Day 81 - The session may get a lot more interesting after today. Rep. Charles Ross (Republican, 14th District) and I introduced three bills today to address the monopoly tribal casions have in Washington. HB 2044 would allow privately owned house banked card rooms to offer video lottery terminals within their establishments. The revenue from these machines would be dedicated to K-12 education, safety net programs for the most vulnerable in our society and public safety (law enforcement). I was interviewed by KOMO radio host Ken Schram this afternoon who seems to support the idea. There will be a lot of news artciles about this bill over the next few days.
Rep. Ross and I also introduced legislation to close tribal tax perferences on the fuel, cigarette and property taxes. Closing these tax preferences would generate approximately $110 million per biennium. The final bill provides the people's representatives (the legislature) with direct oversight over interstate, international, federal, and tribal agreements.
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