The Pennsylvania House of Representatives passed a controversial table games bill Tuesday night, bringing Penn State one step closer to receiving its $334 million state appropriation.
Local representatives were split along party lines on the vote. Rep. Scott Conklin, D-Centre, and Rep. Michael Hanna, D-Centre, voted in favor of the bill, while Rep. Kerry Benninghoff, R-Centre, voted against it, according to a roll call of the vote.
Gov. Ed Rendell will not sign Penn State's appropriation into law until the table games bill is passed by both houses of the General Assembly, said Gary Tuma, Rendell's press secretary.
Tuma said Rendell wants to be certain funds are available for Penn State's appropriation before signing it into law.
The bill will move on to the Senate and then back to the House for final passage, a process Tuma said he hopes will be completed on Wednesday.
The bill would legalize certain table games at Pennsylvania's casinos and levy a tax on casino revenue, according to the bill.
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