But Hoskins, who sits on the Senate Appropriations Committee which fielded HB 556 upon its arrival in the Senate, decided to stall the legislation. The Missouri Legislature’s final day was Friday, and during a chaotic final lawmaking session, HB 556 remained on the sidelines.<\/p>\n
The final legislative day of the Missouri 2023 session saw GOP leaders quarrel about which statutes deserved immediate attention and a vote.<\/p>\n
Senate Majority Leader Cindy O’Laughlin (R-Shelbina), at the request of House Republicans, sought to push the sports betting measure to the floor in the final hours of the session. But Hoskins, an ally of Sen. Bill Eigel (R-Weldon Spring) who was at odds with O’Laughlin throughout much of the closing week and is likely to take a run at the governor’s office next year, refused to bring the bill to the floor.<\/p>\n
O’Laughlin scolded her colleagues by saying the Senate has dire issues it needs to address, and that the political theater must end.<\/p>\n
\nPeople bring legislation to the floor that they cannot get passed, and then in retaliation for that, they hang up the business of the Senate for hour after hour,” O’Laughlin declared. “We’re not all running for governor. We just want to do the work of the Senate. We need cooperation from everyone to get that done.”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
Earlier in the day, Eigel had spent time reading a biography of former President Ronald Reagan after a bill he sponsored that sought to reduce residential property taxes was defeated 26-8 by a procedural vote.<\/p>\n
Sports Betting Remains on Hold<\/b><\/h2>\n
Missouri is neighbored by eight states — tied for the most in the US with Tennessee. Missouri’s neighbors are Arkansas, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Nebraska, Oklahoma, and Tennessee.<\/p>\n
All but Oklahoma are home to legal, regulated sports gambling, though operations have not yet begun in Kentucky. Arkansas, Iowa, Illinois, Kansas, and Tennessee also allow online sports betting, meaning Missourians can simply drive across the state border to one of those states and place a legal bet on their mobile device.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Missouri sports betting will remain on hold until at least 2024 after state lawmakers adjourned for their 2023 legislative season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":273416,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,1074],"tags":[86320,82511,85409,82474,80968,82775],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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