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SENATE BILL 1066
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By: Senators Zucker and Ferguson
Introduced and read first time: February 2, 2024
Assigned to: Budget and Taxation
A BILL ENTITLED
AN ACT concerning 1
Sports Wagering – Independent Evaluation of Sports Wagering Content – 2
Required 3
FOR the purpose of requiring, rather than authorizing, certain sports wagering licensees 4
and sports wagering operators that advertise in the State to contract with certain 5
independent evaluators for certain purposes; and generally relating to the evaluation 6
of sports wagering content. 7
BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 8
Article – State Government 9
Section 9–1E–17(d) 10
Annotated Code of Maryland 11
(2021 Replacement Volume and 2023 Supplement) 12
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 13
That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 14
Article – State Government 15
9–1E–17. 16
(d) A sports wagering licensee or sports wagering operator that advertises in the 17
State [may] SHALL contract with an independent evaluator licensed under subsection (b) 18
of this section to evaluate and rate the sports wagering licensee’s sports wagering content, 19
sports wagering experts, sports wagering influencers, and content partners. 20
SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect July 21
1, 2024. 22