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HB0125 • 2021
Simulcasting.
AN ACT relating to pari-mutuel wagering; repealing a condition restricting the Wyoming gaming commission's authority to permit simulcast racing within one hundred miles of a permitted premise; and providing for an effective date.
Did Not Pass
The latest official action shows that this bill did not move forward in that session.
- Sponsor
- Representative Newsome
- Last action
- 2021-03-22
- Official status
- inactive
- Effective date
- 3/1/2021
Plain English Breakdown
The bill summary does not provide specific details on the impact or support for the changes, leaving these points uncertain.
Simulcasting Act
The bill removes a restriction that limited the Wyoming Gaming Commission's ability to permit simulcast racing within 100 miles of an existing racetrack.
What This Bill Does
- Removes a condition that stopped the Wyoming Gaming Commission from allowing simulcast horse races near other racetracks.
Who It Names or Affects
- The Wyoming Gaming Commission
- Horse racetracks that want to host simulcast races
Terms To Know
- Simulcasting
- A way for people to bet on horse races happening at other tracks, shown live or recorded.
- Pari-mutuel wagering
- A betting system where the money from bets is shared among winners after taking out a commission.
Limits and Unknowns
- The bill did not pass and was voted down in the House on March 22, 2021.
- It's unclear how many racetracks would be affected by this change or if they support it.
- There are no details about funding for implementing these changes.
Amendments
These notes stay tied to the official amendment files and metadata from the legislature.
Plain English: The amendment changes a bill that originally aimed to remove certain restrictions on allowing horse racing simulcasts near permitted premises, instead amending those restrictions and adding new conditions for when the one hundred mile limitation can be waived.
- Replaces 'repealing' with 'amending' in the description of what the act does.
- Adds a definition section that explains what 'simulcasting' means under this act.
- Inserts specific conditions about waiving the one hundred mile limitation for simulcasts, requiring written approval from certain permittees or county boards.
- The amendment text is complex and includes technical legal language which may be hard to fully interpret without additional context.
HB0125HW001
Committee of the Whole • Representative Walters
Corrected, Failed
Plain English: The amendment changes a bill to allow the Wyoming gaming commission to modify, rather than completely remove, restrictions on simulcast racing near permitted live horse racetracks.
- Replaces 'repealing' with 'amending' in the bill's title and text.
- Adds new language defining 'simulcasting' and setting conditions for its authorization by the commission.
- Includes a specific condition that simulcasting cannot occur within 100 miles of live horse racetracks without written approval from the affected permittee.
- The amendment's text does not fully explain all aspects of how simulcast racing will be regulated after these changes.
- It is unclear what specific impacts this change might have on existing regulations or future decisions by the commission.
Bill History
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2021-03-22
House
H 3rd Reading:Failed 23-37-0-0-0
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2021-03-19
House
H 2nd Reading:Passed
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2021-03-18
House
H COW:Passed
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2021-03-11
House
H Placed on General File
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2021-03-11
House
H02 - Appropriations:Recommend Do Pass 4-3-0-0-0
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2021-03-05
House
H Introduced and Referred to H02 - Appropriations
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2021-02-24
House
H Received for Introduction
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2021-02-12
LSO
Bill Number Assigned
Current Bill Text
Read the full stored bill text
21LSO-0547
2021
STATE OF WYOMING
21LSO-0547
Numbered
2.0
HOUSE BILL NO. HB0125
Simulcasting.
Sponsored by: Representative(s) Newsome, Harshman, Paxton and Stith and Senator(s) Landen
A BILL
for
AN ACT relating to pari-mutuel wagering; repealing a condition restricting the Wyoming gaming commission's authority to permit simulcast racing within one hundred miles of a permitted premise; and providing for an effective date.
Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:
Section 1
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W.S. 11
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25
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102(a)(vii)(C) is repealed.
Section 2
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This act is effective July 1, 2021
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