HB 1690 Virginia House of Delegates · 2020 Regular Session

Charitable gaming; increase in certain maximum allowable prize amounts.

Summary
Charitable gaming; increase in certain maximum allowable prize amounts. Increases the maximum allowable amount for a single bingo door prize from $50 to $250 and the maximum allowable cumulative door prizes in any one bingo session from $250 to $500. The bill also increases the maximum allowable regular bingo or special bingo game prize from $100 to $200 and the prize for a single instant bingo, pull tab, or seal card from $1,000 to $2,000. The bill increases the maximum allowable prize for a bingo jackpot from $1,000 to $2,000 and the total allowable amount of bingo jackpot prizes awarded in any one session from $1,000 to $2,000.  The bill also increases from $100 to $200 the allowable amount of increase of a progressive prize per session in certain progressive bingo games. The bill directs the Charitable Gaming Board to convene a stakeholder work group to review the current limitations on prize amounts and provide any recommendations to the General Assembly by November 30, 2020. The provisions of the bill do not become effective unless reenacted by the 2021 Session of the General Assembly.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2020
Committee Review
Feb 2020
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2020
Senate Passage
Feb 2020
Signed into Law
Apr 2020
Introduced Jan 17, 2020 Signed Apr 9, 2020
Floor votes · Senate Feb 28, 2020 · House of Delegates Feb 11, 2020

How they voted

32–3
Passed · 5 other
Total votes 40
Feb 28, 2020
D Democratic21
19 Yea 2
90% Yea
R Republican19
13 Yea 3 Nay 3
68% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
32
Key actions
8
Committee
10
Amendments
3
Apr 9, 2020
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 980 (effective - see bill)
executive
Mar 2, 2020
Introduced
Senate amendment agreed to by House (98-Y 1-N)
lower
Feb 28, 2020
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate with amendment (32-Y 3-N)
upper
Feb 28, 2020
Introduced
Engrossed by Senate as amended
upper
Feb 28, 2020
Upper · Passed
Committee amendment agreed to
upper
Feb 28, 2020
Introduced
Reading of amendment waived
upper
Feb 26, 2020
Upper · Passed
Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 19, 2020
Committee
Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
upper
Feb 19, 2020
Upper · Passed
Reported from General Laws and Technology with amendment (12-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 18, 2020
Committee
Assigned GL&T sub: Gaming
upper
Feb 12, 2020
Committee
Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
upper
Feb 11, 2020
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 6, 2020
Lower · Passed
Reported from General Laws (19-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 4, 2020
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 24, 2020
Committee
Assigned GL sub: ABC/Gaming
lower
Jan 17, 2020
Committee
Referred to Committee on General Laws
lower
Jan 17, 2020
Introduced
Presented and ordered printed 20104802D
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Photo of Mark L. Keam
Mark L. Keam
DDemocratic
VA
35