Community, Economic & Recreational Development 2025-2026

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The Senate Communications and Technology Committee met on Tuesday, June 24, 2025 and considered the following bills:

SB 478 (Farry/Pennycuick) – Establishes the Office of Employee Ownership within DCED and the Main Street Employee Ownership Grant Program

• Amendment A00768  – Establishes the Employee Ownership Advisory Board and clarifies grants and eligibility under the act
• The amendment passed unanimously and the bill as amended passed 13-1, with Senator Coleman voting in the negative.

The committee did not consider SB 783 (Robinson) as was originally scheduled.

The Senate Communications and Technology Committee met on Wednesday, June 10, 2025 and considered the following bills:

Senate Bill 73 (Baker) – Amends the State Lottery Law to provide that certain personal information of lottery prize winners of $100,000 or more is confidential and not considered public record unless they choose to voluntarily waive confidentiality.

• Passed unanimously

Senate Bill 330 (Brooks) – Amends the Sports Raffle Charities Act to specify that 5% of the funds to be distributed for charitable purposes from Major League and Collegiate Sporting Event 50/50 Raffles shall be used to fund certain grants for fire companies and EMS issued by the Office of State Fire Commissioner.

• The committee went OVER the bill

Senate Bill 398 (Brooks) – Amends the Local Option Small Games of Chance Act to establish a pilot program that allows fire companies to conduct no more than two online raffles per year. The provision expires on Dec. 31, 2026.

• Passed unanimously

Senate Bill 416 (Robinson/Fontana) – Amends the Local Option Small Games of Chance Act to allow licensed organizations to accept electronic payment for fundraising, including raffle tickets.

• Passed unanimously

Senate Bill 665 (Langerholc) – Amends Title 53 (Municipalities Generally) to establish Safe Exchange Zones for goods purchased online and child custody exchanges.

• Passed unanimously

Senate Bill 766 (Brown) – Amends the Human Services Code regarding summer camp eligibility.

• Passed unanimously

Senate Bill 840 (Laughlin) – Amends Title 4 (Amusements) to reduce the 1,500 minimum slot machines requirement for Category 1 and 2 licensed facilities to 1,000.

• Passed on a party line vote 9-5

The Senate Communications and Technology Committee met on Wednesday, May 7, 2025 and considered the following bills:

Senate Bill 666 (Laughlin) – Removes the minimum slot requirement for Category 1, 2, and 3 casinos. The bill was reported from committee on a party line vote of 9-5.