An Alabama Senate Tourism committee meeting ended with no action taken on two comprehensive gaming bills this afternoon after a high-strung 40 minutes of discussion.
The scheduled public hearing for bills and , which call for an expansive gaming package in Alabama, started nearly 20 minutes late. Several committee members expressed their displeasure with the delay and the expectation that they were to take action on the bills without first seeing their full pages.
However, it was mentioned in the meeting that changes are likely coming to the bills. Several committee members lamented that they have yet to see the proposed changes in full and could not in good conscious take a vote on the bills.
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