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1994 SESSION
SB 210 Crimes and offenses generally; bingo and raffles.
Introduced by: Charles J. Colgan | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY:
Crimes and offenses generally; bingo and raffles. Requires charitable organizations to have a minimum membership of 50 percent Virginia residents in order to get a bingo permit. The bill also (i) increases the minimum time a charitable organization must be in existence from two to five years in order to get a bingo or raffle permit; (ii) increases the minimum age to play instant bingo from 16 to 18 years; (iii) prohibits bingo facility owners form participation in the conduct of bingo games, from requiring charities to buy bingo supplies from them, and from requiring charities to deal with a specific bingo manufacturer, distributor or supplier; (iv) requires localities to require a predetermined percentage of the gross proceeds to be returned to the charity; (v) limits employees of a corporate sponsor operating raffles on behalf of a qualified organization to only one occasion per year; and (vi) prohibits charities or persons on the premises from accepting postdated checks or credit or debit cards in payment from bingo players. The bill also contains technical amendments. The bill is a recommendation of the Joint Subcommittee Studying Virginia's Current Bingo and Raffle Statutes (SJR 195, 1993).
FULL TEXT
- 01/24/94 Senate: Presented and ordered printed pdf
- 03/11/94 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB210ER) pdf
- 04/12/94 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0506) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/24/94 Senate: Presented and ordered printed
- 01/24/94 Senate: Referred to Committee on General Laws
- 01/26/94 Senate: Reported from General Laws (14-Y 0-N)
- 01/27/94 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
- 01/27/94 Senate: VOTE: CONST. READING DISPENSED (37-Y 0-N)
- 01/28/94 Senate: Read second time and engrossed
- 01/31/94 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
- 01/31/94 Senate: VOTE: PASSAGE (39-Y 0-N)
- 01/31/94 Senate: Communicated to House
- 02/01/94 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/02/94 House: Read first time
- 02/02/94 House: Referred to Committee on General Laws
- 02/03/94 House: Assigned to General Laws sub-committee: 4
- 02/24/94 House: Reported from General Laws (21-Y 0-N)
- 02/25/94 House: Read second time
- 02/28/94 House: Passed by for the day
- 03/01/94 House: Read third time
- 03/01/94 House: Amendment by Del. Copeland rejected
- 03/01/94 House: Passed House (94-Y 5-N)
- 03/01/94 House: VOTE: PASSAGE (94-Y 5-N)
- 03/11/94 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB210ER)
- 03/22/94 Senate: Enrolled
- 03/23/94 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/24/94 Senate: Signed by President
- 04/09/94 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 506 (effective 7/1/94)
- 04/12/94 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0506)