Sports betting has cleared another hurdle in the state legislature. A bill making the activity legal passed through a senate committee this morning.
The panel sent the measure to the full Senate, setting up a potentially dramatic vote on whether the state that’s home to the Kentucky Derby should let its residents legally wager on other sporting events.
“The people of Kentucky want this,” Senate Majority Floor Leader Damon Thayer said after his vote in favor. “It’s time that we give them the choice — for free will, God-given free will — to engage in legal sports betting.”
House Bill 551 now heads to the senate floor, the last measure that has to happen before the bill reaches the Governor’s desk.
Representative Michael Meredith pleaded his case before the committee, asking senators to give his sports betting bill the green light.
