A Missouri sports betting bill is on its way to the Senate floor, but changes are coming.

The MO Senate Appropriations Committee advanced HB 2502 to the Senate floor, 8-1, Tuesday. The bill passed the House, 115-33, last month.

While the MO sports betting bill moved forward without debate, it is still “a work in progress,” said Sen. Dan Hegeman, the committee chairman. The Senate adjourns May 13.

Since crossing into the Senate, the committee has considered the House bill’s 8% tax rate too low. Hegeman said the Senate will raise the tax rate on the floor. The 8% tax was a symbolic move on the House floor, where an amendment passed so the rate would be lower than the proposed 10% in a Kansas sports betting bill.