Delaware House Bill 310 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 21-5)
Status: Passed on January 28 2010 - 100% progression
Action: 2010-01-28 - Signed by Governor
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [HTML]

This bill authorizes the introduction and operation of table games by the Delaware Lottery at licensed video lottery agents. Like the video lottery, the table games would be offered on the premises of Delaware's video lottery agents. The Delaware Lottery would determine which table games would be played and establish regulations for the effective management of the games. Proceeds from the operation of the Delaware Lottery would be paid to the Delaware Lottery, which would keep a portion of those proceeds to cover its administrative expenses and its law-enforcement and security expenses, as well as an amount to fund programs for the treatment, education and assistance of compulsive gamblers, with the remainder contributed to the General Fund. This bill also imposes a license fee structure that will reward video lottery agents for making capital investments by allowing them to reduce the annual license fee by up to 50% to account for the cost of capital projects, and that reduces the total license fee further if the video lottery agents are able to achieve certain table gaming revenue annual targets. As such, this bill promotes capital investment by video lottery agents, incentivizes the video lottery agents to achieve reasonable revenue targets, and creates additional new employment opportunities. This bill would also authorize the creation of a Lottery Commission, which would have responsibility for conducting hearings on disputed licensing and exclusion matters, as well as the issuance of regulations beginning in the next fiscal year. This bill would also authorize a Division of Gaming Enforcement in the Department of Safety and Homeland Security. That Division, part of which would consist of Delaware State Police investigators, would be responsible for investigating table gaming crimes, as well as the background checks currently being conducted by the Video Lottery Enforcement Unit of the State Police. This bill also makes certain changes to the Delaware criminal laws to ensure that prohibitions on transporting table game equipment will not inhibit the Lottery. Finally, it provides that the addition of table gaming in Delaware will not affect the number of harness racing days.

An Act To Amend Titles 3, 11 And 29 Of The Delaware Code Relating To The Operation Of Table Games By The Delaware Lottery, The Creation Of A Division Of Gaming Enforcement Within The Department Of Safety And Homeland Security, Licensing Of Video Lottery Agent Personnel And Lottery And Agent Vendors, Prohibition On Gaming By Certain Persons, The Creation Of A Lottery Commission, And The Number Of Harness Racing Days.

Rep. Michael Barbieri [D]	Sen. Patricia Blevins [D]	Rep. Gerald Brady [D]	Sen. Brian Bushweller [D]
Rep. William Carson [D]	Rep. Richard Cathcart [R]	Sen. Nancy Cook [D]	Sen. Anthony DeLuca [D]
Sen. Bruce Ennis [D]	Rep. Robert Gilligan [D]	Sen. Bethany Hall-Long [D]	Sen. Margaret Henry [D]
Rep. Deborah Hudson [R]	Rep. James Johnson [D]	Rep. Quinton Johnson [D]	Rep. Thomas Kovach [R]
Rep. John Kowalko [D]	Rep. Valerie Longhurst [D]	Rep. John Mitchell [D]	Rep. Michael Mulrooney [D]
Rep. Michael Ramone [R]	Rep. Peter Schwartzkopf [D]	Rep. Darryl Scott [D]	Rep. Daniel Short [R]
Rep. John Viola [D]	Rep. D.P. Williams [D]

2010-01-28 - Senate - Senate Third Reading (Y: 15 N: 4 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2010-01-21 - House - House Third Reading (Y: 27 N: 5 NV: 6 Abs: 3) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2010-01-28		Signed by Governor
2010-01-28	Senate	Passed by Senate. Votes: Passed 15 YES 4 NO 2 NOT VOTING 0 ABSENT 0 VACANT
2010-01-27	Senate	Reported Out of Committee (JUDICIARY) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits
2010-01-26	Senate	Assigned to Judiciary Committee in Senate
2010-01-21	House	Passed by House of Representatives. Votes: Passed 27 YES 5 NO 6 NOT VOTING 3 ABSENT 0 VACANT
2010-01-21	House	Amendment HA 11 - Passed in House by Voice Vote
2010-01-21	House	Amendment HA 11 - Introduced in House
2010-01-21	House	Amendment HA 10 - Passed in House by Voice Vote
2010-01-21	House	Amendment HA 9 - Defeated by House of Representatives. Votes: Defeated 4 YES 29 NO 6 NOT VOTING 2 ABSENT 0 VACANT
2010-01-21	House	Amendment HA 9 defeated
2010-01-21	House	Amendment HA 10 - Introduced in House
2010-01-21	House	Amendment HA 9 - Introduced in House
2010-01-21	House	Amendment HA 8 - Passed in House by Voice Vote
2010-01-21	House	Amendment HA 8 - Introduced in House
2010-01-21	House	Amendment HA 7 - Passed in House by Voice Vote
2010-01-21	House	Amendment HA 6 - Passed in House by Voice Vote
2010-01-21	House	Amendment HA 5 - Passed in House by Voice Vote
2010-01-21	House	Amendment HA 4 - Defeated by House of Representatives. Votes: Defeated 5 YES 29 NO 5 NOT VOTING 2 ABSENT 0 VACANT
2010-01-21	House	Amendment HA 4 defeated
2010-01-21	House	Amendment HA 3 - Stricken
2010-01-21	House	Amendment HA 2 - Passed in House by Voice Vote
2010-01-21	House	Amendment HA 1 - Defeated by House of Representatives. Votes: Defeated 8 YES 23 NO 8 NOT VOTING 2 ABSENT 0 VACANT
2010-01-21	House	Amendment HA 1 defeated
2010-01-21	House	Amendment HA 1 to HA 1 - Passed in House by Voice Vote
2010-01-21	House	Amendment HA 1 to HA 1 - Introduced in House
2010-01-21	House	Amendment HA 7 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
2010-01-21	House	Amendment HA 6 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
2010-01-20	House	Reported Out of Committee (GAMING & PARIMUTUELS) in House with 1 Favorable, 7 On Its Merits, 2 Unfavorable
2010-01-20	House	Amendment HA 5 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
2010-01-20	House	Amendment HA 4 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
2010-01-20	House	Amendment HA 3 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
2010-01-19	House	Amendment HA 2 - Introduced in House
2010-01-19	House	Amendment HA 1 - Introduced in House
2010-01-15	House	Introduced and Assigned to Gaming & Parimutuels Committee in House

Type	Source
Summary	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis145.nsf/2bede841c6272c888025698400433a04/eeb729bf5b060455852576ab00655ab2?OpenDocument
Text	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis145.nsf/vwLegislation/HB+310/$file/legis.html?open
Roll Call	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis145.nsf/7712cf7cc0e9227a852568470077336f/09f180ca962b6704852576b2007fcec4?OpenDocument
Roll Call	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis145.nsf/7712cf7cc0e9227a852568470077336f/43bbe6ed69abbd31852576b9006e30c6?OpenDocument