ban skill machines<\/a>, sometimes referred to as gray games, are complex pieces of legislation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\nKoenig on The Weekly said that he\u2019s hopeful his conversations with senators can help him secure the votes he needs.<\/p>\n
\u201cI’ll say this as a legislator, and I’m not saying any senators have said this to me, but I’m pretty sure we think along the same lines,\u201d<\/strong> Koenig said. \u201cYou hear about bills and you have some initial thought on it, but you don’t really focus on whether you’re \u2018yes\u2019 or \u2018no\u2019 until it’s sitting in front of you and you have to make a choice. And so, a lot of these senators have not yet made a choice, and I\u2019m trying to get meetings with them and take my five minutes and tell them why they should be for it.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\nWhat’s Ahead in Frankfort<\/h2>\n
If there\u2019s not much movement on Tuesday and Wednesday of this week, that does not necessarily doom the bill. The Senate Licensing and Occupations Committee is scheduled to meet on Tuesday. Right now, another gaming bill \u2013 House Bill 607, which would reform pari-mutuel wagering taxes and establish penny breakage for live racing \u2013 is on the agenda.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s not promising that HB 606 will get on the agenda for Tuesday\u2019s meeting. But as Koenig told Casino.org on Friday, the committee could meet again on either April 13 or 14 before the session ends.<\/p>\n
One thing that sports betting has going for it is that Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear would sign the bill into law. Knowing that gives supporters more time, especially since Republicans will likely focus their energies the next two days on bills like the biennial budget, income tax reform, and other bills Beshear\u2019s likely to veto during the upcoming recess.<\/strong><\/p>\nThe veto period will also give groups like “Kentucky Sports Betting Now” and business groups supporting the bill time to build more grassroots support and sway lawmakers.<\/p>\n
One thing to consider should the bill not pass this year: under the Kentucky Constitution, a revenue-generating bill like the sports betting bill only needs a simple majority to pass in even-year sessions.\u00a0 That’s when lawmakers pass the state budget. In the shorter sessions held in odd-number years, revenue-generating bills require three-fifths majority passage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
It’s getting down to crunch time in Frankfort for the Kentucky General Assembly’s 2022 session. But the sponsor of a sports betting bill is not ready yet to throw in the towel on his bill passing this year. There are four legislative days left in the Kentucky General Assembly session. Two of those will take […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":45,"featured_media":206829,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,1074],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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