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[ekdikeo]

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Here are all the committee members to help get this bill through:
Committee Members:

Steve Conway - Chair (D)
Alex Wood - Vice Chair (D)
Cary Condotta - Ranking Minority Member (R)
Bruce Chandler - Asst Ranking Minority Member (R)
Larry Crouse (R)
Tami Green (D)
Jim Moeller (D)
Brendan Williams (D)



Here is the info for the head of the committee and its staff:

Telephone: (360) 786-7125
Fax: (360) 786-7018
Toll-Free Legislative Hotline: 1-800-562-6000

Representative Steve Conway - Chair (D)

Committee Staff
Jill Reinmuth, Counsel 786-7134
Joan Elgee, Counsel 786-7106
Sarah Beznoska, Counsel 786-7109
Matthew Meacham, Legislative Assistant 786-7125

[HelloandGoodby90]

Here is the address of all their e-mails:

http://apps.leg.wa.gov/memberemail/D...aspx?Chamber=H

[HelloandGoodby90]

Even if you do not live in Washington State, I ask for your support of poker players here. Last year, Bill 6613 was passed, that made it a Class C Felony to gamble online. The Class C Felony is the equivalent to torturing animals, possession of child porn, and threatening the Governor. This sentence is terribly unfair, and it has a chance to be amended. But Washington needs everyones help to do it. Bill 1243 has been introduced to the Washington State House of Representatives. This bill seeks to correct the element of Bill 6613 that made it a felony to gamble online. When you get a chance, please help. Together, we can beat anyone who stands in the way of the game we love.

You probably don't want to write your own, so you can copy and paste the one I wrote.

Representative-

Last year, Bill 6613 was passed in Washington State. This Bill made it a Class C Felony to gamble online. A Class C Felony is the same thing as threatening the governor, possessing child porn, and torturing animals. That sentence is very harsh. Gambling for cents as a hobby, in the privacy of a person's own living room, should not make them a felon. This injustice has a chance to be corrected. Bill 1243, which seeks to eliminate the Class C Felony aspect of Bill 6613, is now alive in the House Commerce and Labor committee. I feel very strongly about this issue, and believe that gambling online should in no way be criminalized. Please support this Bill.

YOUR NAME HERE

Here are the e-mail adresses of the members of the House Commerce and Labor Commitee who need to be written to. The first one listed is the chairman, who decides if the Bill is given a hearing. He is our main target. Write to him if first, and if you get a chance, as many of the others as you can.

conway.steve@leg.wa.gov
wood.alex@leg.wa.gov
condotta.cary@leg.wa.gov
chandler.bruce@leg.wa.gov
crouse.larry@leg.wa.gov
green.tami@leg.wa.gov
moeller.jim@leg.wa.gov
williams.brendan@leg.wa.gov


Thanks alot.

[jschaud]

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I like that the legislator said this “Most certainly choosing to gamble, or play a game of skill such as poker ..."

He must be a player.

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I shot an email over. very short, just a thanks and a please continue your support. is this quote not significant? If one state considers poker a game of skill does it not immensely help our cause? I realize that this bill does not immediately help for making it legal, but could it start a carve out?

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There is still no news on whether this bill will get a hearing.

*Please* speak up and contact representative Steve Conway at conway.steve@leg.wa.gov. We still have time to fix this - but we need to put the pressure on!

[TheMathProf]

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There is still no news on whether this bill will get a hearing.

*Please* speak up and contact representative Steve Conway at conway.steve@leg.wa.gov We still have time to fix this - but we need to put the pressure on!

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I'm not sure that the Strow bill gets a hearing, as I think Conway has some other ideas in mind:

Washington Votes link to 2007 HB1477 (Regulating House-Banked Social Card Games)

This other bill, which has a companion in the State Senate, is sponsored by Conway, who is the chairman of this committee. [img]/images/graemlins/mad.gif[/img]

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