A plan to allow an Alabama lottery, casinos, and legal sports betting advanced Wednesday in the Alabama House of Representatives.

The House Economic Development and Tourism Committee approved the two-bill package on voice votes.

Rep. Allen Treadaway, R-Morris, was the only no vote on both bills.

The committee approval sets the legislation up for consideration in the House of Representatives as soon as Thursday.

Treadaway said he had several concerns about the bills and plan to talk to the bill’s sponsor, Rep. Chris Blackshear, R-Phenix City, about possible changes.

One of the bills, HB151, is a constitutional amendment that will require voter approval if it makes it through the Legislature. It would be on the ballot in November.

Alabama voters have not had a chance to vote on a lottery since 1999, when they rejected a plan by Gov. Don Siegelman.

The other bill, HB152, is a 144-page enabling bill that spells out some of the specifics about the lottery, casinos, and sports betting would operate.

The legislation would create an Alabama Gaming Commission that would license the casinos and would include a law enforcement division to regulate gambling. The Legislative Services Agency estimated the state could receive up to about $900 million from the lottery, casinos, sports betting. That includes revenue that would come from a compact with the Poarch Band of Creek Indians. The legislation calls for the governor to try to negotiate a compact with the tribe.

The committee heard from opponents and supporters of the plan during a public hearing on Tuesday.