Sen. Daniel Sparks believes that the opinion was wrong, and that it is necessary to clarify the law through this bill. Opponents of the bill, like England and Sen. Joey Fillingane, R-Sumrall, say it is “protectionism” – with the legislature interfering in the free market to lessen the impacts of an emerging industry on existing businesses.

State Sen. Jeremy England compared this move to other hypothetical forms of protectionism that the legislature could have taken when new technologies came to the state.

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