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Committee advances some gaming measures, sends one to ITL; key votes summarized
Summary
The Senate Ways and Means Committee took action on multiple gaming-related bills: it moved a charitable-gaming study bill to consent with amendment, substituted Senate language into a companion bill and voted ITL on a local-option machine proposal (3–2).
The Senate Ways and Means Committee considered several gaming-related bills and amendments and recorded committee-level actions and recommendations.
HB 328 (as referred to in committee as “3 28”): The committee adopted an amendment that adjusts membership to include Ways and Means leadership and a governor’s public appointment, clarifies the commission’s charge to review charitable gaming laws rather than implement them, and aligns reporting dates to bill-filing cycles. Senator Line moved passage as amended; Senator Benton seconded. The committee advanced the bill with the amendment and placed it on the consent calendar after a voice vote (voice vote; “ayes have it”).
Companion measure (referred to as “6 36 96” in the hearing): The committee approved a wipe-and-replace amendment to adopt the Senate’s language in place of the House version, then voted Ought to Pass as Amended and placed the bill on the consent calendar. Senator Line moved OTP; a subsequent amendment was adopted and the bill advanced by voice vote.
Local-option machines and related charitable-gaming measure (referred to as House Bill 247/L and discussed alongside House Bill 737): Senator Roosevelt offered an amendment to require municipal opt-in for slot machines and certain HHR-type machines rather than the opt-out approach approved previously. Committee debate addressed grandfathering of existing operators and the competitive effects of expansion. The committee then voted to recommend INEXPEDIENT TO LEGISLATE (ITL) on the bill; the ITL motion passed on a recorded voice tally of 3–2. The chair noted the motion’s result and left the bill on the regular calendar for further consideration.
Votes recorded during the session included adoption of technical grammatical corrections to an amendment and multiple voice votes to adopt amendments and advance bills; one ITL motion passed 3–2 on the municipal opt-in amendment. The committee adjourned after asking members to review revenue worksheets for next week’s vote.
