An Arizona lawmaker wants to slam shut any “revolving door” that might have opened due to the southwestern state’s legalization of retail and online sports betting sites.
Sally Ann Gonzales, a Democratic state senator in Arizona, introduced S.B. 1617 on Thursday, a piece of legislation that proposes to restrict gambling-related opportunities for lawmakers and regulators who worked on launching legal sports betting in the southwestern state.
The bill would prohibit current or former governors, gubernatorial staffers, lobbyists, lawyers, or legislators involved in enacting gaming legislation tied to a tribal-state compact amendment effective after Jan. 1, 2021, or who was involved in negotiating those amendments, from having a financial interest in or working in the gambling industry until April 2026.
