After nine years of discussion, an online poker bill has finally made it to the full Assembly floor in California, and that was the easy part.
Wednesday's passage through the Appropriations Committee showed that there remains a large divide among industry stakeholders on suitability standards, and that a bill is not likely to make it through the Assembly until a compromise can be reached to appease all parties.
The bill appeared to pass with only one vote against, but each of the committee members who spoke on the issue qualified his or her yes vote, often saying that they would not be ready to approve the legislation in the full Assembly.