Delaware Senate Bill 30 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 14-2)
Status: Passed on May 14 2009 - 100% progression
Action: 2009-05-14 - Signed by Governor
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [HTML]

This Bill amends Chapter 18, Title 28 of the Delaware Code as it relates to Texas Hold’em Poker. Eliminates the no limit phase from the chapter making the game Texas Hold’em Poker. Adds definitions to the Chapter and allows the Board to set fees for Texas Hold’em Games. Mandates that facilities only conduct one (1) tournament a day. Allows organizations to have five (5) tournaments per calendar year instead of four (4). Establishes sit-and-go games and clarifies a year is a calendar year. Finally, it puts in the standard appeal language in order to appeal the Board’s decision to Superior Court. Author: Sen. Ennis

An Act To Amend Title 28 Of The Delaware Code Relating To No Limit Texas Hold'em Poker.

Sen. Thurman Adams [D]	Rep. John Atkins [D]	Rep. Edward Bennett [D]	Sen. Brian Bushweller [D]
Rep. William Carson [D]	Sen. Bruce Ennis [D]	Sen. Bethany Hall-Long [D]	Rep. Deborah Hudson [R]
Rep. James Johnson [D]	Rep. Quinton Johnson [D]	Rep. Helene Keeley [D]	Rep. John Mitchell [D]
Rep. William Outten [R]	Rep. Darryl Scott [D]	Sen. Robert Venables [D]	Rep. John Viola [D]

2009-04-30 - House - House Third Reading (Y: 38 N: 0 NV: 3 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2009-04-08 - Senate - Senate Third Reading (Y: 21 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2009-05-14		Signed by Governor
2009-04-30		Passed by House of Representatives. Votes: Passed 38 YES 0 NO 3 NOT VOTING 0 ABSENT 0 VACANT
2009-04-29		Reported Out of Committee (GAMING & PARIMUTUELS) in House with 3 Favorable, 5 On Its Merits
2009-04-09		Introduced and Assigned to Gaming & Parimutuels Committee in House
2009-04-08		Passed by Senate. Votes: Passed 21 YES 0 NO 0 NOT VOTING 0 ABSENT 0 VACANT
2009-04-08		Amendment SA 1 - Passed by Senate. Votes: Passed 21 YES 0 NO 0 NOT VOTING 0 ABSENT 0 VACANT
2009-04-08		Amendment SA 1 - Introduced in Senate
2009-04-02		Reported Out of Committee (EXECUTIVE) in Senate with 5 On Its Merits
2009-03-24		Assigned to Executive Committee in Senate

Type	Source
Summary	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis145.nsf/2bede841c6272c888025698400433a04/8a38e490783b853d8525751a006ffec4?OpenDocument
Text	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis146.nsf/vwLegislation/SB+30/$file/legis.html?open
Roll Call	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis145.nsf/7712cf7cc0e9227a852568470077336f/d8800ee0344f09408525759200780fda?OpenDocument
Roll Call	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis145.nsf/7712cf7cc0e9227a852568470077336f/c4de23b859d26d28852575a800753cc6?OpenDocument