Relating to sports gambling and wagering, by providing for fantasy sports contests and sports betting, providing for taxes and fees, making penalties applicable, and including implementation and effective date provisions

Where it is now

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   Done: IntroducedFebruary 25, 2019
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   Done: SubcommitteeMarch 11, 2019
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   Done: House committeeMarch 20, 2019
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   Done: Passes the HouseApril 22, 2019
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   Skipped: Senate committeeSkipped
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   Done: Passes the SenateApril 17, 201931–18
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   Done: To the GovernorMay 6, 2019
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   Done: Signed into lawMay 13, 2019

SF 617 became law → The same legislation passed as SF 617, so this version was set aside. Go to SF 617 What’s a funnel?

Amendments · 7

3 adopted · 3 failed. Newest first.

• H-1263 · filed April 22, 2019 by

  AI summary This amendment removes the requirement for certain parties to use reasonable steps or methods in their processes. It also expands the definition of certain individuals to include their family members related within the second degree of affinity or consanguinity. Its wording →
  Failed
  April 22, 2019
• H-1262 · filed April 22, 2019 by

  AI summary This amendment adds a definition for "official league data" and allows licensees to use this data to determine the results of certain sports wagers. It also states that a licensee only has to use this data thirty days after a sports league notifies the commission that it wants to provide it, unless the licensee can show the data is not available on reasonable terms. Its wording →
  Withdrawn
  April 22, 2019
• H-1261 · filed April 22, 2019 by

  AI summary This amendment changes two different numbers from six and three-quarters to ten. Its wording →
  Failed
  April 22, 2019
• H-1260 · filed April 22, 2019 by

  AI summary This amendment changes how tax money from sports wagering and internet fantasy sports is distributed. It requires that one-half of one percent of the net receipts or adjusted revenues from these activities be put into the county endowment fund, while the rest goes to a different state fund. Its wording →
  Failed
  April 22, 2019
• H-1251Strike everything · filed April 18, 2019 by

  AI summary This amendment replaces the entire bill and establishes rules for sports wagering and voluntary exclusion from gambling. It defines various types of sporting events, sets rules for how people can voluntarily ban themselves from gambling, and outlines how certain gambling revenues are distributed. Its wording →

  Amends this HF 748 to CONFORM to SF 617
  Adopted
  April 22, 2019
• S-3182 · filed April 17, 2019 by Sen. Roby Smith (R)

  AI summary This amendment adds a rule that fantasy sports contests cannot include games based on college sports statistics until May 1, 2020. It also changes the name of the funds collected from sports wagering to "sports wagering receipts." Its wording →
  Adopted
  April 17, 2019
• S-3176 · filed April 17, 2019 by Sen. Roby Smith (R)

  AI summary This amendment adds rules for internet fantasy sports contests, including background checks for licensees and requirements to provide problem gambling information. It changes how certain gambling revenues are distributed, replaces several references to "state philanthropy, opportunity, reinvestment, and tourism" with "sports wagering receipts," and adjusts various numbers and fee structures. It also clarifies that certain information regarding false identification can be shared with law enforcement and sports governing bodies. Its wording →
  Adopted
  April 17, 2019