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2006 SESSION
HB 525 Charitable gaming; revises several existing definitions.
Introduced by: Terrie L. Suit | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE: (all summaries)
Charitable gaming. Adds definitions of conduct, management, and operation and revises several existing definitions. Minors may no longer play bingo with parental consent, but may play only if accompanied by a parent or guardian. The bill allows a qualified organization to accept debit cards, and provides that certain employees of the Department of Charitable Gaming are law-enforcement officers. The bill allows a private security services business to provide security for bingo games. Increases the allowance for a single door prize from $25 to $50 and allows $250 in cumulative door prizes in any one session. Increases the remuneration which may be paid to bingo callers from $50 to $100. Differentiates between the management or operation of a charitable game and the conduct of a game for the purposes of criminal convictions and places more restrictions on participation by persons with criminal convictions. Increases the fee for a supplier permit from $500 to $1,000. The bill provides that conversion of funds derived from charitable gaming is punishable as larceny. Allows the dissemination of criminal history record information to the Department of Charitable Gaming for the conduct of investigations.
FULL TEXT
- 01/09/06 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/06 060951106 pdf | impact statements
- 02/07/06 House: Committee substitute printed 067711520-H1 pdf | impact statements
- 02/09/06 House: Printed as engrossed 067711520-EH1 pdf | impact statements
- 03/07/06 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB525ER) pdf | impact statements
- 04/14/06 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0644) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/09/06 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/06 060951106
- 01/09/06 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 01/18/06 House: Referred from Courts of Justice by voice vote
- 01/18/06 House: Referred to Committee on General Laws
- 01/23/06 House: Assigned to General Laws sub-committee: #3 ABC/Gaming (Gear)
- 02/07/06 House: Reported from General Laws with substitute (19-Y 2-N)
- 02/07/06 House: Committee substitute printed 067711520-H1
- 02/08/06 House: Read first time
- 02/09/06 House: Read second time
- 02/09/06 House: Committee substitute agreed to 067711520-H1
- 02/09/06 House: Amendments by Delegate McQuigg agreed to
- 02/09/06 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute with amendments HB525EH1
- 02/09/06 House: Printed as engrossed 067711520-EH1
- 02/10/06 House: Read third time and passed House (68-Y 30-N)
- 02/10/06 House: VOTE: PASSAGE (68-Y 30-N)
- 02/10/06 House: Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
- 02/10/06 House: Passed House (58-Y 35-N 1-A)
- 02/10/06 House: VOTE: PASSAGE #2 (58-Y 35-N 1-A)
- 02/10/06 House: Communicated to Senate
- 02/13/06 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/13/06 Senate: Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
- 02/22/06 Senate: Reported from General Laws and Technology with amendments (12-Y 0-N)
- 02/24/06 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/24/06 Senate: VOTE: (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/27/06 Senate: Read third time
- 02/27/06 Senate: Reading of amendments waived
- 02/27/06 Senate: Committee amendments agreed to
- 02/27/06 Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended
- 02/27/06 Senate: Passed Senate with amendments (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/27/06 Senate: VOTE: (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/27/06 Senate: Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/27/06 Senate: VOTE: (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/27/06 Senate: Passed Senate with amendments (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/27/06 Senate: VOTE: (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/28/06 House: Placed on Calendar
- 03/01/06 House: Senate amendments agreed to by House (63-Y 31-N)
- 03/01/06 House: VOTE: ADOPTION (63-Y 31-N)
- 03/07/06 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB525ER)
- 03/07/06 House: Enrolled
- 03/07/06 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/08/06 Senate: Signed by President
- 04/05/06 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 644 (effective 7/1/06)
- 04/14/06 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0644)