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2023 SESSION
HB 1373 Casino gaming; eligible host cities, limitation on local referendums.
Introduced by: Kim A. Taylor | 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.
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HISTORY
- 10/13/22 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23100712D
- 10/13/22 House: Referred to Committee on General Laws
- 01/30/23 House: Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #3
- 01/31/23 House: Reported from General Laws (12-Y 6-N)
- 01/31/23 House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
- 01/31/23 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 2-N)
- 01/31/23 House: Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
- 02/03/23 House: Reported from Appropriations (12-Y 9-N)
- 02/05/23 House: Read first time
- 02/06/23 House: Read second time and engrossed
- 02/07/23 House: Read third time and passed House (49-Y 44-N 1-A)
- 02/07/23 House: VOTE: Passage (49-Y 44-N 1-A)
- 02/08/23 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/08/23 Senate: Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
- 02/15/23 Senate: Reported from General Laws and Technology (9-Y 4-N)
- 02/15/23 Senate: Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
- 02/16/23 Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Finance and Appropriations (10-Y 6-N)