Arizona bill that would change the App Store disappears during Senate voteWhere did the bill go?
What you need to know
HB2005, which was on the Arizona Senate's agenda today, was never debated.
Neither Apple nor lawmakers are commenting on why the bill didn't make its way to debate.
The Arizona State Senate was supposed to meet and vote Wednesday to decide the fate of a bill that would have caused immense changes to how Apple and Google's app stores operate, but it has seemed to vanish out of thin air.
As reported by The Verge, the outlet was watching the debate of other bills live but HB2005, which would have forced Apple and Google to allow developers to use their own payment systems, never popped up for debate despite it being first on the agenda.
The Arizona State Senate was scheduled to vote an unprecedented and controversial bill on Wednesday that would have imposed far-reaching changes on how Apple and Google operate their respective mobile app stores, specifically by allowing alternative in-app payment systems. But the vote never happened...
Source:
Arizona bill that would change the App Store disappears during Senate vote
