BACK TO A STUDY FOR CALIFORNIAN POKER
8 August 2008
Latest amendment now in the state Senate
Appropriations Committee
Latest information on Assemblyman Lloyd Levine's
proposal to liberalise poker in California is that his
bill AB 2026 has undergone another revision, taking it
back to a study of the prospects for the game within
California.
AB2026, the California Gambling Control/Intrastate
Legalization Act, was originally intended to study
whether California should take advantage of the right of
individual states to pass laws on gambling to legalise
online poker within the state.
The bill was subsequently amended to actually legalise
poker (see previous InfoPowa reports), and has since
been amended yet again to its current form, which is for
a study. This is clearly illustrated by the passage:
"The enactment of this act does not authorize the play
of Internet poker. In enacting this act, it is merely
the intent of the Legislature to have the appropriate
state agencies develop a suggested structure, potential
regulatory guidelines, and estimate on the amount of
revenues to the State of California that may be
generated by the play of Internet poker for possible
consideration in the future."
AB2026 presently languishes in the state Senate
Appropriations Committee awaiting further action, which
will probably consist of a debate on the availability of
budget to execute such a project.
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