New Hampshire legislators have dusted off the state’s online gambling bill after sitting idly in Congress for months.
The last time that everybody heard of HB 562-FN was back in August when it was tossed in an unidentified sub-committee. Everyone thought the bill was already dead until it surprisingly resurfaced in the legislature.
HB 562-FN, sponsored by Reps. Nick Zaricki, Eric Schleien, and Robert Fisher, was scheduled to be taken up during the executive session on October 25.
The bill introduced by a trio of New Hampshire state representatives is considered by many as a stub, because it only seeks to insert a new subparagraph exempting “gambling done over an internet connection on a website on the internet” from the state’s list of illegal gambling offenses.