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Off-track betting bill clears Senate committee

Rep. Carlos Bilbao, R-Emmett, presents off-track betting legislation to the Senate State Affairs Committee on Monday morning; the committee endorsed the bill on a 5-4 vote. (Betsy Russell)
Rep. Carlos Bilbao, R-Emmett, presents off-track betting legislation to the Senate State Affairs Committee on Monday morning; the committee endorsed the bill on a 5-4 vote. (Betsy Russell)

The Senate State Affairs Committee has voted 5-4 in favor of HB 191, the bill to allow licenses for off-track betting on simulcasts of live horse races to be transferred off of local fairgrounds racetrack facilities to more suitable locations. All the testimony on the bill was in favor. The bill, which previously passed the House, now moves to the full Senate with a recommendation that it "do pass."



Betsy Z. Russell
Betsy Z. Russell joined The Spokesman-Review in 1991. She currently is a reporter in the Boise Bureau covering Idaho state government and politics, and other news from Idaho's state capital.

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