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1999 SESSION
SB 802 Illegal gambling; promoting gambling aboard ships; penalty.
Introduced by: Edward L. Schrock | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE: (all summaries)
Illegal gambling; promoting gambling aboard ships; penalty. Prohibits any person from knowingly advancing or profiting from a gambling activity, by: (i)managing, supervising, controlling, operating, or owning, either alone or in association with others, a gambling ship; (ii) managing, supervising, controlling, operating, or owning, either alone or in association with others, any craft which embarks from any point within the Commonwealth, and disembarks at the same or another point within the Commonwealth, during which the person intentionally causes or knowingly permits illegal gambling activity to be conducted, whether within or without the waters of the Commonwealth; or (iii)transporting, conveying, or carrying any person to a gambling ship or a craft. The bill prohibits gambling on what are commonly known as “cruises to nowhere”. Under the bill, the penalty for a violation is a Class 6 felony; the bill also provides for a heightened penalty under certain circumstances. There are some technical amendments and an emergency clause.
FULL TEXT
- 01/13/99 Senate: Presented & ordered printed w/emg clause 991523736 pdf
- 02/05/99 Senate: Printed as engrossed 991523736-E pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/13/99 Senate: Presented & ordered printed w/emg clause 991523736
- 01/13/99 Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 01/27/99 Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice w/amds. (15-Y 0-N)
- 01/27/99 Senate: Rereferred to Finance
- 02/03/99 Senate: Reported from Finance (17-Y 0-N)
- 02/04/99 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/04/99 Senate: VOTE: CONST. RDG. DISPENSED R (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/05/99 Senate: Read second time
- 02/05/99 Senate: Reading of amendments waived
- 02/05/99 Senate: Committee amendments agreed to
- 02/05/99 Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended
- 02/05/99 Senate: Printed as engrossed 991523736-E
- 02/05/99 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/05/99 Senate: VOTE: CONST. RDG. DISPENSED R (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/05/99 Senate: Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/05/99 Senate: VOTE: PASSAGE R (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/05/99 Senate: Rec. of passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/05/99 Senate: VOTE: RECONSIDER R (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/05/99 Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/05/99 Senate: VOTE: PASSAGE R (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/05/99 Senate: Communicated to House
- 02/10/99 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/10/99 House: Read first time
- 02/10/99 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 02/10/99 House: Assigned to C. J. sub-committee: 1
- 02/22/99 House: Reported from C. J. with amendments (13-Y 10-N)
- 02/23/99 House: Read second time
- 02/24/99 House: Passed by for the day
- 02/25/99 House: Read third time
- 02/25/99 House: Committee amendments agreed to
- 02/25/99 House: Amendment by Mr. Wagner agreed to (57-Y 43-N)
- 02/25/99 House: VOTE: ADOPTION (57-Y 43-N)
- 02/25/99 House: Amendment by Mr. McDonnell #1 rejected
- 02/25/99 House: Amendment by Mr. McDonnell #2 rejected (47-Y 52-N)
- 02/25/99 House: VOTE: ADOPTION (47-Y 52-N)
- 02/25/99 House: Engrossed by House as amended
- 02/25/99 House: Defeated by House (65-Y 35-N)
- 02/25/99 House: VOTE: PASSAGE EMERGENCY (65-Y 35-N)
- 02/25/99 House: Emergency - requires 4/5 vote for passage