Get Full Government Meeting Transcripts, Videos, & Alerts Forever!
Get email alerts on the Gaming Regulation topic
No spam. Unsubscribe anytime.
Lawmakers hear short, uncontested bill to add regional card game to social-skill list
Summary
House File 357 would add Hassenpeffer (a regional name similar to Euchre) to Minnesota's list of social-skill games. The bill's sponsor described it as a small, regionally targeted clarification and the committee laid it over for possible omnibus inclusion.
Representative Harder presented House File 357 to add the game Hassenpeffer (described as similar to Euchre) to Minnesota's list of social-skill games. Harder said the change addresses regional naming differences and prevents compliance confusion for community organizers and venues that host the game. She said the bill was the follow-up of former Representative Brian Farr and that it was largely a technical, constituency-driven amendment with no policy controversy.
No public testifiers spoke in opposition or offered detailed testimony; a member noted earlier support from former Representative Farr. The committee laid HF 357 over for potential inclusion in an omnibus gambling/skill-games bill later in the session.
