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AL HB412
Bill
Status
4/11/2019
Primary Sponsor
John Rogers
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AI Summary
HB412 Summary
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Adds Section 13A-12-25.1 to the Code of Alabama 1975 to permit local legislation authorizing wagering on professional, collegiate, and amateur sports contests and athletic events.
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Allows municipalities and counties to adopt their own local laws permitting sports betting despite existing statewide gambling offenses.
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Overrides the general prohibition against local legislation on subjects regulated by state law by explicitly authorizing local sports wagering ordinances.
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Becomes effective immediately upon passage and approval by the Governor, or upon otherwise becoming law.
Legislative Description
Sports wagering, authorize the adoption of local legislation, Sec. 13A-12-25.1 added.
Gambling
Last Action
Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Economic Development and Tourism
4/11/2019