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2023 SESSION

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Senate Committee on General Laws and Technology
Subcommittee Gaming

McPike (Chair), Locke, Mason, Boysko, Bell, Ruff, Dunnavant, Pillion, Reeves

Clerk: Eric Bingham, Andrew Horton
Staff: Joanne Frye, R. Schultz
Date of Meeting: January 26, 2023
Time and Place: 15 min after adjournment of Transportation/Senate Room 3, Capitol
Updated to remove SB 1543

S.B. 780

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.

23100201D

S.B. 1518

Patron: Barker

Charitable gaming; Texas Hold'em poker tournaments. Amends the definition of "Texas Hold'em poker tournament" to include an organized competition of players who (i) pay an initial seating fee for entry into the competition and an additional seating fee up to once every 30 minutes, thereby allowing such players to purchase additional poker chips as needed for use in the competition, and (ii) may be seated at no more than 10 tables consisting of 10 players each simultaneously playing Texas Hold'em poker games. The bill prohibits a qualified organization from charging any initial or additional seating fee in excess of $8 for the conduct of any such Texas Hold'em poker tournament and requires qualified organizations to hire an armed security officer that is licensed by the Department of Criminal Justice Services to be present during the times that any tournament is being played. The bill also requires any qualified organization that conducts any Texas Hold'em poker tournament to use at least 30 percent of its gross receipts from the conduct of Texas Hold'em poker tournaments for (a) those lawful religious, charitable, community, or educational purposes for which the organization is specifically chartered or organized or (b) those expenses related to the acquisition, construction, maintenance, or repair of any interest in real property involved in the operation of the organization and used for lawful religious, charitable, community, or educational purposes.

 

A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 18.2-340.16, 18.2-340.19, 18.2-340.28:2, and 18.2-340.33 of the Code of Virginia, relating to charitable gaming; Texas Hold'em poker tournaments.

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S.B. 1527

Patron: Rouse

Charitable gaming; definitions; organization; social organization. Amends the definitions of "organization" and "social organization" for the purpose of charitable gaming in the Commonwealth to include an organization that is exempt from income tax pursuant to § 501(c)(7) of the Internal Revenue Code and is operated, and has always been operated, (i) exclusively for pleasure, recreation, and nonprofitable purposes and (ii) as established in its articles of incorporation or annual Internal Revenue Service Form 990, for charitable purposes.

A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 18.2-340.16 and 18.2-340.23 of the Code of Virginia, relating to charitable gaming; definitions; organization; social organization.

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