Sentences with phrase «sports legalization bills»
The two former NFL pro quarterbacks were in the Capitol to lobby on behalf of daily fantasy sports legalization bills.
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Daily fantasy sports companies drafted former Buffalo Bills» Hall of Fame quarterback Jim Kelly and former NFL quarterback Vinny Testaverde to come to the Capitol today to urge passage of DFS legalization.
Lawmakers came close last year to passing a legalization bill that would have set up an insurance framework for regulating combat - style sports, but the measure never came up for a vote in the Assembly, where sponsors are confident it would pass.
When the Assembly came to order on June 17 for a session that would last until 5:09 a.m. the next day, it still needed to pass an anti-heroin package, a roll - back of the state's Blue Laws, the legalization of daily fantasy sports, a constitutional amendment that could make more elected officials convicted of felonies forfeit their pensions, a government transparency measure, and 57 other bills.