Local control over simulcast permits will be the primary focus of Wyoming’s new Select Committee on Gaming this year, as lawmakers prepare to draft a bill for the next legislative session.
Chairman Sen. John Kolb, R-Rock Springs, reminded committee members the next session — which begins in early February — is a budget session. This means all non-budget bills will need to pass a two-thirds introductory vote for the Legislature’s consideration.
“In the past, you know, we have not been successful legislatively (with gambling),” Kolb said during the committee’s first meeting in Casper on Monday.
Last year, members of the Legislature’s Joint Appropriations Committee voted to sponsor five gambling-related bills for this year’s legislative session.
