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2024 SESSION
SB 540 Illegal gambling; exemptions.
Introduced by: Lamont Bagby | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE: (all summaries)
Illegal gambling; exemptions. Exempts from the provisions of Code prohibiting illegal gambling the placement or operation of or communication to and from data center equipment in the Commonwealth associated with the hosting of lottery games duly authorized by another state or jurisdiction and regulated and operated consistent with and exclusively for the benefit of such state or jurisdiction, provided that wagering on such games is legally authorized in such other state or jurisdiction and the individuals wagering on such games are required by the laws or regulations of such other state or jurisdiction to be physically located within the geographic bounds of such other state or jurisdiction at the time the wager is initiated or placed. This bill is identical to HB 991.
FULL TEXT
- 01/10/24 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24102988D pdf | impact statement
- 02/08/24 Senate: Printed as engrossed 24102988D-E pdf | impact statement
- 02/27/24 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB540ER) pdf | impact statement
- 04/02/24 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0358) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/10/24 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24102988D
- 01/10/24 Senate: Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
- 01/17/24 Senate: Assigned GL&T sub: Gaming
- 01/24/24 Senate: Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N)
- 01/24/24 Senate: Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
- 02/06/24 Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendment (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/07/24 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/08/24 Senate: Read second time
- 02/08/24 Senate: Reading of amendment waived
- 02/08/24 Senate: Committee amendment agreed to
- 02/08/24 Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended SB540E
- 02/08/24 Senate: Printed as engrossed 24102988D-E
- 02/08/24 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/08/24 Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/14/24 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/14/24 House: Read first time
- 02/14/24 House: Referred to Committee on Communications, Technology and Innovation
- 02/19/24 House: Reported from Communications, Technology and Innovation (19-Y 3-N)
- 02/21/24 House: Read second time
- 02/22/24 House: Read third time
- 02/22/24 House: Passed House (92-Y 5-N)
- 02/22/24 House: VOTE: Passage (92-Y 5-N)
- 02/27/24 Senate: Enrolled
- 02/27/24 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB540ER)
- 02/27/24 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/01/24 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/11/24 Senate: Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024
- 03/11/24 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024
- 04/02/24 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 358 (effective 7/1/24)
- 04/02/24 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0358)