Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin has made clear he’s open to legislation that would lift a ban on so-called skill games but he wants far stricter limits on the devices than what lawmakers proposed. The governor put forward amendments late Monday that overhaul a measure the General Assembly sent him in March.
FILE - Virginia Republican gubernatorial candidate Glenn Youngkin talks with supporters during a rally in Culpeper, Va., Oct. 13, 2021. The Republican governor of Virginia vetoed two top Democratic legislative priorities on Thursday, March 28, 2024: bills that would have allowed the recreational retail sales of marijuana to begin next year and measures mandating a minimum wage increase.
The skill games debate is a rare issue that has not fallen along partisan lines. A coalition formed to push for legalization this year centered the voices of the small-business owners who hosted the machines in establishments like gas stations and restaurants and shared in their profits before a ban first passed in 2020 took effect.
Operators got a reprieve after then-Gov. Ralph Northam asked lawmakers to delay the ban by a year and instead tax the machines and use the revenue for COVID-19 relief. The ban took effect in July 2021 but was challenged in court and put on hold for a while amid that fight.
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