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SENATE BILL 708
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SB 1066/24 – B&T CF HB 922
By: Senator Zucker Senators Zucker and Ferguson
Introduced and read first time: January 27, 2025
Assigned to: Budget and Taxation
Committee Report: Favorable with amendments
Senate action: Adopted
Read second time: February 21, 2025
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 2024 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 708
SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That Section 1 of this Act is 1
contingent on the State Lottery and Gaming Control Commission issuing licenses as 2
required under § 9–1E–17 of the State Government Article to at least three independent 3
evaluators. 4
SECTION 2. 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect 5
July 1, 2025. 6
Approved:
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Governor.
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President of the Senate.
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Speaker of the House of Delegates.