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An Act to Provide That Authority over In-person Sports Betting Resides Solely with the Gambling Control Board

An Act to Provide That Authority over In-person Sports Betting Resides Solely with the Gambling Control Board

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Sponsor
Senator Joseph Baldacci
Last action
2025-05-20
Official status
Pursuant to Joint Rule 310.3 Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD)
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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An Act to Provide That Authority over In-person Sports Betting Resides Solely with the Gambling Control Board

An Act to Provide That Authority over In-person Sports Betting Resides Solely with the Gambling Control Board Sponsor: Senator Joseph Baldacci Reference committee: Veterans and Legal Affairs Latest committee action: Reported Out; ONTP

What This Bill Does

  • An Act to Provide That Authority over In-person Sports Betting Resides Solely with the Gambling Control Board Sponsor: Senator Joseph Baldacci Reference committee: Veterans and Legal Affairs Latest committee action: Reported Out; ONTP

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2025-05-20 Senate

    Pursuant to Joint Rule 310.3 Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD)

  2. 2025-05-15 Committee

    Reported Out; ONTP

  3. 2025-05-12 Committee

    Work Session Held

  4. 2025-05-12 Committee

    Voted; ONTP

  5. 2025-05-01 Committee

    Referred to Committee on Veterans and Legal Affairs.

  6. House

    None

Official Summary Text

An Act to Provide That Authority over In-person Sports Betting Resides Solely with the Gambling Control Board
Sponsor:
Senator Joseph Baldacci
Reference committee:
Veterans and Legal Affairs
Latest committee action:
Reported Out; ONTP

Current Bill Text

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132nd MAINE LEGISLATURE
FIRST SPECIAL SESSION-2025
Legislative Document No. 1862
S.P. 732 In Senate, May 5, 2025
An Act to Provide That Authority over In-person Sports Betting
Resides Solely with the Gambling Control Board
Received by the Secretary of the Senate on May 1, 2025. Referred to the Committee on
Veterans and Legal Affairs pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 and ordered printed.
DAREK M. GRANT
Secretary of the Senate
Presented by Senator BALDACCI of Penobscot.

Page 1 - 132LR0733(01)
1Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
2Sec. 1. 8 MRSA §1220 is enacted to read:
3§1220. Jurisdiction
4 Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, jurisdiction over sports wagering
5 conducted in person on the property of a facility operator is vested solely in the Gambling
6 Control Board established in section 1002.
7SUMMARY
8 This bill provides that jurisdiction over sports wagering conducted in person on the
9 property of a facility operator is vested solely in the Department of Public Safety, Gambling
10 Control Board.
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