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| Bill | Charitable gaming; clarifies definition of 'social organization.' | Charitable gaming. Amends charitable gaming law to allow, as a condition of receiving a charitable gaming permit or authorization to conduct electronic gaming, certain organizations to use a predetermined percentage of its receipts for expenses related to the rental of real property where such real property is involved in the operation of the organization and used for lawful religious, charitable, community, or educational purposes. The bill prohibits the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services from promulgating electronic gaming regulations that prohibit (i) devices that display spinning, rotating, or rolling reels or animations or flashing lights; (ii) devices that accept vouchers; or (iii) the purchase and play of an electronic pull tab with a single press or touch of a button. The bill also requires qualified organizations and electronic gaming manufacturers to pay one-quarter of one percent of its gross receipts or adjusted gross receipts, as appropriate, to be deposited by the Department into the Problem Gambling Treatment and Support Fund and prohibits any qualified social organization that is subject to Department regulations from conducting electronic gaming in a separately demised premises that has a direct or indirect means of ingress to or egress from any adjacent space unless such space is used exclusively by members or guests of such qualified organization. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2024 | SB 344 | Virginia SB 344 (2024) |
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Virginia SB 344 (2024) — Charitable gaming; clarifies definition of 'social organization.'
Charitable gaming. Amends charitable gaming law to allow, as a condition of receiving a charitable gaming permit or authorization to conduct electronic gaming, certain organizations to use a predetermined percentage of its receipts for expenses related to the rental of real property where such real property is involved in the operation of the organization and used for lawful religious, charitable, community, or educational purposes. The bill prohibits the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services from promulgating electronic gaming regulations that prohibit (i) devices that display spinning, rotating, or rolling reels or animations or flashing lights; (ii) devices that accept vouchers; or (iii) the purchase and play of an electronic pull tab with a single press or touch of a button. The bill also requires qualified organizations and electronic gaming manufacturers to pay one-quarter of one percent of its gross receipts or adjusted gross receipts, as appropriate, to be deposited by the Department into the Problem Gambling Treatment and Support Fund and prohibits any qualified social organization that is subject to Department regulations from conducting electronic gaming in a separately demised premises that has a direct or indirect means of ingress to or egress from any adjacent space unless such space is used exclusively by members or guests of such qualified organization.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- CHAP0504 (committee substitute) — source
- Committee substitute printed 24106155D-S1 (committee substitute) — source
- Committee substitute printed 24106935D-S2 (committee substitute) — source
- Committee substitute printed 24107738D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
- Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24100604D (committee substitute) — source
- SB344ER (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- House substitute rejected by Senate (0-Y 40-N) — 0–40 (fail) · upper
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
- Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from General Laws with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
- Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Adoption (92-Y 4-N) — 91–4 (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Senate acceded to request (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
- Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (95-Y 1-N) — 94–1 (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Bryce E. Reeves — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2024-01-09 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24100604D
filing, introduction - 2024-01-09 Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
referral-committee - 2024-01-17 Assigned GL&T sub: Gaming
referral-committee - 2024-01-24 Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- 2024-01-24 Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- 2024-01-24 Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2024-01-24 Committee substitute printed 24106155D-S1
substitution - 2024-01-24 Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
referral-committee - 2024-01-30 Impact statement from DPB (SB344S1)
- 2024-02-06 Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- 2024-02-06 Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- 2024-02-06 Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2024-02-06 Committee substitute printed 24106935D-S2
substitution - 2024-02-07 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 2024-02-08 Read second time
reading-2 - 2024-02-08 General Laws and Technology Committee substitute rejected 23106155D-S1
- 2024-02-08 Reading of substitute waived
- 2024-02-08 Committee substitute agreed to 24106935D-S2
substitution - 2024-02-08 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB344S2
substitution - 2024-02-08 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 2024-02-08 Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
passage, reading-3 - 2024-02-09 Impact statement from DPB (SB344S2)
- 2024-02-14 Placed on Calendar
- 2024-02-14 Read first time
reading-1 - 2024-02-14 Referred to Committee on General Laws
referral-committee - 2024-02-15 Reported from General Laws with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2024-02-15 Committee substitute printed 24107738D-H1
substitution - 2024-02-19 Read second time
reading-2 - 2024-02-20 Read third time
reading-3 - 2024-02-20 Impact statement from DPB (SB344H1)
- 2024-02-20 Committee substitute agreed to 24107738D-H1
substitution - 2024-02-20 Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB344H1
substitution - 2024-02-20 Passed House with substitute (95-Y 1-N)
passage - 2024-02-20 VOTE: Passage (95-Y 1-N)
passage - 2024-02-22 House substitute rejected by Senate (0-Y 40-N)
- 2024-02-23 House insisted on substitute
substitution - 2024-02-23 House requested conference committee
referral-committee - 2024-02-27 Senate acceded to request (39-Y 0-N)
- 2024-02-27 Conferees appointed by Senate
- 2024-02-27 Senators: Reeves, McPike, VanValkenburg
- 2024-02-28 Conferees appointed by House
- 2024-02-28 Delegates: Krizek, Cole, Arnold
- 2024-03-01 Amended by conference committee
- 2024-03-01 Passed by temporarily
- 2024-03-01 Conference report agreed to by House (92-Y 4-N)
committee-passage-favorable - 2024-03-01 VOTE: Adoption (92-Y 4-N)
- 2024-03-01 Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
committee-passage-favorable - 2024-03-06 Enrolled
enrolled - 2024-03-06 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB344ER)
passage - 2024-03-06 Impact statement from DPB (SB344ER)
- 2024-03-06 Signed by Speaker
passage - 2024-03-07 Signed by President
passage - 2024-03-11 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024
enrolled - 2024-03-11 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024
executive-receipt - 2024-04-04 Approved by Governor-Chapter 504 (effective 7/1/24)
executive-signature - 2024-04-04 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0504)
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5194bec4-2f3b-4c25-a44f-19b7494ae965. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).