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Idaho panel OKs plan for lawmakers to call special sessions
By KEITH RIDLERApril 15, 2021 GMT
BOISE, Idaho (AP) A House panel on Thursday approved a proposed constitutional amendment allowing the part-time Idaho Legislature to call itself into session.
The House State Affairs Committee on a voice vote sent the resolution to the full House, where it will need a two-thirds majority to pass. It has already cleared the Senate.
If the measure passes the House, the proposed constitutional amendment would go before voters in November 2022. If voters approve with a simple majority, the Legislature could call itself back into session if 60% of lawmakers in each the House and Senate agree.
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Alabama Senate approves casino and lottery legislation
By KIM CHANDLERApril 14, 2021 GMT
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) The Alabama Senate on Tuesday night approved sweeping lottery and casino legislation as lawmakers struck a compromise after years of stalemates on the issue of gambling.
Senators voted 23-9 for the proposed constitutional amendment that would establish a state lottery as well as allow nine casino sites in the state. The bill now moves to the Alabama House of Representatives. If approved by lawmakers in both chambers, the proposal would then go before voters.
“We have done a monumental job in overcoming something that has been haunting this body for as long as I’ve been here,” Republican Sen. Jim McClendon, the sponsor of the bill, said after the vote.
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Garbin, chairperson of the House Committee on Constitutional Amendments, issued a statement as President Duterte certified as urgent on Monday, April 12, three Senate bills to “provide a more conducive investment climate, increase job opportunities, foster more competition, and further spur the country’s economic growth”.
These were bills proposing amendments to the Public Service Act, Foreign Investments Act, and Retail Trade Liberalization Act all of which were already passed in the House of Representatives.
“These three economic measures certified as urgent by the President work towards improving the overall competitiveness of the country to attract investment. A look into the Restrictive provision of the 1987 Constitution which have hampered the inflow of FDIs (foreign direct investments) in the Country is also warranted,” Garbin commented.