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6.4 KiB
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Charitable gaming; increase in certain maximum allowable prize amounts."
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description: "Charitable gaming; increase in certain maximum allowable prize amounts. Increases the maximum allowable amount for a single bingo door prize from $50 to $250 and the maximum allowable cumulative door prizes in any one bingo session from $250 to $500. The bill allows up to 10 games per bingo session to feature a regular bingo or special bingo game prize of up to $200. The bill increases the prize for a single instant bingo, pull tab, or seal card from $1,000 to $2,000. Finally, the bill increases from $100 to $200 the allowable amount of increase of a progressive prize per session in certain progressive bingo games. The bill requires the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, beginning July 1, 2024 and at least once every five years thereafter, to convene a stakeholder work group to review the limitations on prize amounts and provide any recommendations to the General Assembly by November 30 of the year in which the stakeholder work group is convened."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2021"
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identifier: "HB 1843"
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citation: "Virginia HB 1843 (2021)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Mark L. Keam"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 30
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vote_count: 7
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first_action: "2021-01-07"
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last_action: "2021-03-31"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/815613d5-b706-4b9f-be5d-762b121e0fa4"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+sum+HB1843"
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source_hash: "21e8d99fbd20910afdfd6aebfbd7a297ba20f0f882a7d07c673ae16109c69126"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia HB 1843 (2021) — Charitable gaming; increase in certain maximum allowable prize amounts.
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Charitable gaming; increase in certain maximum allowable prize amounts. Increases the maximum allowable amount for a single bingo door prize from $50 to $250 and the maximum allowable cumulative door prizes in any one bingo session from $250 to $500. The bill allows up to 10 games per bingo session to feature a regular bingo or special bingo game prize of up to $200. The bill increases the prize for a single instant bingo, pull tab, or seal card from $1,000 to $2,000. Finally, the bill increases from $100 to $200 the allowable amount of increase of a progressive prize per session in certain progressive bingo games. The bill requires the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, beginning July 1, 2024 and at least once every five years thereafter, to convene a stakeholder work group to review the limitations on prize amounts and provide any recommendations to the General Assembly by November 30 of the year in which the stakeholder work group is convened.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **CHAP0491** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+CHAP0491)
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2. **Committee substitute printed 21103827D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB1843H1)
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3. **HB1843ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB1843ER)
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4. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101443D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB1843)
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## Votes
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (32-Y 0-N) — **32–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from General Laws with substitute (15-Y 6-N) — **15–6** (pass) · lower
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- VOTE: Passage (79-Y 20-N) — **78–20** (pass) · lower
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- Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in General Laws and Technology (14-Y 0-N) — **14–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passed Senate (38-Y 1-N) — **38–1** (pass) · upper
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 3-N) — **5–3** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Mark L. Keam — primary (person)
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- Kaye Kory — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-01-07** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101443D `introduction`
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- **2021-01-07** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
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- **2021-01-12** Assigned GL sub: ABC/Gaming `referral-committee`
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- **2021-01-18** Impact statement from DPB (HB1843)
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- **2021-01-26** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
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- **2021-01-26** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 3-N)
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- **2021-01-28** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
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- **2021-01-28** Reported from General Laws with substitute (15-Y 6-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2021-01-28** Committee substitute printed 21103827D-H1 `substitution`
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- **2021-02-01** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2021-02-02** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2021-02-02** Committee substitute agreed to 21103827D-H1
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- **2021-02-02** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1843H1
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- **2021-02-03** Read third time and passed House (79-Y 20-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2021-02-03** VOTE: Passage (79-Y 20-N)
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- **2021-02-04** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2021-02-04** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
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- **2021-02-05** Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in General Laws and Technology (14-Y 0-N)
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- **2021-02-10** Impact statement from DPB (HB1843H1)
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- **2021-02-17** Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2021-02-19** Constitutional reading dispensed (32-Y 0-N)
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- **2021-02-22** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2021-02-22** Passed Senate (38-Y 1-N) `passage`
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- **2021-02-25** Enrolled
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- **2021-02-25** Signed by President
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- **2021-02-26** Signed by Speaker
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- **2021-03-01** Impact statement from DPB (HB1843ER)
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- **2021-03-01** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 1, 2021
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- **2021-03-01** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
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- **2021-03-31** Approved by Governor-Chapter 491 (effective 7/1/21) `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/815613d5-b706-4b9f-be5d-762b121e0fa4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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