Maryland 2024 2024 Regular Session

Maryland Senate Bill SB1066 Engrossed / Bill

Filed 03/12/2024

                     
 
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          *sb1066*  
  
SENATE BILL 1066 
C7   	4lr2239 
    	CF HB 1291 
By: Senators Zucker and Ferguson 
Introduced and read first time: February 2, 2024 
Assigned to: Budget and Taxation 
Committee Report: Favorable 
Senate action: Adopted 
Read second time: February 26, 2024 
 
CHAPTER ______ 
 
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  2 	SENATE BILL 1066  
 
 
 
 SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect July 1 
1, 2024. 2 
 
 
 
 
Approved: 
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 Governor. 
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         President of the Senate. 
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  Speaker of the House of Delegates.