Bill Title: Amends the Video Gaming Act. Provides that the governing body of a municipality or a county board of a county in which video gaming has not been prohibited may pass an ordinance to (1) limit the number of video gaming terminals permitted to operate within the boundaries of the municipality or the unincorporated areas of the county and (2) place restrictions on the locations of the video gaming terminals within the boundaries of the municipality or the unincorporated areas of the county, including, but not limited to, requiring a mandatory distance in feet between sets of video gaming terminals. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-04-24 - House Floor Amendment No. 1 Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB0259 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [HTML]

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Sponsors

Name	Type	Sponsorship	District	Financial	Encyclopedia	Biography
Representative Joe Sosnowski [R]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	HD-069	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Sheri Jesiel [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-061	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart

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