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GA HB 686

withdrawn

Georgia Sports Betting Act; enact

Georgia · 2025_26 · lower

Description

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 50 of the O.C.G.A., relating to state government, so as to authorize and provide for the regulation and taxation of sports betting in this state; to amend Part 1 of Article 2 of Chapter 12 of Title 16 of the O.C.G.A., relating to gambling, so as to exclude from the definition of "bet" any consideration paid to a sports betting licensee; to provide for the exemption of persons lawfully engaged in online sports betting from regulations and restrictions regarding gambling information; to amend Title 48 of the O.C.G.A., relating to revenue and taxation, so as to exempt wagers placed as part of sports betting; to provide for related matters; to provide for a contingent effective date and automatic repeal; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Introduced
2025-02-28
Status date
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Latest action
2026-03-06 — House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Marcus Wiedowerprimary
  • Charles Martinprimary
  • Matt Dubnikprimary
  • Noel Williams, Jr.primary
  • Matt Reevesprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-02-28

    House Hopper

    introduction

  2. 2025-03-03

    House First Readers

    reading-1

  3. 2025-03-04

    House Second Readers

    reading-2

  4. 2025-03-06

    House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute

    committee-passage-favorable

  5. 2025-04-04

    House Withdrawn, Recommitted

    referral-committee,withdrawal

  6. 2026-03-06

    House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute

    committee-passage-favorable

Versions

Documents

Votes

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Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

Official source

https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/71019

Attribution

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