Maryland Senate Bill 708 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2)
Status: Engrossed on March 12 2025 - 50% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2025-04-07 - House Conference Committee Appointed (Delegates Atterbeary, Ebersole and Patterson)
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [PDF]

Requiring, rather than authorizing, certain sports wagering licensees and sports wagering operators that advertise in the State to contract with certain independent evaluators to evaluate and rate the sports wagering licensee's sports wagering content, sports wagering experts, sports wagering influencers, and content partners; and providing that Section 1 of the Act is contingent on the State Lottery and Gaming Control Commission issuing licenses pursuant to certain provisions of law to at least three independent evaluators.

Sports Wagering - Independent Evaluation of Sports Wagering Content - Required

Sen. Craig Zucker [D]

Sen. William Ferguson [D]

2025-04-07 - House - Third Reading Passed (Y: 98 N: 39 NV: 3 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2025-03-12 - Senate - Third Reading Passed (Y: 47 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2025-04-07	House	House Conference Committee Appointed (Delegates Atterbeary, Ebersole and Patterson)
2025-04-07	House	House Refuses Recede
2025-04-07	House	Senate Conference Committee Appointed (Senators Zucker, Corderman, M. Jackson and King)
2025-04-07	House	Senate Requests House Recede
2025-04-07	House	Senate Refuses Concur House Amendments
2025-04-07	Senate	Senate Conference Committee Appointed (Senators Zucker, Corderman, M. Jackson and King)
2025-04-07	Senate	Senate Requests House Recede
2025-04-07	Senate	Senate Refuses Concur House Amendments
2025-04-07	House	Third Reading Passed (98-39)
2025-04-05	House	Second Reading Passed with Amendments
2025-04-05	House	Favorable with Amendments {233324/1 Adopted
2025-04-04	House	Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means
2025-03-13	House	Hearing 3/20 at 1:00 p.m.
2025-03-13	House	Referred Ways and Means
2025-03-12	Senate	Third Reading Passed (47-0)
2025-03-11	Senate	Second Reading Passed with Amendments
2025-03-11	Senate	Favorable with Amendments {993220/1 Adopted
2025-03-10	Senate	Favorable with Amendments Report by Budget and Taxation
2025-02-17	Senate	Hearing 2/26 at 2:00 p.m.
2025-02-17	Senate	Hearing canceled
2025-02-14	Senate	Hearing 2/26 at 1:00 p.m.
2025-02-14	Senate	Hearing canceled
2025-02-03	Senate	Hearing 2/25 at 1:00 p.m.
2025-01-31	Senate	First Reading Budget and Taxation

SB708 (Carry Over) 2025-04-07 - House Conference Committee Appointed (Delegates Atterbeary, Ebersole and Patterson)
HB922 (Crossfiled) 2025-01-31 - Hearing 2/13 at 1:00 p.m.
SB1066 (Carry Over) 2024-03-28 - Hearing 3/28 at 12:00 p.m.

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
State Government	9	1E-17	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/SB0708?ys=2025RS
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0708f.pdf
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0708t.pdf
Amendment	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/amds/bil_0008/sb0708_99322001.pdf
Amendment	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/amds/bil_0008/sb0708_23332401.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/votes_comm/sb0708_b&t.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/votes_comm/sb0708_w&m.pdf
Roll Call	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/votes/Senate/0445.pdf
Roll Call	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/votes/House/1289.pdf