Charitable Sports Raffle Act; established, penalties.
Summary
Charitable Sports Raffle Act established; penalties. Establishes the Charitable Sports Raffles Act for the purpose of authorizing athletic event drawings, defined in the bill, to be conducted by affiliated nonprofit organizations that conduct such drawings in accordance with regulations promulgated by the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. The bill places limits on when and where an athletic event drawing may be held and requires the prize amount of any such drawing to be 50 percent of the total amount collected from the sale of the tickets. The bill requires the organization to donate a certain percentage of the remaining funds in accordance with Department regulations and imposes certain civil and criminal penalties for violations of the provisions of the bill.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2024
Committee Review
Feb 2024
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2024
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 8, 2024
Last action Nov 19, 2024
Floor votes · House of Delegates Feb 7, 2024
How they voted
92–6
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 100
Feb 7, 2024
D
Democratic51
96% Yea
R
Republican49
87% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
18
Key actions
6
Committee
8
Feb 14, 2024
Committee
Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
upper
Feb 14, 2024
Upper · Passed
Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 14, 2024
Upper · Passed
Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
upper
Feb 8, 2024
Committee
Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
upper
Feb 7, 2024
Lower · Passed
VOTE: Passage (92-Y 6-N)
lower
Feb 7, 2024
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House (92-Y 6-N)
lower
Feb 1, 2024
Lower · Passed
Reported from General Laws (22-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 30, 2024
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 26, 2024
Committee
Assigned GL sub: ABC/Gaming
lower
Jan 8, 2024
Committee
Referred to Committee on General Laws
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Paul Krizek
DDemocratic
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