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| 3 | 3 | EXPLANATION: CAPITALS INDICATE MAT TER ADDED TO EXISTING LAW. | |
| 4 | 4 | [Brackets] indicate matter deleted from existing law. | |
| 5 | - | Underlining indicates amendments to bill. | |
| 6 | - | Strike out indicates matter stricken from the bill by amendment or deleted from the law by | |
| 7 | - | amendment. | |
| 8 | 5 | *sb1066* | |
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| 10 | 7 | SENATE BILL 1066 | |
| 11 | 8 | C7 4lr2239 | |
| 12 | - | CF | |
| 9 | + | CF 4lr2238 | |
| 13 | 10 | By: Senators Zucker and Ferguson | |
| 14 | 11 | Introduced and read first time: February 2, 2024 | |
| 15 | 12 | Assigned to: Budget and Taxation | |
| 16 | - | Committee Report: Favorable | |
| 17 | - | Senate action: Adopted | |
| 18 | - | Read second time: February 26, 2024 | |
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| 14 | + | A BILL ENTITLED | |
| 21 | 15 | ||
| 22 | 16 | AN ACT concerning 1 | |
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| 24 | 18 | Sports Wagering – Independent Evaluation of Sports Wagering Content – 2 | |
| 25 | 19 | Required 3 | |
| 26 | 20 | ||
| 27 | 21 | FOR the purpose of requiring, rather than authorizing, certain sports wagering licensees 4 | |
| 28 | 22 | and sports wagering operators that advertise in the State to contract with certain 5 | |
| 29 | 23 | independent evaluators for certain purposes; and generally relating to the evaluation 6 | |
| 30 | 24 | of sports wagering content. 7 | |
| 31 | 25 | ||
| 32 | 26 | BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 8 | |
| 33 | 27 | Article – State Government 9 | |
| 34 | 28 | Section 9–1E–17(d) 10 | |
| 35 | 29 | Annotated Code of Maryland 11 | |
| 36 | 30 | (2021 Replacement Volume and 2023 Supplement) 12 | |
| 37 | 31 | ||
| 38 | 32 | SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 13 | |
| 39 | 33 | That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 14 | |
| 40 | 34 | ||
| 41 | 35 | Article – State Government 15 | |
| 42 | 36 | ||
| 43 | 37 | 9–1E–17. 16 | |
| 44 | 38 | ||
| 45 | 39 | (d) A sports wagering licensee or sports wagering operator that advertises in the 17 | |
| 46 | 40 | State [may] SHALL contract with an independent evaluator licensed under subsection (b) 18 | |
| 47 | 41 | of this section to evaluate and rate the sports wagering licensee’s sports wagering content, 19 | |
| 48 | - | sports wagering experts, sports wagering influencers, and content partners. 20 | |
| 42 | + | sports wagering experts, sports wagering influencers, and content partners. 20 | |
| 49 | 43 | ||
| 44 | + | SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect July 21 | |
| 45 | + | 1, 2024. 22 | |
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| 52 | - | SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect July 1 | |
| 53 | - | 1, 2024. 2 | |
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| 58 | - | Approved: | |
| 59 | - | ________________________________________________________________________________ | |
| 60 | - | Governor. | |
| 61 | - | ________________________________________________________________________________ | |
| 62 | - | President of the Senate. | |
| 63 | - | ________________________________________________________________________________ | |
| 64 | - | Speaker of the House of Delegates. |