According to council rules, neither bill can come for a vote before the council until after a public hearing.
Donald C. Fry, chair of the state slots commission, did not respond to calls and e-mails yesterday. The commission has scheduled a meeting on Wednesday to discuss the Arundel slots license.
James Benoit, a co-sponsor of Dillon's bill, said he opposes slots and said he would vote "no" on both bills. He also criticized the Vitale-Jones bill.
"There's only one applicant and the application for Cordish is at Arundel Mills," said Benoit, a Democrat. "And to introduce a bill that excludes that applicant doesn't seem to make a whole lot of sense, and certainly isn't very fair to the one entity that has complied with state law."
A spokesman for Gov. Martin O'Malley declined to comment on the specifics of the new legislation.
"The governor has said in the past that it's his hope that the council make a decision one way or another for the benefit of the people of the county so that the overwhelming mandate by the people that voted to legalize slots in Maryland can be implemented," said Shaun Adamec, the spokesman.
