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 allows up to 10 games per bingo session to feature a regular bingo or special bingo game prize of up to $200. The bill increases the prize for a single instant bingo, pull tab, or seal card from $1,000 to $2,000. Finally, the bill increases from $100 to $200 the allowable amount of increase of a progressive prize per session in certain progressive bingo games. The bill requires the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, beginning July 1, 2024 and at least once every five years thereafter, to convene a stakeholder work group to review the limitations on prize amounts and provide any recommendations to the General Assembly by November 30 of the year in which the stakeholder work group is convened.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2021
Committee Review
Feb 2021
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2021
Senate Passage
Feb 2021
Signed into Law
Mar 2021
Introduced Jan 7, 2021
Signed Mar 31, 2021
Floor votes · Senate Feb 22, 2021 · House of Delegates Feb 3, 2021
How they voted
32–1
Passed
Total votes 33
Feb 22, 2021
D
Democratic17
100% Yea
R
Republican16
93% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
30
Key actions
10
Committee
10
Mar 31, 2021
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 491 (effective 7/1/21)
executive
Feb 22, 2021
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate (38-Y 1-N)
upper
Feb 17, 2021
Upper · Passed
Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 4, 2021
Committee
Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
upper
Feb 3, 2021
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House (79-Y 20-N)
lower
Feb 2, 2021
Lower · Passed
Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1843H1
lower
Feb 2, 2021
Lower · Passed
Committee substitute agreed to 21103827D-H1
lower
Jan 28, 2021
Lower · Passed
Reported from General Laws with substitute (15-Y 6-N)
lower
Jan 28, 2021
Lower · Passed
House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
lower
Jan 26, 2021
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 3-N)
lower
Jan 26, 2021
Lower · Passed
House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
lower
Jan 12, 2021
Committee
Assigned GL sub: ABC/Gaming
lower
Jan 7, 2021
Committee
Referred to Committee on General Laws
lower
Jan 7, 2021
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101443D
lower
1 primary · 1 co-sponsor
Sponsors
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