CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

HOUSE BILL 1637

Chapter 75, Laws of 2003

58th Legislature
2003 Regular Session

PROBLEM GAMBLING--PUBLIC AWARENESS

EFFECTIVE DATE: 7/27/03

Passed by the House February 28, 2003 Yeas 96 Nays 0 FRANK CHOPP ________________________________________ Speaker of the House of Representatives Passed by the Senate April 9, 2003 Yeas 45 Nays 1 BRAD OWEN ________________________________________ President of the Senate		CERTIFICATE I, Cynthia Zehnder, Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is HOUSE BILL 1637 as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth. CYNTHIA ZEHNDER ________________________________________ Chief Clerk
Approved April 18, 2003. GARY LOCKE ________________________________________ Governor of the State of Washington		FILED April 18, 2003 - 3:52 p.m. Secretary of State State of Washington

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HOUSE BILL 1637
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Passed Legislature - 2003 Regular Session

State of Washington

58th Legislature

2003 Regular Session

By Representatives Wood, Conway, Kenney, Hudgins, McCoy, Moeller, Linville, Santos, Upthegrove and Rockefeller

Read first time 02/03/2003. Referred to Committee on Commerce & Labor.

AN ACT Relating to information for compulsive gamblers; and amending RCW 9.46.071.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

Sec. 1 RCW 9.46.071 and 1994 c 218 s 6 are each amended to read as follows:
The legislature recognizes that some individuals in this state are problem or compulsive gamblers. Because the state promotes and regulates gambling through the activities of the state lottery commission, the Washington horse racing commission, and the Washington state gambling commission, the state has the responsibility to continue to provide resources for the support of services for problem and compulsive gamblers. Therefore, at a minimum, the Washington state gambling commission, the Washington horse racing commission, and the state lottery commission shall jointly develop informational signs concerning problem and compulsive gambling which include a toll-free hot line number for problem and compulsive gamblers. The signs shall be placed in the establishments of gambling licensees, horse racing licensees, and lottery retailers. In addition, the Washington state gambling commission, the Washington horse racing commission, and the state lottery commission may also contract with other qualified entities to provide public awareness, training, and other services to ensure the intent of this section is fulfilled.

         Passed by the House February 28, 2003.
         Passed by the Senate April 9, 2003.
         Approved by the Governor April 18, 2003.
         Filed in Office of Secretary of State April 18, 2003.