Well, Will She? <\/strong><\/h2>\nUnder normal circumstances, the governor of Maine has ten days to act on a bill once it is passed by the legislature. Lawmakers had hoped Mills would sign off on it in June.<\/p>\n
But a clause in the state constitution also stipulates that if a governor takes no action and the legislature has adjoined for the year, and no special session has been scheduled — which is what happened in this case — then the governor’s decision is bumped to the next session.<\/p>\n
The state legislature reconvenes on Wednesday, and Mills has three days to act.<\/p>\n
She could have signed the bill in June \u2013 as she did a slew of other legislation \u2013 but she didn\u2019t. On the bright side, she could also have vetoed it, but she didn\u2019t do that either.<\/p>\n
The suggestion is that Mills is concerned about gambling expansion in Maine and is reluctant to put her name to it. Pro-sports betting lawmakers are optimistic she will simply let the bill become law without adding her signature.<\/p>\n
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Sports betting could be legal in Maine before the end of the week \u2013 that is, unless the state\u2019s Democratic Gov. Janet Mills opts to veto a bill passed by the legislature back in June. Should Mills put pen to paper by Friday\u2019s deadline \u2013 or even choose to do nothing and let the bill […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":123830,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,1074],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
Maine Gov. Janet Mills Has Friday Deadline to Sign or Veto Sports Betting<\/title>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n