Legislative efforts to bring legal sports betting to Georgia in 2023 are alive again.'
Hopes for the legalization of sports betting in 2023 were seemingly killed when multiple bills failed to move into the opposite chamber on crossover day. Instead, House Speaker Jon Burns recently shared that legislators may try to tack sports betting language onto a different bill that successfully moved on crossover day.'
A few days after Burns' comments, the push to legalize sports wagering in Georgia is on once again. The Senate Economic Development and Tourism Committee replaced language in HB 237 about designating an official soap box derby in Georgia with language that would legalize sports betting in the state. The bill passed out of committee by a vote of 8-1.
Ante up: A measure to designate an official Soap Box Derby in Georgia has now been transformed into a sports betting measure. The new bill, which just cleared a Senate committee 8-1, could reach a floor vote next week. #gapol https://t.co/4j3bF4tFhZ