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WY
Transcript Highlights:
- And I'm not sure the cost, but I'd like to see us join the National Gaming Deal.
- allows scholarship for legislators to go learn about regulations in gaming.
- It doesn't have anything to do with being in gaming.
- Gaming. It has to do with what's happening in other states, how they regulate it.
- </c> Senate file 0044 gaming amendment. Senate file 0044 gaming amendment.
Committee:
Senate Appropriations
Keywords:
K-12 education, school facilities, security improvements, public funding, state appropriations, school construction, local government funding, sales tax distribution, municipal funding, economic equity, state revenue, Wyoming Legislature, legislative appropriations, Legislative Service Office, LSO budget, general fund, biennial budget, legislative branch, legislator travel, per diem
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- Arizona Game and Fish Commission Appointment Recommendation Board: Michael L. Cravens.
- Arizona Game and Fish Commission Appointment Recommendation Board: Jaron Lyman.
- Arizona Game and Fish Commission Appointment Recommendation Board: Nathan R. Reese.
- Cravens Arizona Game and Fish Commission Appointment Recommendation Board Jaron Lyman Arizona Game and
- Game and Fish Commission, Jessica Manuel. Refer to the Committee on Natural Resources.
AL
Alabama 2026 Regular Session
Alabama House Mobile County Legislation Committee Jan 21st, 2026
Mobile County Legislation
Transcript Highlights:
- ><00:10:21.040><c> to</c><00:10:21.600><c> enhance</c><00:10:22.160><c> those</c><00:10:22.480><c> games
- </c> to try to help to enhance those games to try to help to enhance those games and<00:10:23.120><c>
- it's for all the events including<00:11:02.800><c> the</c><00:11:03.040><c> two</c><00:11:03.279><c> games
- and</c><00:11:03.920><c> it</c><00:11:04.160><c> will</c><00:11:04.320><c> be</c> including the two games
- and it will be including the two games and it will be asking<00:11:04.880><c> for</c><00:11:06.160><
Committee:
House Mobile County Legislation
ND
North Dakota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Appropriations - Education and Environment Division Apr 15th, 2025 at 10:15 am
Appropriations - Education and Environment Division
Transcript Highlights:
- Well, I'm looking at Section 17 related to the Tribal Gaming Compact.
- And I know we've received some emails already from the gaming charities and those sorts of things.
- And I'll be honest, I'm a little leery when I get these emails from these gaming charities.
- And I'm getting it from people out here in Bismarck and out west, and they're worried about a gaming
- All right, committee, again, review of the game plan. We're going to go in floor after floor.
Bills:
SB2003
Keywords:
higher education, student loans, scholarships, capital projects, workforce development, funding, North Dakota university system, 908, all
Summary:
The committee first reconsidered Senate Bill 2003 in the higher education budget and adopted several changes. It removed $3 million for enterprise resource planning, struck $2 million for a grant program for students who are pregnant or recently gave birth, and then added $3 million back into workforce education and innovative grants, restoring that line to $12 million. Members also discussed a possible purchase of the 19th Avenue building in Fargo for the State School of Science, but the motion was withdrawn for later consideration. Other higher ed items were briefly noted, including tribally controlled community colleges and a state magazine funding line, but no final action was taken on the building proposal during this segment.
The committee then moved to Senate Bill 2018, the Commerce budget, and reviewed a long list of funding items. It restored a vacant workforce FTE, increased tourism marketing to $10 million and Find the Good Life to $5 million, raised Operation Intern by $1 million, removed a $100,000 infrastructure study, increased autonomous agriculture grants to $15 million, and set the Regional Workforce Impact Program at $10 million. It also kept or adjusted several other items, including the uncrewed aerial vehicle replacement program, the global talent office, tribally controlled community colleges, Native American small business grants, and technical skills training grants.
A major new provision would transfer $50 million total, split between SIF and Bank of North Dakota profits, to the Theodore Roosevelt Library Museum Endowment Fund, matching a private fundraising challenge; members expressed both support and concern, and said they would revisit it later. The committee also discussed language to allow commercialization of Vantis and to permit the Turtle Mountain gaming compact proposal to move forward with required federal approvals, while clarifying that a previously discussed $100,000 study had been removed. Commerce officials said the workforce language was intended to centralize data and strategy, and they noted Operation Intern would need an emergency clause because applications begin in May. No final vote on the Commerce budget was taken in this segment, and the chair said the committee would return later to finish both budgets.
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- finding ways to either through public records requests or whatever to hone in on prizes, the specific games
- , and find out that maybe 80% of the games have been sold, but 60% of the prizes still remain within
- It takes the fairness out of the game, and it takes the money out of Idaho.
- The reason is the games would still sell out, but it would take a little bit longer for the games to
- But with that, I think it's a good move to try to protect the integrity of the game for those that choose
Committee:
Senate State Affairs
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> to fishing game for instance. Thank you. to fishing game for instance. Thank you.
- Um after further DNCR and vision game.
- </c><00:42:58.160><c> and</c> included all of the fishing game and included all of the fishing game and
- Do you want to talk a fish and game.
- </c><01:09:33.920><c> So,</c> the the fishing game department. So, the the fishing game department.
Committee:
Senate Finance
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Finance Division II (03/25/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
- charitable gaming facilities and what we can expect in terms of revenue.
- </c> able to do with our charitable Gaming able to do with our charitable Gaming facilities<00:14:12.680
- </c><00:15:35.759><c> revenue</c> expecting a daily gross Gaming revenue expecting a daily gross Gaming
- revenue of $300 and 2,500 VT machines at a daily gross gaming revenue of $425.
- :22:13.880><c> revenue</c> machines at a daily gross Gaming revenue machines at a daily gross Gaming
Summary:
The committee first heard Representative Sweeney present and defend the budget amendment legalizing video lottery terminals (VLTs) and setting a 30% tax rate, with 65% of the tax going to the state and 35% to charities. He argued the lower rate was needed to encourage operators of historic horse racing (HHR) machines to convert to VLTs, saying the higher 45% rate would discourage adoption. He walked through revenue projections for fiscal years 2026 and 2027, estimating significant increases in state and charity revenue as machines transition over time, and said the amendment was designed to expand charitable gaming revenue overall.
Several members questioned the assumptions behind his projections and the basis for his analysis, including why his independent research differed from the governor’s and Lottery Commission’s estimates. Sweeney said his figures were based on research into other states and conversations over many years, and he maintained that a 45% tax would likely result in no VLT adoption. Members also debated whether the transition costs for operators would be quickly recouped and whether the state’s share should be larger. One member emphasized that the committee was effectively choosing between a lower operator share and a higher state share, while Sweeney argued the 30% structure would produce revenue for everyone.
The committee then moved to other revenue items on the tracking sheet. It voted 7-0 to accept the Lottery Commission’s revised base revenue estimates. Members also discussed an amendment to repeal the local option requirement for Kino games, which would expand Kino availability and was estimated to generate additional lottery profit in fiscal years 2026 and 2027. That amendment drew opposition from members who said local control was an important part of the original Kino policy and that removing it would override municipal decisions. The committee also noted that the VLT/HHR revenue item had already been adopted and was being revisited only to confirm the associated revenue estimates.
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
House Resources, Recreation and Development (01/14/2026)
Resources, Recreation and Development
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><00:28:13.279><c> would</c> what the um uh how fishing game would what the um uh how fishing game
- They plan the cuts working with fish and game biologists, taking fish and game and animal habitat into
- They plan the cuts working with fish and game biologists, taking fish and game and animal habitat into
- </c><04:16:35.760><c> hunting</c> brook trout fishing, big game hunting brook trout fishing, big game
- um fishing game stuff like that. um fishing game introduced<04:37:58.320><c> turkeys</c><04:37:58.799
Committee:
House Resources, Recreation and Development
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Governmental Organization Committee May 4th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- The Tribal-State Gaming Compact extension before us today was executed between Governor Newsom on behalf
- Simply so all that we are doing here is the Yurok Tribe has an existing tribal-state gaming compact.
- The Yurok Tribe has an existing tribal-state gaming compact that dates back to 2006.
- Negotiations are underway for a new tribal-state gaming compact that will come before this body.
- a new compact continue, we simply propose to extend the termination of the existing tribal-state gaming
Summary:
The Assembly Governmental Organization Committee held an informational hearing on the Tribal-State Gaming Compact extension between the State of California and the Yurok Tribe. Chair Blanca Rubio explained that the hearing was for briefing only, with no formal vote, and that the Legislature cannot amend the compact; AB 1389 is the ratification bill that will later come before the Assembly floor. The extension preserves the existing compact’s terms and extends it through December 31, 2026, to maintain the tribe’s economic stability while a new compact is negotiated.
Governor Newsom’s senior advisor for tribal negotiations, Matthew Lee, said the extension simply preserves the status quo while negotiations continue on a new compact expected to come before the Legislature later this year. Yurok Tribe Chairman Joseph James testified that the amendment does not change any substantive terms, but gives the tribe time to negotiate a new agreement and continue operating its existing gaming and hospitality operations under the current framework.
Chris Lundstrom of the California Tribal Business Alliance spoke in support. There was no opposition, no member questions, and no vote taken. The chair then adjourned the meeting.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Governmental Organization Committee May 4th, 2026
Governmental Organization
Transcript Highlights:
- The Tribal-State Gaming Compact extension before us today was executed between Governor Newsom on behalf
- The Yurok Tribe has an existing Tribal-State gaming compact. Thank you very much, sir.
- The Yurok Tribe has an existing Tribal-State gaming compact that dates back to 2006.
- Negotiations are underway for a new Tribal-State gaming compact that will come before this body.
- for a new compact continue, simply proposed to extend the termination of the existing Tribal-State gaming
Committee:
House Governmental Organization
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- But the most important part is the Arizona Department of Gaming.
- and then the Department of Gaming horse racing.
- On the gaming industry and how that affects the bottom line.
- people's pocketbooks will be used in gaming facilities.
- We are not changing the tax side of taxes on gaming.
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
JLCAR Administrative Rules (06/20/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
- As of last night, the fishing game item was on the consent. I asked it to be pulled.
- </c><00:03:15.440><c> I</c> fishing game item was on the consent.
- I fishing game item was on the consent.
- Next up is Fish and Game item 2570.
- My name is Jessica Wheelan, the licensing and OHRV supervisor at Fish and Game.
Summary:
The JLCAR meeting opened with approval of the prior minutes and the consent calendar, after one Fish and Game item was pulled from consent for separate discussion. The committee then reordered the regular calendar and postponed an HHS item at the agency’s request because work on the proposal was still ongoing and the sponsoring representative was absent.
The committee next considered OPLC item 2547, dealing with amendments to licensure and discipline forms for regulated professions. Members raised concerns that the form appeared geared toward health professions and that boards were not sufficiently involved in the process. OPLC responded that the form was being moved toward a dynamic online format with logic to collapse irrelevant questions, and that the agency was trying to make the application more user-friendly. The committee approved the item.
DNCR item 2551, concerning volunteer/adopt-a-park program rules, was approved after the agency acknowledged it had been operating the program and using forms before formal rules were adopted, and said it was now correcting that issue. Fish and Game item 2570, on electronic OHRV and snowmobile registration applications, drew discussion over processing times. The committee chair argued for consistency with the five-day mail-in processing period, while Fish and Game said it had concerns about file-transfer delays and workload and preferred 10 days. The committee ultimately approved the proposal with an oral amendment and conditional approval.
In other business, staff described a broader move to an online agency portal for submitting rulemaking documents, replacing email submissions. Members supported the change as a modernization effort and noted it would also make it easier to see which rules are nearing expiration. The committee approved the manual change, with implementation planned for early August after agency training.
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
House Resources, Recreation and Development (01/21/2026)
Resources, Recreation and Development
Transcript Highlights:
- I am the supervisor of the non-game and endangered wildlife program at the New Hampshire Fish and Game
- </c><01:02:55.520><c> and</c> fully in support of fish and game and fully in support of fish and game
- ><c> only</c><01:10:17.040><c> two</c> Fishing game suggested and only two Fishing game suggested and
- Fishing<01:10:22.320><c> game</c><01:10:22.800><c> suggested</c> Fishing game suggested Fishing game
- game especially fish<01:11:24.480><c> and</c><01:11:24.719><c> game</c><01:11:24.960><c> was</c><01:
Committee:
House Resources, Recreation and Development
FL
Florida 2026 Regular Session
Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government Feb 12th, 2026
Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government
Transcript Highlights:
- These illegal slot operations fuel secondary criminal activity, undermine Florida's regulated gaming
- These illegal slot operations fuel secondary criminal activity, undermine Florida's regulated gaming
- The Gaming Commission is required to issue such statement within 60 days, and that statement is binding
- Deputy Director Brandon McCaffrey of the Gaming Commission waves in support.
- Those are three folks that have legal machines that were arrested a year ago by the Gaming Commission
Keywords:
gaming, slot machines, veterans organizations, regulatory compliance, Florida Gaming Control Commission, declaratory statement, criminal penalties, financial regulation, vulnerable adults, information security, financial exploitation, licensing, biosolids, agronomic rate, land application, environmental protection, Florida statutes, nutrient management, recordkeeping, farming
Summary:
The Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government met with a quorum present and first took up confirmation votes for appointees on tabs 2 through 6, which were recommended favorably without public testimony. The committee then heard CS/SB 1474, which would direct DEP to stop issuing or reissuing permits for Class B biosolids land application when a wastewater treatment facility is reasonably accessible within 50 miles, and it was reported favorably. The committee also heard SB 1708, which removes a timing requirement for veterinarians licensed in good standing elsewhere to qualify for Florida licensure; it received support from Americans for Prosperity and the ASPCA and was reported favorably.
Members then considered CS/SB 204 on illegal slot machine operations. An amendment was adopted that set the baseline penalty at a second-degree misdemeanor, elevated violations involving six or more machines or repeat offenses to a third-degree felony, and made violations by a person of authority involving six or more machines or multiple prior convictions a second-degree felony. Testimony supported the bill’s effort to target larger illegal operations while protecting veterans’ organizations and other lawful users from felony exposure; the bill as amended was reported favorably. The committee also adopted a strike-all for CS/SB 1294 addressing Class AA biosolids, requiring agronomic-rate application, recordkeeping, IFAS guidance, and application of fertilizer-related requirements to bulk land application products, with an effective date of November 1, 2026; it was reported favorably after limited questions about oversight and IFAS’s role.
Later, CS/SB 772 was heard to allow portable electronics limited licensees to sell “iware” insurance and define that term, and it was reported favorably. CS/SB 1504 updated pre-licensure education for the 440 customer service representative license so a high school student completing a half-credit insurance and personal finance elective can apply upon turning 18; it received supportive testimony from industry groups and was reported favorably. Finally, the committee adopted a strike-all amendment to CS/SB 540 creating cybersecurity program requirements for mortgage and money service businesses, extending oversight to certain investment advisers, clarifying emergency suspension authority for anti-money laundering violations, extending payment deadlines for examination costs, and adjusting director experience requirements for financial institutions; the bill as amended was reported favorably. Senators McClain and Truenow requested to be recorded as voting in the affirmative on tabs 11 and 13, and the committee adjourned at the end of the agenda.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- House Bill 135 aims to define exotic game animals within the scope of the agricultural exemptions and
- provide consistency in how exotic game operations are taxed, ensuring fairness.
- House Bill 135 provides the necessary legal clarity as it pertains to taxation on exotic game.
- The Exotic Game industry is a crucial part of the Texas economy, particularly in rural areas where it
- House Bill 135 provides the necessary legal clarity so as it pertains to taxation on Exotic Game.
Bills:
HB135
Committee:
Senate Finance
Summary:
The Senate Finance Committee heard Senate Bill 2345, as a committee substitute, which would reform the Austin Firefighter Retirement Fund. Senator Schwertner explained that the bill is based on an agreed voluntary funding soundness restoration plan between the City of Austin and the fund, and would create a new reduced benefit tier for firefighters hired on or after January 1, 2026, adjust COLAs for current retirees, establish an actuarially determined funding model to address legacy liabilities and 2024 asset losses over 30 years, and add new board seats. Mayor Kirk Watson, city finance staff, the fund executive director, trustees, and retired firefighters all testified in support, describing the measure as an agreed-to, fiscally responsible compromise that protects benefits, supports recruitment, and reduces risk to taxpayers. The committee adopted the committee substitute, but left SB 2345 pending.
The committee also heard House Bill 135, which clarifies tax treatment for exotic game or exotic livestock operations by defining them within agricultural exemptions and stating that sales of exotic livestock are not subject to sales and use taxes. Senator Flores described it as a clarification to provide consistency and fairness, and a witness for the Exotic Wildlife Association said it would resolve a Comptroller-related tax issue and benefit ranchers, landowners, and hunters. The committee closed public testimony and reported HB 135 favorably to the full Senate, with a motion to place it on the local and uncontested calendar.
Senate Bill 771, by Senator Hinojosa, was also heard and later reported favorably. The bill would allow diesel fuel used in auxiliary power units or power takeoff units to qualify for the same fuel tax credit or refund already available for gasoline, correcting an inadvertent exclusion from the 2003 motor fuel tax rewrite. A witness supported the bill as a matter of tax equity. The committee then considered House Bill 1109, the House companion to SB 935, which exempts counties from certain motor fuel taxes on fuel used in county vehicles; Senator Hall explained it as simply exempting government agencies from paying the tax on their own vehicles. HB 1109 was reported favorably to the full Senate. The committee adjourned after completing its business.
NY
New York 2025-2026 Regular Session
New York State Senate Session - 05/12/2026
New York Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- We look forward to the game.
- We look forward to the game.
- At its core, golf is a social game that brings people together.
- It is a game that you love to hate, and a game that you hate to love.
- It is a game that you love to hate, and a game that you hate to love.
Summary:
The Senate convened, approved the journal, and took up a series of motions to discharge identical Assembly bills to the Third Reading Calendar, along with committee reports and amendments. The chamber also received an introduction from Senator Gonzalez honoring Maria Raine and her advocacy for guardrails on AI chatbots after the death of her son, and later adopted a Rules Committee report sending several General Business Law bills directly to Third Reading. The resolution calendar was adopted with some exceptions, and the Senate recognized several previously adopted resolutions honoring individuals and observances, including Barnabas McHenry, Arthur Jones Jr., Floyd Todd Peterson III, the Lexington School for the Deaf, Tadeusz Kosciuszko, Apraxia Awareness Month, Fibromyalgia Awareness Day, Prevention Week, Physician Anesthesiologists Week, and Golf Day in New York.
The Senate then considered and passed numerous bills, many on consumer protection and public policy topics. Measures included bills on General Business Law, Public Health Law, Correction Law, Environmental Conservation Law, Executive Law, Vehicle and Traffic Law, Public Officers Law, Not-for-Profit Corporation Law, Public Housing Law, Education Law, Labor Law, and Public Service Law. Several bills were laid aside, including a Public Health Law bill by Senator Fernandez and a Public Service Law bill by Senator Parker. The chamber also passed a concurrent constitutional resolution by Senator Stec proposing an amendment to Article 14.
During floor debate, senators explained votes on several measures. Senator Ramos spoke in support of paid sick leave for domestic workers, describing the bill as a long-overdue labor protection for a workforce historically excluded from such rights. Senator Fernandez described her bill as the Manufacturer Disclosure and Transparency Act, aimed at requiring notice and public disclosure of certain pharmaceutical patent settlement agreements to improve transparency and competition in prescription drug pricing. Senator Ryan and Senator Martins supported a bill restricting hidden algorithmic price manipulation online, and Senator May supported a bill limiting excessive rental car fuel charges as part of a broader consumer protection package. The Senate also passed a memorial highway bill naming a portion of Route 19 in LeRoy for Lieutenant Gary A. Scott, with Senator Borrello explaining the veteran’s service and sacrifice.
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- in the big game hunting world.
- You notice I didn't mention Fish and Game. I already know what you think about that. With that, Mr.
- So I'm going to talk about the Fish and Game. So I'm going to go there.
- The Fish and Game right now has seven commissioners. These are regional commissioners.
- But when we have a power over the appointment process, we have more skin in the game and the ability,
MS
Mississippi 2026 Regular Session
Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks - Room 210, 2 February, 2026; 3:00 P.M.
Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks
Transcript Highlights:
- One thing in particular, in Mississippi, we won't have very many big game animals, but this is one that
- One thing in particular, in Mississippi, we won't have very many big game animals, but this is one that
- One thing in particular, in Mississippi, we won't have very many big game animals, but this is one that
- fish or the one the books uh for game fish or the one over<00:27:28.400><c> 34.
- </c> they would still be non-game they would still be non-game trash<00:31:07.279><c> fish</c><00:31:
Committee:
Joint Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- They play a game: we're going to use SP and setbacks and everything else to force you to have big lots
- or to do what we want you to do, and then the builders respond with their own set of games.
- </c><00:10:45.959><c> right</c> way and they sort they play a game right way and they sort they play
- a game right we're<00:10:46.600><c> going</c><00:10:46.760><c> to</c><00:10:47.160><c> use</c><00:10:
- </c><00:10:56.120><c> and</c> respond with their own set of games and respond with their own set of games
Committee:
Senate Commerce
TX
Texas 89th Regular
Appropriations - S/C on Articles VI, VII, & VIII Feb 24th, 2025
Appropriations - S/C on Articles VI, VII, & VIII
Transcript Highlights:
- And I think we've seen that as that game, as people have not wanted to play that game. as much the view
- This is a game, right? The lottery games? Yeah, it's just a game. Correct.
- And so as a player of a game, what's your goal? Any game. I'm not trying to...
- Because, look, this is a game of strategy, to be honest with you.
- As far as that game being rigged, how could that possibly be?