The same results occurred with a second reading not happening.Īn attempt to study sports betting was even thrown in the mix in 2019 with SB 71. Copying the bill filed in 2017 (HB 3102), this was also replicated in the Senate in 2019 with SB 57. Referred to a few House committees, HB 3409 never got a second reading. SB 98 and SB 67 are also a year past being stuck in the same committee. Getting a second reading on sports betting bills in South Carolina seems impossible. But, the last action occurred in early January 2021 where it died in a House Committee. Written nearly identical to past bills, HB 3395 was the talking point for this go around. The exact same measures as before continue to file in Session 124 (2021-2022). Likewise Senator Gerald Malloy prefiled S 68 in the Senate. Rutherford has co-sponsored legal sports betting bills in the past for SC that have failed.
Todd Rutherford, a member of the South Carolina House of Representatives, proposed H 3095 for sports betting to be legalized in South Carolina.
Yet, none of the measures have undergone any serious advancements. Legislators filed legal sports betting bills even before the repeal of PASPA in 2018. Has South Carolina Tried To Legalize Sports Betting?
