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2024 SESSION
HB 527 Charitable Sports Raffle Act; established, penalties.
Introduced by: Paul E. Krizek | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
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.
FULL TEXT
- 01/08/24 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24100941D pdf | impact statement
- 02/14/24 Senate: Committee substitute printed 24107705D-S1 pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/08/24 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24100941D
- 01/08/24 House: Referred to Committee on General Laws
- 01/26/24 House: Assigned GL sub: ABC/Gaming
- 01/30/24 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- 02/01/24 House: Reported from General Laws (22-Y 0-N)
- 02/05/24 House: Read first time
- 02/06/24 House: Read second time and engrossed
- 02/07/24 House: Read third time and passed House (92-Y 6-N)
- 02/07/24 House: VOTE: Passage (92-Y 6-N)
- 02/08/24 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/08/24 Senate: Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
- 02/14/24 Senate: Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/14/24 Senate: Committee substitute printed 24107705D-S1
- 02/14/24 Senate: Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
- 02/27/24 Senate: Continued to 2025 in Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 1-N)