Forty-eight hours before the crossover deadline, a Georgia house committee heard testimony about sports betting. However, some of it was inaccurate.
On Tuesday (4 March) the Georgia higher education committee listened to testimony from six witnesses about sports betting as the issue begins its last-minute march through the chamber.
There was no vote on Tuesday, while Thursday is the crossover deadline. Committee chair Chuck Martin said that while Wednesday is a legislative workday, the committee will meet again in the afternoon. Sports betting could land on that agenda and, if not, it would move to the Thursday agenda. The committee – like others in Atlanta – is working extra hours ahead of the crossover deadline.
Should the committee advance the proposal, which would allow for statewide mobile sports betting, the full house would have to approve it to keep it alive. However, a senate committee has already rejected a legalisation measure.
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