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Committee Adopts Amendment Extending Towns' Time Limits for Licensed Gaming Projects
Summary
In executive session the House Ways and Means Committee amended HB 737 to lengthen time windows before a town can reconsider permitting gaming facilities and voted 15‑0 to recommend the bill as amended.
The House Ways and Means Committee, in executive session on May 20, amended HB 737 to extend the statutory time windows that protect approved gaming projects from local re‑votes and then voted to recommend the bill as amended.
What the amendment changes The adopted amendment (20250850H as carried on the committee floor) increases the allowable period before a municipality may reconsider whether to permit gaming. The amendment raises the length of time an operator must be inactive before a town may reverse approvals from two years to…
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