).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Steven Horsford.
Related bills
- S. 4160 (119th) Prediction Markets Are Gambling ActIdentical bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 25, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.