A bill to let the people of Kentucky vote on a proposed amendment to the commonwealth's constitution to allow expanded gaming was killed today on the Senate floor. Senate Bill 151, which would have allowed up to seven casinos in Kentucky if the referendum passed, left the Senate State and Local Government Committee Wednesday with bipartisan support.
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Sen. Damon Thayer, a Republican, speaks to reporters Thursday
about Senate Bill 151's failure to reach passage from the Senate floor.
Thayer was a rare bipartisan supporter for placing an expanded gaming
constitutional amendment on the November ballot.
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However, it was defeated 21-16 today in a floor vote. It needed seven more votes to pass and move to the House for approval. Of western Kentucky lawmakers, Sens. Dorsey Ridley (D-Henderson) and Joey Pendleton (D-Henderson) voted in favor of SB 151. Sens. Ken Winters (R-Murray) and Bob Leeper (I-Paducah) opposed the measure.
There are still measures in the House addressing Gov. Steve Beshear's proposal for an amendment to all expanded gaming.
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