Discussion of legislation permitting a referendum on a Tysons casino has moved to the powerful House Committee on Appropriations.
Members of the House Committee on Local Government were directed by Speaker Don Scott (D-88) yesterday afternoon (Tuesday) to send the bill to the chamber’s appropriations committee without acting on it.
There was no public testimony taken on the casino bill at that meeting, but Del. Holly Seibold (D-12), who represents the Vienna and Tysons area, did get her views in.
“The constituents in my district … didn’t ask for this casino, nor do they want one,” she said.
The committee then voted unanimously to cede control of the bill to the appropriations committee, which meets on Wednesdays and Fridays. The committee’s meeting today, however, has been canceled, according to its website.
