House Speaker Robbie Wills says work on merging the two halves of the lottery bill — the business model and the scholarship rules — and incorporating suggestions from lawmakers and others is proceeding swiftly, but the legislation may not get filed this week.

Wills informs that he is aiming to file the long-awaited legislation on Friday, but “we reserve the right to take the weekend.”

The bill-filing deadline for the 2009 session is Monday, but because Wills has already filed a shell lottery bill, he can amend the bill at any time.

Whether he amends the bill this week or early next week, Wills says he plans to present the bill in the House Rules Committee on March 11. If that happens, the bill, which has more than 60 House sponsors, could be on the House floor as early as the following day.

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