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GA SB 208

died on adjournment

State Government; regulation and taxation of sports betting in this state; authorize and provide

Georgia · 2025_26 · upper

Description

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 50 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, 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 Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to gambling, so as to exclude any consideration paid to a sports betting licensee from the definition of "bet"; to amend Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to revenue and taxation, so as to exempt wagers placed as part of sports betting; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Introduced
2025-02-19
Status date
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Latest action
2025-02-20 — Senate Read and Referred
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Billy Hickmanprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-02-19

    Senate Hopper

    introduction

  2. 2025-02-20

    Senate Read and Referred

    referral-committee

Versions

Documents

Votes

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Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

Official source

https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/70497

Attribution

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