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Committee adopts amendment and substitute for video-lottery bill; rolls into substitute, sends committee substitute forward
Summary
The Missouri House Emerging Issues Committee adopted House Committee amendment 0.04h and the committee substitute on a bill revising video lottery rules, then voted to report the substitute out of committee by an 8–5 tally.
The House Emerging Issues Committee on Oct. 12 adopted a House Committee amendment and the committee substitute for a video lottery bill, then voted the substitute “do pass.” The committee recorded a final tally of 8 ayes and 5 noes on the committee substitute.
Committee members said the amendment and substitute mainly tidy statutory language and change several regulatory features: lowering a fee threshold to $100,000, reducing an alleged criminal penalty from a felony to a misdemeanor, clarifying that certain veterans’ organization games will not be affected, and changing how contracts between retailers and video lottery operators are counted.
The amendment, numbered 0.04h, was described by Representative Peters as “just a little bit of cleanup language,” and included several substantive edits: a reduction of a…
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