Indiana Senate Bill 47 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Passed on May 17 2011 - 100% progression
Action: 2011-05-18 - Effective 07/01/2011
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [HTML]

Permits a licensed owner to convert a riverboat into a permanently moored craft without propulsion or navigation equipment. Provides for submission of plans and commission approval of the construction of a permanently moored craft to replace a licensed owner's self-propelled excursion boat. Provides that a licensed owner converting a self-propelled excursion boat into a permanently moored craft is not required to substantially alter the marine structural and life safety systems of the excursion boat if the excursion boat was in service before January 1, 2010. Removes obsolete provisions concerning the original riverboat licensing process. Authorizes a licensed owner or an operating agent to conduct card tournaments in a hotel or other facility owned or leased by the licensed owner or operating agent. Allows a riverboat or a racetrack casino to receive compensation for advertising alcoholic beverages by brand name. Eliminates certain restrictions under which the holder of a gaming permit may pay for complimentary drinks at certain events. Specifies that servers employed by a lessee or caterer providing food and beverage service at a gaming facility do not have to be employed by the gaming entity. Provides that servers who serve alcoholic beverages in a gaming area must be employed by a person holding a gaming site permit.

Various riverboat matters.

Sen. Ronnie Alting [R]

Sen. Brandt Hershman [R]

Sen. Frank Mrvan [D]

Sen. Lonnie Randolph [D]

2011-04-05 - House - House - Third reading: passed (Y: 58 N: 41 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2011-04-04 - House - House - Amendment 1 (Riecken), failed (Y: 39 N: 58 NV: 1 Abs: 2) [FAIL]
2011-01-25 - Senate - Senate - Third reading: passed (Y: 33 N: 7 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-05-18		Effective 07/01/2011
2011-05-17		Public Law 15
2011-04-15		Signed by the Governor
2011-04-12		Signed by the President of the Senate
2011-04-08		Signed by the Speaker
2011-04-07		Signed by the President Pro Tempore
2011-04-05		Returned to the Senate without amendments
2011-04-05		Third reading: passed; Roll Call 403: yeas 59, nays 40
2011-04-04		Amendment 1 (Riecken), failed; Roll Call 396: yeas 39, nays 58
2011-04-04		Second reading: ordered engrossed
2011-03-31		Committee report: do pass, adopted
2011-03-28		First reading: referred to Committee on Public Policy
2011-02-08		Representative GiaQuinta added as cosponsor
2011-01-25		Cosponsor: Rep. McMillin
2011-01-25		House sponsor: Rep. Davis
2011-01-25		Referred to the House
2011-01-25		Third reading: passed; Roll Call 31: yeas 33 and nays 15
2011-01-24		Senator Randolph added as coauthor
2011-01-24		Second reading: ordered engrossed
2011-01-20		Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
2011-01-05		First reading: referred to Committee on Public Policy
2011-01-05		Authored by Senators Alting, Hershman and Mrvan

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.in.gov/apps/lsa/session/billwatch/billinfo?year=2011&session=1&request=getBill&doctype=SB&docno=0047
Text	http://www.in.gov/legislative/bills/2011/IN/IN0047.1.html
Text	http://www.in.gov/legislative/bills/2011/SB/SB0047.1.html
Text	http://www.in.gov/legislative/bills/2011/ES/ES0047.1.html
Text	http://www.in.gov/legislative/bills/2011/SE/SE0047.1.html
Roll Call	http://www.in.gov/legislative/bills/2011/PDF/Srollcal/0031.PDF.pdf
Roll Call	http://www.in.gov/legislative/bills/2011/PDF/Hrollcal/0396.PDF.pdf
Roll Call	http://www.in.gov/legislative/bills/2011/PDF/Hrollcal/0403.PDF.pdf