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SB 646 Fantasy Contests Act; created, registration required, conditions of registration, civil penalty.
Introduced by: Ryan T. McDougle | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Fantasy Contests Act; registration required; conditions of registration; civil penalty. Creates the Fantasy Contests Act (the Act), which applies to fantasy contests with an entry fee offered in Virginia. The bill defines "fantasy contest" as any online fantasy or simulated game or contest in which (i) the value of all prizes and awards offered to winning participants is established and made known to the participants in advance of the contest; (ii) all winning outcomes reflect the relative knowledge and skill of the participants and are determined predominantly by accumulated statistical results of the performance of individuals, including athletes in the case of sports events; and (iii) no winning outcome is based on the score, the point spread, or any performance of any single actual team or combination of teams or solely on any single performance of an individual athlete or player in any single actual event. The bill requires a fantasy contest operator, as a condition for registration, to establish procedures that include ensuring that players who are the subject of a fantasy contest are restricted from entering a fantasy contest that is determined, in whole or part, on the accumulated statistical results of a team of individuals in which such players are participants. The bill requires operators of fantasy contests to register annually with the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services and to contract with a testing laboratory to verify the procedures for fantasy contests. The bill sets forth penalties for violation of the Act. The bill provides that fantasy contests conducted in accordance with these measures are not illegal gambling.
FULL TEXT
- 01/18/16 Senate: Presented and ordered printed 16103211D pdf | impact statement
- 02/05/16 Senate: Printed as engrossed 16103211D-E pdf | impact statement
- 02/18/16 House: Committee substitute printed 16105621D-H1 pdf | impact statement
- 02/25/16 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB646ER) pdf | impact statement
- 03/07/16 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0318) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/18/16 Senate: Presented and ordered printed 16103211D
- 01/18/16 Senate: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
- 02/01/16 Senate: Reported from Commerce and Labor with amendments (12-Y 3-N)
- 02/01/16 Senate: Rereferred to Finance
- 02/03/16 Senate: Reported from Finance (11-Y 4-N)
- 02/04/16 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/05/16 Senate: Read second time
- 02/05/16 Senate: Reading of amendments waived
- 02/05/16 Senate: Committee amendments agreed to
- 02/05/16 Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended SB646E
- 02/05/16 Senate: Printed as engrossed 16103211D-E
- 02/08/16 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (28-Y 10-N)
- 02/12/16 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/12/16 House: Read first time
- 02/12/16 House: Referred to Committee on General Laws
- 02/18/16 House: Reported from General Laws with substitute (15-Y 5-N)
- 02/18/16 House: Committee substitute printed 16105621D-H1
- 02/19/16 House: Read second time
- 02/22/16 House: Read third time
- 02/22/16 House: Committee substitute agreed to 16105621D-H1
- 02/22/16 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB646H1
- 02/22/16 House: Passed House with substitute (80-Y 20-N)
- 02/22/16 House: VOTE: PASSAGE (80-Y 20-N)
- 02/24/16 Senate: House substitute agreed to by Senate (31-Y 9-N)
- 02/24/16 Senate: Title replaced 16105621D-H1
- 02/25/16 Senate: Enrolled
- 02/25/16 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB646ER)
- 02/25/16 House: Signed by Speaker
- 02/26/16 Senate: Signed by President
- 02/29/16 Senate: Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on 2/29/16
- 02/29/16 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 7, 2016
- 03/07/16 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 318 (effective 7/1/16)
- 03/07/16 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0318)