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2023 SESSION

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Senate Committee on General Laws and Technology
Subcommittee Gaming

McPike (Chair), Ebbin, Mason, Boysko, Bell, Ruff, Dunnavant, Pillion

Clerk: Eric Bingham, Andrew Horton
Staff: Joanne Frye, R. Schultz
Date of Meeting: January 18, 2023
Time and Place: Upon adjournment of General Laws Committee/Senate Room 3, Capitol

S.B. 780 Casino gaming; eligible host cities; limitation on local referendums.

Patron: Morrissey

Casino gaming; eligible host cities; limitation on local referendums. Adds Petersburg to the list of cities eligible to host a casino in the Commonwealth. The bill also provides that when an eligible host city is located within 25 miles of another eligible host city, the governing body of any such city that holds a local referendum on the question of whether casino gaming should be permitted in such city that subsequently fails shall be prohibited from holding another local referendum on the same question until the other eligible host city has had a reasonable opportunity, not to exceed the date of the 2023 regular general election unless a court of competent jurisdiction sets an alternative date, to hold a local referendum on the same question.

A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 58.1-4107 and 58.1-4123 of the Code of Virginia, relating to casino gaming; eligible host cities; limitation on local referendums.

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S.B. 836 Problem Gambling Treatment and Support Advisory Committee; established.

Patron: Reeves

Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services; Problem Gambling Treatment and Support Advisory Committee established. Directs the Commissioner of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services to establish and maintain the Problem Gambling Treatment and Support Advisory Committee to enable collaboration among prevention and treatment providers and operators of legal gaming in the Commonwealth on efforts to reduce the negative effects of problem gambling.

A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 37.2-304, 58.1-4006, and 59.1-369 of the Code of Virginia, relating to Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services; Problem Gambling Treatment and Support Advisory Committee established.

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S.B. 1143 Charitable gaming and historical horse racing; regulation.

Patron: McPike

Regulation of charitable gaming and historical horse racing. Transfers regulatory control of charitable gaming and historical horse racing from the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services and the Virginia Racing Commission, respectively, to the Virginia Lottery, renamed in the bill as the Virginia Lottery and Gaming Department. The bill directs the Virginia Lottery Board, renamed as the Virginia Lottery and Gaming Oversight Board, to promulgate regulations necessary for the conduct of (i) historical horse racing, with the assistance of the Virginia Racing Commission, by December 1, 2023, and (ii) charitable gaming, with the assistance of the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, by July 1, 2024. All relevant regulations of the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services and the Virginia Racing Commission shall remain in full force and effect until the effective transfer of such regulations to the Virginia Lottery and Gaming Oversight Board.

A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 2.2-419, 2.2-2455, 2.2-2456, 2.2-2905, 2.2-3114, 2.2-3202, 2.2-3705.3, 2.2-3705.6, 2.2-3705.7, 2.2-3711, 2.2-4002, 3.2-102, 4.1-100, 8.01-195.11, 8.01-216.3, 8.01-534, 9.1-101, as it is currently effective and as it shall become effective, 9.1-801, 15.2-912.2, 18.2-308.016, 18.2-325, 18.2-334.2, 18.2-334.4, 19.2-215.1, 19.2-389, 52-53, 52-54, 58.1-3, 58.1-302, 58.1-322.02, as it is currently effective and as it shall become effective, 58.1-460, 58.1-3732.1, 58.1-4000, 58.1-4002, 58.1-4003, 58.1-4004, 58.1-4006, 58.1-4007, 58.1-4008, 58.1-4009, 58.1-4011, 58.1-4015.1, 58.1-4019.1, 58.1-4020.1, 58.1-4022, 58.1-4025, 58.1-4027, 58.1-4030, 58.1-4100, 58.1-4103, 58.1-4108, 58.1-4123, 59.1-148.3, 59.1-365, 59.1-369, and 59.1-392 of the Code of Virginia; to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Chapter 3 of Title 11 a section numbered 11-16.3 and by adding in Chapter 40 of Title 58.1 articles numbered 3 and 4, consisting of sections numbered 58.1-4048 through 58.1-4087; and to repeal Article 1.1:1 (§§ 18.2-340.15 through 18.2-340.37) of Chapter 8 of Title 18.2 of the Code of Virginia, relating to regulation of charitable gaming and historical horse racing.

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S.B. 1195 Gaming Regulatory Fund; established.

Patron: Reeves

Sports betting and casino gaming; Gaming Regulatory Fund established. Establishes the Gaming Regulatory Fund (the Fund) for the purpose of offsetting Virginia Lottery Department (the Department) costs associated with conducting investigations and enforcing its regulations. The bill requires the Department to deposit background check fees, licensing fees, renewal or transfer fees, and other permitting fees to the Fund for such purpose.

A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 58.1-4032, 58.1-4033, 58.1-4034, 58.1-4108, 58.1-4114, and 58.1-4119 of the Code of Virginia and to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Article 2 of Chapter 40 of Title 58.1 a section numbered 58.1-4048, relating to sports betting and casino gaming; Gaming Regulatory Fund established.

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S.B. 1209 Charitable gaming; temporary permits, limitations.

Patron: Reeves

Charitable gaming; temporary permits; limitations. Authorizes the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services to issue a temporary permit to certain qualified organizations authorizing such organizations to sell instant bingo, network bingo, pull tabs, or seal cards upon premises located anywhere in the Commonwealth during a convention, conference, or related event held by the organization up to four times per year, as designated in the temporary permit. Current law limits the sale of such games by a qualified organization to premises that are owned or exclusively and entirely leased by such organization or premises leased by the organization from any social organization for the purpose of selling such games.

A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 18.2-340.25, 18.2-340.26:1, 18.2-340.28, and 18.2-340.28:1 of the Code of Virginia and to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 18.2-340.25:2, relating to charitable gaming; temporary permits; limitations.

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S.B. 1212 Virginia Racing Commission; powers and duties, ratio of live racing days.

Patron: Reeves

Virginia Racing Commission; powers and duties; ratio of live racing days to number of historical horse racing terminals. Provides that the Virginia Racing Commission shall promulgate regulations requiring, for each calendar year, any significant infrastructure limited licensee that offers pari-mutuel wagering on historical horse racing to hold at least one live Thoroughbred horse racing day, consisting of not less than eight races per day, for every 100 historical horse racing terminals installed at its significant infrastructure facility together with any satellite facility owned, operated, controlled, managed, or otherwise directly or indirectly affiliated with such licensee.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 59.1-369 of the Code of Virginia, relating to Virginia Racing Commission; powers and duties; ratio of live racing days to number of historical horse racing terminals.

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S.B. 1235 Charitable gaming; exemptions from certain requirements for specified organizations.

Patron: Obenshain

Charitable gaming; exemptions from certain requirements for specified organizations. Requires qualified organizations that reasonably expect, on the basis of prior charitable gaming annual results or any other quantifiable method, to realize gross receipts of $40,000 or less from all charitable gaming other than raffles, conducted on a total of no more than seven days per calendar year, to register with the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (the Department) on a form prescribed by the Department. Such form shall only require the organization to provide (i) proof of the organization's nonprofit status, (ii) contact information for the chief executive officer of the organization or his designee, (iii) the location of any expected charitable gaming activity, (iv) a description of the general nature of the anticipated charitable gaming activity, and (v) a signed attestation that the organization (a) does not reasonably expect to realize more than $40,000 in gross receipts for the charitable gaming activities listed on the registration form and (b) understands that should the organization exceed the $40,000 threshold, it will be required to file a report of its receipts and disbursements. Under current law, any such organization is required to apply for a permit with the Department before conducting any charitable gaming. The bill also provides that any qualified organization may, as part of its annual fundraising activities, sell instant bingo, pull tabs, or seal cards provided that any such instant bingo, pull tabs, or seal cards are dispensed by mechanical equipment only and the sale of the same is limited to two events of no more than 14 days each per calendar year. Under current law, only athletic associations, booster clubs, or band booster clubs may, as part of their annual fundraising event, sell instant bingo, pull tabs, or seal cards, and such sales are limited to a single event in a calendar year. Finally, the bill prohibits the Department from requiring a qualified organization that realizes annual gross receipts of $40,000 or less to file a report of its receipts and disbursements.

A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 18.2-340.23, 18.2-340.26:2, and 18.2-340.30 of the Code of Virginia and to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 18.2-340.24:1, relating to charitable gaming; exemptions from certain requirements for specified organizations.

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