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• Introduced by Rep. Larry Julian (R) on May 1, 2003, to authorize off-track and internet gambling on horse races. The bill includes regulations, licensure and tax provisions, and penalties. It is part of a racetrack gambling package comprised of House Bills 4609 to 4612.
  • Referred to the House Agriculture and Resource Management Committee on May 1, 2003.
    • Reported in the House on May 20, 2003, with the recommendation that the substitute (H-2) be adopted and that the bill then pass.
    • Substitute offered in the House on May 22, 2003, to replace the previous version of the bill with one recommended by the committee which reported it. The substitute incorporates changes resulting from negotiations and deliberations related to the specific regulations on the proposed new gambling, and on how the revenue from it will be divided. The substitute passed by voice vote in the House on May 22, 2003.
    • Amendment offered by Rep. RuthAnn Jamnick (D) on May 22, 2003, to require local units of government near racetracks to use part of their share of the revenue from the new gambling to provide adequate police, fire, and traffic protection of persons and property at and near each race track, and to annually report to the state how they spent their share of the revenue. The amendment passed by voice vote in the House on May 22, 2003.
    • Amendment offered by Rep. Larry Julian (R) on May 22, 2003, to clarify that the bill only authorizes the establishment only 15 off-track betting parlors in total, not 15 each year. The amendment passed by voice vote in the House on May 22, 2003.
    • Amendment offered by Rep. David Woodward (D) on May 22, 2003, to require the off-track betting parlors to be at least 25 miles from a racetrack, rather than 10 miles. The amendment passed 72 to 32 in the House on May 22, 2003.
      Who Voted "Yes" and Who Voted "No"
    • Amendment offered by Rep. John Gleason (D) on May 22, 2003, to apply more stringent background check and anti-corruption regulations, similar to those which apply to the Detroit casinos, to the owners and managers of "racinos," or horse race tracks with the new gambling proposed by the bill. The amendment failed by voice vote in the House on May 22, 2003.
• Passed 58 to 39 in the House on May 22, 2003, to authorize internet and telephone account gambling on horse races, and up to 15 off-track betting parlors. The bill includes regulations, licensure and tax provisions, and penalties. It is part of a racetrack gambling package ("racinos") comprised of House Bills 4609 to 4612.
  Who Voted "Yes" and Who Voted "No"
• Received in the Senate on May 27, 2003.
  • Referred to the Senate Gaming and Casino Oversight Committee on May 27, 2003.