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| 3 | 3 | | EXPLANATION: CAPITALS INDICATE MAT TER ADDED TO EXISTIN G LAW. |
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| 4 | 4 | | [Brackets] indicate matter deleted from existing law. |
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| 5 | 5 | | *hb0922* |
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| 7 | 7 | | HOUSE BILL 922 |
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| 8 | 8 | | C7 5lr3169 |
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| 9 | 9 | | HB 1291/24 – W&M CF SB 708 |
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| 10 | 10 | | By: Delegate Ebersole |
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| 11 | 11 | | Introduced and read first time: January 31, 2025 |
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| 12 | 12 | | Assigned to: Ways and Means |
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| 14 | 14 | | A BILL ENTITLED |
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| 16 | 16 | | AN ACT concerning 1 |
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| 18 | 18 | | Sports Wagering – Independent Evaluation of Sports Wagering Content – 2 |
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| 19 | 19 | | Required 3 |
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| 21 | 21 | | FOR the purpose of requiring, rather than authorizing, certain sports wagering licensees 4 |
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| 22 | 22 | | and sports wagering operators that advertise in the State to contract with certain 5 |
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| 23 | 23 | | independent evaluators for certain purposes; and generally relating to the evaluation 6 |
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| 24 | 24 | | of sports wagering content. 7 |
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| 26 | 26 | | BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 8 |
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| 27 | 27 | | Article – State Government 9 |
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| 28 | 28 | | Section 9–1E–17(d) 10 |
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| 29 | 29 | | Annotated Code of Maryland 11 |
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| 30 | 30 | | (2021 Replacement Volume and 2024 Supplement) 12 |
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| 32 | 32 | | SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 13 |
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| 33 | 33 | | That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 14 |
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| 34 | 34 | | |
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| 35 | 35 | | Article – State Government 15 |
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| 37 | 37 | | 9–1E–17. 16 |
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| 39 | 39 | | (d) A sports wagering licensee or sports wagering operator that advertises in the 17 |
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| 40 | 40 | | State [may] SHALL contract with an independent evaluator licensed under subsection (b) 18 |
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| 41 | 41 | | of this section to evaluate and rate the sports wagering licensee’s sports wagering content, 19 |
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| 42 | 42 | | sports wagering experts, sports wagering influencers, and content partners. 20 |
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| 44 | 44 | | SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect July 21 |
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| 45 | 45 | | 1, 2025. 22 |
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