Who Approved Touchplay?
Thanks to Charlie Wishman for pointing out a letter from State Senator Dennis Black. A little reminder for Chris Rants:
This language in House File 2627 was extensively debated during the extraordinary legislative session of 2002. In the Senate, many spoke on the proposed bill, me included. The bill had earlier passed the House of Representatives by a vote of 52 AYE and 44 NAY. The House vote was absolutely party line, with Republicans in support of video lottery and Democrats in opposition. Representative Bell voted against the creation of the video lottery program.The vote on the TouchPlay legislation passed the Senate with 26 AYE and 22 NAY, with three Republicans joining me and my Democratic colleagues in opposing what we viewed as “a law that will come back to haunt us.””
I’d like to point out one thing to Charlie, however – HF2627 is the bill from the current session. It would be nice to know which bill was debated in 2002 (and what the roll call vote was) in support of TouchPlay – and the lobbyist filings as well. (i.e. I’d like to see the 2002 bill and information on the Legislative Bill Book. HF2627 and filings are available to the public, but I don’t know where to start looking for the 2002 version…
- Sousy