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House committee approves select committee on gaming with $37,000 appropriation
Summary
Senate File 111 to create a select legislative committee on gaming and a roughly $37,000 appropriation advanced from House Judiciary. Witnesses urged adding best-practices language and warned about balancing industry and public interests; an amendment to broaden the mandate failed on a tie.
The House Judiciary Committee approved Senate File 111 to establish a select committee on gaming and fund it with an appropriation of about $37,000, with lawmakers saying the state’s gaming sector is large and complex and needs a legislative venue for sustained attention.
Sponsor Senator Kolb described gaming as a roughly $2 billion industry in the state and said a standing legislative committee would help the Legislature keep pace with technological and regulatory change. "We only tackle the very few select areas," he said, arguing the committee…
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