Lottery; disclosure of identity of winners.
Summary
Prohibits the Virginia Lottery from disclosing information about individual winners whose prize exceeds $10 million, and exempts such information from disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), unless the winner consents to disclosure. Under FOIA, disclosure of the winner's name, hometown, and amount won is currently mandatory. This bill is identical to
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Nov 2018
Committee Review
Feb 2019
House of Delegates Passage
Jan 2019
Senate Passage
Feb 2019
Signed into Law
Mar 2019
Introduced Nov 27, 2018
Signed Mar 8, 2019
Floor votes · Senate Feb 15, 2019 · House of Delegates Jan 17, 2019
How they voted
31–5
Passed
Total votes 36
Feb 15, 2019
D
Democratic17
88% Yea
R
Republican19
84% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
26
Key actions
9
Committee
6
Mar 8, 2019
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 247 (effective 7/1/19)
executive
Feb 15, 2019
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (31-5)
senate
Feb 14, 2019
Upper · Passed
Passed by for the day
upper
Feb 14, 2019
Upper · Passed
Committee substitute agreed to 19106691D-S1
upper
Jan 24, 2019
Committee
Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
upper
Jan 23, 2019
Lower · Passed
Passed House (95-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 23, 2019
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House (95-Y 1-N)
lower
Jan 22, 2019
Lower · Passed
Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1650H1
lower
Jan 22, 2019
Lower · Passed
Committee substitute agreed to 19104476D-H1
lower
Jan 17, 2019
House Of Delegates · Passed
House of Delegates Vote: pass (20-0)
house of delegates
Jan 8, 2019
Committee
Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #3
lower
Nov 27, 2018
Committee
Referred to Committee on General Laws
lower
Nov 27, 2018
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19101474D
lower
1 primary · 1 co-sponsor
Sponsors
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