Jeremy Pisca, representing the Kootenai Tribe of Idaho, was the last person called to testify to the House State Affairs Committee this morning on HB 127, the anti-tribal gaming bill. “This is not a new issue in this legislature - it comes back every five or six years,” he said.

Pisca said of the bill, “If we don’t know what the practical effect of it is, why are we doing it? … The only result is lawsuits, and that’s not good for anybody. … We ask that you vote ‘no’ on this bill. It does nothing but create uncertainty.”

With that, Vice Chairman Jason Monks, who has been presiding because committee Chair Tom Loertscher, R-Iona, is the sponsor of the bill, announced that testimony has been completed, and the committee will adjourn for today and come back tomorrow for committee discussion of the bill.