Legislative Update

Lance Griffin/Dothan Eagle

Published: May 5, 2008

Rumors have been flying that Senate Democrats may attempt to resurrect Sen. Harri Anne Smith’s bingo bill—the one that would have reversed regulations allowing electronic bingo at Country Crossing. Shortly after introducing the bill, Smith asked that the bill not be considered. The rumor is that some Democrats whose own bingo bills were not considered, nor supported by Smith, may attempt to bring Smith’s bill to the Senate floor.

Even if this happens, the bill must have unanimous consent to move forward, and that isn’t going to happen. We will know as early as Tuesday if the bill gets reported out of the Senate Tourism Committee onto the Senate floor. The committee is chaired by Sen. Bobby Singleton, who had hoped to get a bingo bill related to Greene County passed, but did not have the votes.