A Georgia House committee is expected to vote Wednesday on whether to advance online sports betting legislation to the House Rules Committee, which would determine whether proposals to expand Georgia’s gambling industry make it to the House floor before the 2024 session wraps up on Thursday.
On Monday, the House Higher Education Committee members spent an hour debating how sports gambling revenue should be spent on education in the event Georgia voters legalize sports betting at the ballot box in the November election.
Scheduled for Wednesday’s higher education agenda are Senate Bill 386, which establishes a framework for a sports gambling industry in Georgia, and Senate Resolution 579, which would set up a constitutional amendment referendum that gives voters the chance to sanction sports gambling in Georgia.
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