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IN SB0333
Bill
Status
1/10/2018
Primary Sponsor
Ronald Grooms
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AI Summary
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Attorney General must conduct a study by October 1, 2018 to determine whether loot boxes in video games are predatory, prey on children, and constitute gambling under Indiana Code 35-45-5.
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Attorney General must make a recommendation to the legislative study committee on whether loot boxes should be regulated as gaming in Indiana by October 1, 2018.
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Legislative council is urged to assign an appropriate study committee to study predatory gambling in video games, with a final report due by November 1, 2018.
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Loot box is defined as a virtual item that can be redeemed to receive other virtual items within a video game.
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Both sections of the bill expire December 31, 2018, and an emergency is declared for the act.
Legislative Description
Loot boxes and video games as gambling. Requires the attorney general to: (1) study certain issues concerning the use of loot boxes in video games; (2) make a recommendation whether loot boxes should be regulated as gaming in Indiana; and (3) report the result of the study and recommendation to a study committee. Urges the legislative council to assign to the appropriate committee a study of predatory gambling in video games.
Last Action
Senator Ford added as second author
1/10/2018