West Virginia Senate Bill 571 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)
Status: Introduced on February 6 2023 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2023-02-15 - To Judiciary
Pending: Senate Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [HTML]

The purpose of this bill is to direct the West Virginia State Lottery Commission to accredit Independent Evaluators to audit and opine on the Sports Betting Content directly or indirectly affiliated with mobile sports wagering licensees and report findings to the West Virginia State Lottery Commission. The purpose is consumer protection through setting standards and guidelines to combat predatory promotions/advertisement, remove industry bad actors, and create generally accepted evaluation practices. Creating the guardrails now, stabilizes the industry's growth and prevents collapses seen in other more mature markets and other industries (i.e. cryptocurrency). The goal is not to restrict business in any way, it is to elevate the industry and protect the consumer.

Regulating fantasy gaming competitions and sports wagering through independent evaluations

Sen. Jason Barrett [R]

Sen. Mike Woelfel [D]

Sen. Michael Maroney [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-02-15	Senate	To Judiciary
2023-02-15	Senate	Committee substitute reported, but first to Judiciary
2023-02-06	Senate	To Government Organization
2023-02-06	Senate	Introduced in Senate
2023-02-06	Senate	To Government Organization then Judiciary
2023-02-06	Senate	Filed for introduction

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
29	22D	25	New Code	See Bill Text
29	22D	3	Amended Code	Citation Text

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=571&year=2023&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill
Text	http://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb571%20intr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=571
Text	http://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb571%20sub1.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=571
Supplement	http://www.wvlegislature.gov/Fiscalnotes/FN(2)/fnsubmit_recordview1.cfm?RecordID=861892225