Charitable gaming; registration of landlords, Texas Hold'em poker operations.
Summary
Charitable gaming; registration of landlords;Texas Hold'em poker operations. Provides that the Departmentof Agriculture and Consumer Services may promulgate regulations thatrequire any landlord that leases to a qualified charitable organizationany premises devoted in whole or in part to the conduct of bingogames or any other charitable gaming to register with the Department.The bill also prohibits (i) an organization qualified to conductTexas Hold'em poker tournaments from conducting any Texas Hold'empoker games where the game has no predetermined end time and theplayers wager actual money or poker chips that have cash value, and(ii) a qualified organization from contracting with an operator to administer Texas Hold'em poker tournaments. The bill contains technical amendments.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2022
Committee Review
Mar 2022
Senate Passage
Feb 2022
House of Delegates Passage
Mar 2022
Signed into Law
Apr 2022
Introduced Jan 11, 2022
Signed Apr 11, 2022
Floor votes · Senate Feb 15, 2022 · House of Delegates Mar 1, 2022
How they voted
30–1
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 33
Feb 15, 2022
D
Democratic17
94% Yea
R
Republican16
87% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
32
Key actions
9
Committee
10
Apr 11, 2022
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 612 (effective 7/1/22)
executive
Mar 1, 2022
Lower · Passed
Passed House with substitute (60-Y 38-N)
lower
Mar 1, 2022
Lower · Passed
Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB394H1
lower
Mar 1, 2022
Lower · Passed
Committee substitute agreed to 22107107D-H1
lower
Feb 24, 2022
Lower · Passed
Reported from General Laws with substitute (16-Y 6-N)
lower
Feb 24, 2022
Lower · Passed
House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
lower
Feb 22, 2022
Committee
Referred to Committee on General Laws
lower
Feb 15, 2022
Upper · Passed
Read third time and passed Senate (36-Y 1-N 3-A)
upper
Feb 10, 2022
Upper · Passed
Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N 1-A)
upper
Feb 2, 2022
Committee
Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
upper
Feb 2, 2022
Upper · Passed
Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N)
upper
Jan 26, 2022
Committee
Assigned GL&T sub: Gaming
upper
Jan 11, 2022
Committee
Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
upper
Jan 11, 2022
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22102779D
upper
1 primary · 3 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
JB
John Bell
DDemocratic
Co
Adam Ebbin
DDemocratic
Co
Bryce Reeves
RRepublican
Co
Paul Krizek
DDemocratic
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