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SB 552

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Video Lottery Operation License - Renewal

Sponsor: Nancy J. King (District 39)Committee: Budget and TaxationSubject: GamingStatus: First Reading Ways and Means (as of Nov 6, 2020)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Providing for a 10-year term for the renewal of a video lottery operation license; requiring a licensee to provide notice of intent to apply for renewal of the license 2 years before the expiration of a license; requiring the State Lottery and Gaming Control Commission to renew a certain license unless the Commission finds that the licensee is no longer qualified; requiring the Commission, before denying an application, to provide a licensee an opportunity for a hearing; etc.

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Testimony (4)

MGA witness list
FAV 4Favorable
PositionWitnessOrganizationTestimony
FAVJohansen, MichaellobbyistHorseshoe CasinoPosition only
FAVHarting, MartalobbyistMaryland Live! CasinoOral + Written (PDF)
FAVWise, SteveMaryland Live! CasinoPosition only
FAVSenator King, Senator KinglegislatorIndividualOral + Written (PDF)

Organizations on record

Registered lobbyists who testified

FAVJohansen, MichaelHorseshoe CasinoRegistered for: 1/ST Racing MD LLC; ASC Engineered Solutions; Access Holdings Management Company, LLC; Alterwood Health, Inc.; Ashley, Inc.; Baltimore Streetcar Museum
FAVHarting, MartaMaryland Live! CasinoRegistered for: Abbott Laboratories; Annie E. Casey Foundation, Inc., The; Asurion Insurance Services, Inc.; Baltimore Community Foundation; Baltimore Gas and Electric Company; Baltimore Public Markets Corporation