California State Assemblyperson Antonio Valencia has offered amendments to AB 831, which would ban online sweepstakes casinos in the Golden State.
Valencia’s bill previously passed three Senate committees and was placed on third reading last week after navigating through Appropriations. The new amendments move the bill back to a status of second reading for debate in the full upper chamber.
If the Senate passes AB 831, the bill must return to the full Assembly floor for a vote since it is a “gut-and-amend” of previous legislature filed.
A recurring argument presented by online sweepstakes proponents when faced with similar legislation in other states, most notably from the Social and Promotional Gaming Association and the Social Gaming Leadership Alliance, is that bills have been written too broadly.
