The ABC-Gaming Subcommittee advanced seven bills without opposition, passing measures on historical horse racing revenue distribution, tribal consultation rights, sports betting credit card prohibitions, charitable gaming expansions, and ABC store operations, while passing one casino gaming bill by for the day.
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“I do not like coming to a meeting and have to work on the bill. If you bring a bill to this subcommittee, you should have all your details worked out. I do not want to be taking amendments from members once we get here. Your bill, you present it concisely, we vote on it, we pass it. We're not debating a great deal of changes on the bill because your bill should be ready when you come to the subcommittee meeting. And we should not be having to fix your bill in a meeting. If it's not fixed, we will pass it by or we will kill it.”
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Sign in to subscribeGood afternoon, everyone, and welcome to the general law subcommittee, ABC gaming subcommittee. Glad you can join us. To chairman Krisak, thank you so very much for being here with us and for the privilege to the opportunity to chair this committee. I just only have a couple comments about my style of chair and my expectations that I want to share with you right after we have the roll call. Clerk, you may close the roll. Thank you. This is our first meeting, so for me, we're going to work out a few of the kinks that we may have, but relative to expectations. So I say this to members of this committee and members in the general assembly, certainly on the House side. And for those of you who work with the patrons on bills, I do not like coming to a meeting and have to work on the bill. If you bring a bill to this subcommittee, you should have all your details worked out. I do not want to be taking amendments from members once we get here. Your bill, you present it concisely, we vote on it, we pass it. We're not debating a great…
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