Bill Text: PA HR635 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Designating the month of March 2010 as "Gambling Addiction Awareness Month" in Pennsylvania.

Sponsorship: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 39-12)

Status: (Passed) 2010-03-09 - Adopted [HR635 Detail]

Download: Pennsylvania-2009-HR635-Introduced.html

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PRINTER'S NO. 3227
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No. 635 Session of2010
INTRODUCED BY MURT, HARKINS, ADOLPH, BAKER, BEAR, BEYER, BRADFORD, CALTAGIRONE, CLYMER, CREIGHTON, DiGIROLAMO, EVERETT, FAIRCHILD, FLECK, GABLER, GILLESPIE, GINGRICH, GOODMAN, GRUCELA, HARPER, HELM, HENNESSEY, HESS, KILLION, KNOWLES, KRIEGER, MAJOR, MARSICO, MELIO, MILLARD, OBERLANDER, D. O'BRIEN, PALLONE, PHILLIPS, READSHAW, ROHRER, ROSS, SANTONI, SCAVELLO, SONNEY, STERN, SWANGER, TALLMAN, THOMAS, TRUE, VEREB, VULAKOVICH, WATERS AND WATSON, FEBRUARY 22, 2010
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35, FEBRUARY 22, 2010
A RESOLUTION
Designating the month of March 2010 as "Gambling Addiction
Awareness Month" in Pennsylvania.
WHEREAS, Problem gambling is gambling behavior that causes
disruption in any major area of life and includes the condition
known as "pathological" or "compulsive" gambling; and
WHEREAS, Gambling addiction is a progressive addiction
characterized by increasing preoccupation with gambling, a need
to bet more and more money, restlessness or irritability when
attempting to stop, increased frequency of gambling and loss of
control manifested by continuation of the gambling behavior in
spite of mounting serious, negative consequences; and
WHEREAS, Recently enacted gambling legislation in
Pennsylvania allows table games to become a part of the
landscape of this Commonwealth and makes gambling addiction
among its residents a possibility and likelihood; and
WHEREAS, There are useful organizations and counseling
therapists available to help persons overcome gambling addiction
and restore stability to their lives; and
WHEREAS, Awareness of gambling addiction and the availability
of treatment programs will help to mitigate problems that might
arise as a result of the allowance of table games in
Pennsylvania; therefore be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives designate the
month of March 2010 as "Gambling Addiction Awareness Month" in
Pennsylvania.
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