Authorize And Tax Sports Betting Refer Under Taxpayers' Bill Of Rights
It became law on May 29, 2019.
- Stage
- Became law
- Started in
- House
- Sponsors
- 4
- Latest action
- May 29, 2019
What it does
Gambling - betting on sports events - legalization - creation of division of sports betting - rule-making authority - taxation - submission of ballot issue under Taxpayers' Bill of Rights - allocation of tax revenues - appropriation. In 2018, the United States supreme court held in Murphy v. National Collegiate Athletic Association , 138 S. Ct. 1461, that a federal law prohibiting states from authorizing sports betting violated the tenth amendment of the United States constitution. States may now authorize sports betting. The act decriminalizes sports betting in Colorado, effective May 1, 2020, under the following conditions:
Where it stands
This bill passed and is now law.
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Who is involved
Sponsors
The lawmakers who put their names on it, lead sponsors first.
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Where it goes next
Once a bill is decided, the questions are about what is done with it in Colorado.