VirginiaCharitable Sports Raffle Act; established, penalties.
What it does
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.
More detail
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.
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2024
- Nov 19Left in Finance and AppropriationsLatest
- Feb 27Continued to 2025 in Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 1-N)
- Vote recorded S Continued to 2025 in Finance and Appropriations. Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 14Rereferred to Finance and AppropriationsMinor
- Vote recorded Reported with substitute. Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 14Committee substitute printed 24107705D-S1Major
- Feb 14Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (15-Y 0-N)Minor
- Feb 14Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- Feb 8Referred to Committee on General Laws and TechnologyMinor
- Feb 8Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- Feb 7VOTE: Passage (92-Y 6-N)Passed Senate
- Vote recorded H VOTE:. Result: pass.Lower
- Feb 7Read third time and passed House (92-Y 6-N)Passed House
- Feb 6Read second time and engrossedMinor
- Feb 5Read first timeMinor
- Feb 1Reported from General Laws (22-Y 0-N)Minor
- Vote recorded Reported without amendment. Result: pass.Lower
- Jan 30Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- Vote recorded Reported without amendment. Result: pass.Lower
- Jan 30Impact statement from DPB (HB527)
- Jan 26Assigned GL sub: ABC/GamingMinor
- Jan 8Referred to Committee on General LawsMinor
- Jan 8Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24100941DIntroduced