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Not sure how crediable, copied off p5sWashington State Posts Wrong Bill's Passage- Online Poker Still Illegal
by PokerPages.com
Fri, Apr 27th, 2007 @ 12:00am
Reports that the Washington State legislature passed bill HB 1243 amending the state's anti-online gaming laws are false, the Washington State Governor's office said yesterday, and due to an error where voting results for a different bill were posted by mistake in its place.
"It didn't pass through the legislature," said John Lane, the Executive Policy Advisor for Washington Governor Christine Gregoire.
The Washington State legislature posted positive voting results for HB 1243, so the media began to report that the bill had passed and was on its way to the Governor's office (click here to read related article).
But the results were actually the voting results for HB 1343, a Motor Vehicle Registration bill. According the Washington State Legislative Hotline the error occurred while HB 1343 results were posted.
Bill 1243 was introduced by State Rep. Chris Strow, R-Whidbey Island, to correct excessive Class C felony charges for online poker or online gambling when done in the privacy of a primary residence for recreation and not for organized profit.
Other Class C felonies under Washington State law include but are not limited to acts of child molestation, stalking, drive by shootings, threatening the governor, family abandonment, heroin possession and unauthorized abortion.
Strow has said he considers the charge "an inappropriate penalty for an activity responsible adults should be allowed to do in the privacy of their home."
Persons convicted of a Class C felony face a maximum of 5 years in prison and a fine of up to $10,000.
by PokerPages.com
Fri, Apr 27th, 2007 @ 12:00am
Reports that the Washington State legislature passed bill HB 1243 amending the state's anti-online gaming laws are false, the Washington State Governor's office said yesterday, and due to an error where voting results for a different bill were posted by mistake in its place.
"It didn't pass through the legislature," said John Lane, the Executive Policy Advisor for Washington Governor Christine Gregoire.
The Washington State legislature posted positive voting results for HB 1243, so the media began to report that the bill had passed and was on its way to the Governor's office (click here to read related article).
But the results were actually the voting results for HB 1343, a Motor Vehicle Registration bill. According the Washington State Legislative Hotline the error occurred while HB 1343 results were posted.
Bill 1243 was introduced by State Rep. Chris Strow, R-Whidbey Island, to correct excessive Class C felony charges for online poker or online gambling when done in the privacy of a primary residence for recreation and not for organized profit.
Other Class C felonies under Washington State law include but are not limited to acts of child molestation, stalking, drive by shootings, threatening the governor, family abandonment, heroin possession and unauthorized abortion.
Strow has said he considers the charge "an inappropriate penalty for an activity responsible adults should be allowed to do in the privacy of their home."
Persons convicted of a Class C felony face a maximum of 5 years in prison and a fine of up to $10,000.