Table Games bill rolls another 7 - Updated

The House Finance Committee endorsed and advanced the racetrack table games bill late this afternoon on a 16-9 vote.

If committee staff can prepare the latest version in time, it could be reported to the full House tomorrow for a floor vote Thursday.

House Finance retained all but one of the changes made by the House Judiciary Committee last week; Finance restored the provision that would require at least 5 percent of a county's voters to trigger a "recall" election.

Besides The Associated Press story on today's action, here's a glance with the bill's highlights as amended. MetroNews was also there, and offers audio as well. The Charleston Gazette has a story as well.

Today's vote in Finance went largely, but not entirely, along party lines.

GOP Delegates Ron Walters of Kanawha County and Allen Evans of Grant County sided with the majority.

Co-Chairman Brent Boggs of Braxton County and Delegates Tom Campbell of Greenbrier County, Richard Iaquinta of Harrison County and Doug Reynolds of Cabell County broke ranks with fellow Democrats.