Virginia Charitable Gaming Board; conduct of charitable gaming.
Summary
Requires the Virginia Charitable Gaming Board to conduct an annual evaluation of the conduct of charitable gaming operations in Virginia. The bill also removes restrictions regarding the number of calendar days that charitable gaming may be conducted at buildings owned by nonprofit entities and raises from two to four the number of days that such gaming may be conducted in buildings owned by other entities. The bill also (i) removes the limit of 55 bingo games per session, (ii) increases the number of electronic pull tabs that may be placed in the social quarters of a qualified organization from nine, as currently provided by Board regulations, to 50, and (iii) authorizes a qualified organization to pay individuals assisting in the conduct of charitable gaming up to $50 per session.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2019
Committee Review
Feb 2019
Senate Passage
Feb 2019
House of Delegates Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 8, 2019
Last action Feb 12, 2019
Floor votes · Senate Feb 4, 2019
How they voted
36–1
Passed
Total votes 37
Feb 4, 2019
D
Democratic17
100% Yea
R
Republican20
95% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
15
Key actions
2
Committee
7
Amendments
2
Feb 12, 2019
Committee
Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #3
lower
Feb 12, 2019
Committee
Referred to Committee on General Laws
lower
Feb 12, 2019
Committee
Referred from Rules by voice vote
lower
Feb 6, 2019
Committee
Referred to Committee on Rules
lower
Feb 4, 2019
Upper · Passed
Passed by temporarily
upper
Feb 1, 2019
Introduced
Engrossed by Senate as amended SB1527E
upper
Feb 1, 2019
Upper · Passed
Committee amendment agreed to
upper
Feb 1, 2019
Introduced
Reading of amendment waived
upper
Jan 28, 2019
Committee
Rereferred to Finance
upper
Jan 8, 2019
Committee
Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
upper
Jan 8, 2019
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19101744D
upper
1 primary · 1 co-sponsor
Sponsors
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