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2023 SESSION
SB 780 Casino gaming; eligible host cities, limitation on local referendums.
Introduced by: Joseph D. Morrissey | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Casino gaming; eligible host cities; limitation on local referendums. Adds Petersburg to the list of cities eligible to host a casino in the Commonwealth. The bill also provides that when an eligible host city is located within 25 miles of another eligible host city, the governing body of any such city that holds a local referendum on the question of whether casino gaming should be permitted in such city that subsequently fails shall be prohibited from holding another local referendum on the same question until the other eligible host city has had a reasonable opportunity, not to exceed the date of the 2023 regular general election unless a court of competent jurisdiction sets an alternative date, to hold a local referendum on the same question.
FULL TEXT
- 09/29/22 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23100201D pdf | impact statement
- 02/01/23 Senate: Committee substitute printed 23106104D-S1 pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 09/29/22 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23100201D
- 09/29/22 Senate: Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
- 01/17/23 Senate: Assigned GL&T sub: Gaming
- 02/01/23 Senate: Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (11-Y 4-N)
- 02/01/23 Senate: Committee substitute printed 23106104D-S1
- 02/01/23 Senate: Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
- 02/02/23 Senate: Failed to report (defeated) in Finance and Appropriations (7-Y 8-N)