A middle Georgia lawmaker has introduced yet another attempt to let voters approve a constitutional amendment allowing online sports betting in one of the last Bible Belt holdouts.

State Rep. Marcus Wiedower’s (R-Watkinsville) HR 450 has 57 co-sponsors, including 47 Republicans and 10 Democrats.

The legislation calls for a constitutional amendment, following the same approval process used for the Georgia Lottery and establishment of the HOPE Scholarship. Wiedower said regulated online sports betting could generate up to $150 million for Georgia Pre-K.

The constitutional amendment would require a two-thirds majority in both the House and Senate. Wiedower said voters would then decide, with a simple majority, whether to amend the state constitution to allow sports betting under the Georgia Lottery.

“We want to do what Georgians want, we want to give them a voice,” said Wiedower. “Let them vote on it, make a final decision so we can be done with the conversation.”

Legalized online sports betting has passed the Senate for the last three years in a row, but subsequently fell flat on the floor of the House each time.

Senate President and Lt. Gov. Burt Jones said if Wiedower and his sponsors can get this latest effort passed in the House, the Senate will have the numbers to approve it.

“I told them all this year, I said, ‘Look, we’re not going to touch it until y’all can illustrate that y’all can get us something over here in the Senate,‘” Jones told Atlanta News First. “We’ll do our best to make it happen for him, but I’m not putting any money on it.”

Online sports betting has been on lawmakers’ agendas for years, but its various plans and proposals have never made it out of any legislative session. Crossover Day under the Gold Dome is Thursday, meaning a bill must pass out of its originating legislative chamber to be considered by the other chamber before the end of the legislative session.

“We’ve never seen this level of support before in the House for this resolution, and it gives me great confidence of its success as we head into the final month of session,” Wiedower said. “We know from polling that Georgians overwhelmingly support legalization to increase education funding, and they deserve a say on the issue.”

If approved by voters, Georgia would join 39 other states in legalizing sports betting. Only the Peach State, South Carolina and Alabama have no form of legalized online gambling, according to the American Gaming Association.