SB 387 Virginia Senate · 2020 Regular Session

Charitable gaming; creates special permit for the play of electronic versions of instant bingo, etc.

Summary
Charitable gaming; special permit for the playof electronic versions of instant bingo, pull tabs, or seal cardson certain premises. Creates a special permit that shall be grantedto a qualified organization that has already received a general permitfor the conduct of charitable gaming from the Department of Agricultureand Consumer Services to allow such organization to place Department-approvedelectronic versions of instant bingo, pull tabs, or seal cards onthe licensed premises of an entity licensed to sell alcoholic beveragesfor on-premises consumption with the consent of such licensee. Thebill also exempts qualified organizations that are granted such specialpermit from certain requirements relating to (i) limits on the numberof organizations for which a person may manage, operate, or conductcharitable games; (ii) prohibitions on providing compensation or any other remuneration to persons for organizing, managing, or conducting charitable games; or (iii) the use of proceeds derived from the conductof charitable games, as those requirements relate to the management,operation, or conduct of charitable games pursuant to such specialpermit.
Bill status in committee 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2020
Committee Review
Feb 2020
Senate Passage
Jan 2020
House of Delegates Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 6, 2020 Last action Feb 10, 2020
Floor votes · Senate Jan 31, 2020

How they voted

37–0
Passed · 3 other
Total votes 40
Jan 31, 2020
D Democratic21
20 Yea 1
95% Yea
R Republican19
17 Yea 2
89% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
12
Key actions
3
Committee
5
Feb 3, 2020
Committee
Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
upper
Feb 3, 2020
Upper · Passed
Motion to rerefer to committee agreed to
upper
Jan 31, 2020
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (37-0-3)
senate
Jan 29, 2020
Upper · Passed
Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (14-Y 0-N)
upper
Jan 21, 2020
Committee
Assigned GL&T sub: Gaming
upper
Jan 6, 2020
Committee
Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
upper
Jan 6, 2020
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102349D
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Photo of Jeremy McPike
Jeremy McPike
DDemocratic
VA
29