A second bill regulating online poker has been introduced in California, according to CardPlayer and other sites. The bill is the brainchild of Assemblyman Reggie Jones-Sawyerand is called the Internet Poker Consumer Protection Act of 2015.

The bill apparently has the support of PokerStarsand players must be located in California in order to hop online. The contingent that includes PokerStars and three major land-based casinos in the state said of it, “[W]e are encouraged that his approach will move the discussion of online poker forward in a positive direction.” Those sentiments are in stark contrast to language from the group lambasting a bill brought forward by State Senator Mike Gatto.

According to Pokerfuse, Mark Macarro, Tribal Chairman of the Pechanga Tribe, frowned on the bill, saying, “We are disappointed that the bill disregards important principles from a broad coalition of respected tribes and card rooms that help prevent corporations and entities that previously violated federal law from profiting from tainted software, brands, and databases derived from illegal activity.”

Macarro is alluding to PokerStars in his statement, as the bill is “softer” on bad actor language than Gatto’s bill, according to CardPlayer.

A one-time deposit of $10 million is required to apply for a license and operators must pay 8.5% of their gross gaming revenue to the state.

As outlined by the same poker news site, the bill would accommodate horse tracks in an abrupt change from past policy: “AB 167 would also allow for the inclusion of the state horse racing industryin the yet-to-be-formed online poker market. Historically, gaming interests in the state have been opposed to dividing the online poker pie further by including the horse racing industry.”

The new bill criminalizes players who play on unregulated sites.

The other major online poker bill in California is one proposed by Gatto, who recently announced that he’d be amending his bill to eliminate language mandating that players had to sign up and deposit at a brick-and-mortar casino. Gatto’s bill contains a “bad actor” clause that would seemingly not allow sites like PokerStars to participate. Like in Jones-Sawyer’s bill, players who play on unauthorized sites would face penalties in Gatto’s measure.

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