Bill Text: IL HR0378 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Directs the Illinois Gaming Board to conduct a disparity study on whether minority-owned businesses face any barriers that prevent their equitable participation in the business of legalized sports wagering.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 23-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-05-22 - Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jonathan "Yoni" Pizer [HR0378 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-HR0378-Introduced.html
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1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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2 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
3 | HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
4 | we direct the Illinois Gaming Board to conduct a disparity
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5 | study on whether minority-owned businesses face any
barriers | ||||||
6 | that prevent their equitable participation in the
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7 | legalized sports wagering; and be it further
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8 | RESOLVED, That the study should include, but not be limited
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9 | to, the following: | ||||||
10 | (1) Evidence of past and present racial discrimination
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11 | by the government in gaming; | ||||||
12 | (2) Annual income and access to capital of those
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13 | seeking to enter the field; and | ||||||
14 | (3) The process for obtaining sports wagering permits
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15 | and licensing; and be it further
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16 | RESOLVED, That the Illinois Gaming Board and the General
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17 | Assembly should use the results of this study to address the
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18 | inequality within the business of legalized sports wagering and
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19 | develop clear guidelines to prevent it, alternate remedies to | ||||||
20 | prevent it, flexibility and duration of the relief, the | ||||||
21 | relationship of the numerical goals to the relevant labor | ||||||
22 | market, and the impact on third parties; and be it further
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1 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
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2 | delivered to the Illinois Gaming Board.
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