republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2017/hb-2374.md

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Bill	Charitable gaming; prohibited practices.	Increases from one to three the number of times per calendar year that a qualified organization qualified as a tax-exempt organization pursuant to § 501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code may conduct a raffle for a prize consisting of a lot improved by a residential dwelling where 100 percent of the moneys received from such a raffle, less deductions for the fair market value for the cost of acquisition of the land and materials, are donated to lawful religious, charitable, community, or educational organizations specifically chartered or organized under the laws of the Commonwealth and qualified as a § 501(c) tax-exempt organization. The bill also provides that no more than one such raffle shall be conducted in any one geographical region of the Commonwealth.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2017	HB 2374	Virginia HB 2374 (2017)	bill	Crimes and Offenses Generally Gambling Lotteries Etc. Tax Exempt Organizations	enacted	Barry D. Knight	4	17	8	2017-01-16	2017-03-16	openstates	ocd-bill/63aff724-5856-4169-b33e-49a2df05cf00	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB2374	00f7b4312ea49c9aa73ae8644b6d57dc4088177d5887fa9886a32c080287661e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 2374 (2017) — Charitable gaming; prohibited practices.

Increases from one to three the number of times per calendar year that a qualified organization qualified as a tax-exempt organization pursuant to § 501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code may conduct a raffle for a prize consisting of a lot improved by a residential dwelling where 100 percent of the moneys received from such a raffle, less deductions for the fair market value for the cost of acquisition of the land and materials, are donated to lawful religious, charitable, community, or educational organizations specifically chartered or organized under the laws of the Commonwealth and qualified as a § 501(c) tax-exempt organization. The bill also provides that no more than one such raffle shall be conducted in any one geographical region of the Commonwealth.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0566) (committee substitute) — source
2. House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2374ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. House: Committee substitute printed 17104571D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
4. House: Presented and ordered printed 17104324D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passed Senate — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from General Laws with substitute — 22–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from General Laws and Technology — 15–0 (pass) · legislature
• Passed Senate — 39–0 (pass) · legislature
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — 6–0 (pass) · legislature
• Constitutional reading dispensed — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — 98–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Barry D. Knight — primary (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2017-01-16 Presented and ordered printed 17104324D introduction
• 2017-01-16 Referred to Committee on General Laws referral-committee
• 2017-01-23 Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #3 referral-committee
• 2017-01-30 Read first time reading-1
• 2017-01-31 Read second time reading-2
• 2017-01-31 Committee substitute agreed to 17104571D-H1
• 2017-01-31 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2374H1
• 2017-02-01 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2017-02-02 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2017-02-02 Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology referral-committee
• 2017-02-16 Read third time reading-3
• 2017-02-20 Enrolled
• 2017-02-20 Signed by Speaker
• 2017-02-21 Signed by President
• 2017-02-21 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/21/17
• 2017-02-21 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
• 2017-03-16 Approved by Governor-Chapter 566 (effective 7/1/17) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/63aff724-5856-4169-b33e-49a2df05cf00. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).