Gambling legislation remains stalled in the Alabama Legislature as the 2024 session winds down
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Gambling legislation remains stalled in the Alabama Senate with members expressing doubt that it will get another vote in the closing hours of the legislative session.
The session ends Thursday and supporters have been unable to break a stalemate in the state Senate after the measurelast week. Supporters had hoped to get the bill back for another vote but said that seems increasingly unlikely to happen as the session winds down. Republican Rep. Chris Blackshear, the bill sponsor, said it looks like it would take a “miracle of Biblical proportion” to get the bill taken up in the Senate in the session’s final two days.
“I just hope the senators that voted no and couldn’t get on board take time to drive around the state and see for themselves, the problems we have in all 67 counties,” Blackshear said Wednesday. The stalled conference committee proposal would authorize a state lottery and allow"electronic games of chance" including slot machines and video poker, but not table games, at seven locations. The Alabama House of Representatives voted 72-29 for the conference committee proposal, exceeding the 63 votes required to win approval in the 105-member chamber. The measureRepublican Sen.
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