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120 lines
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Charitable gaming; clarifies definition of 'social organization.'"
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2024"
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identifier: "HB 523"
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citation: "Virginia HB 523 (2024)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Paul E. Krizek"]
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version_count: 6
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action_count: 45
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vote_count: 8
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first_action: "2024-01-08"
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last_action: "2024-04-04"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cf063ae6-2ce5-4ea9-9c6d-3a0e2936ccdf"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB523"
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source_hash: "707d5bbb716b15fb270294775c3f5a525fe221af212ec4fa8467e54f10f27b4c"
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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 523 (2024) — Charitable gaming; clarifies definition of 'social organization.'
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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.
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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. **CHAP0445** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0445)
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2. **Committee substitute printed 24106735D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB523H1)
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3. **Committee substitute printed 24108321D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB523S1)
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4. **HB523EH1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB523EH1)
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5. **HB523ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB523ER)
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6. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24100602D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB523)
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## Votes
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- VOTE: Adoption (90-Y 5-N) — **89–5** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from General Laws with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 1-N) — **7–1** (pass) · lower
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- Passed Senate with substitute (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- VOTE: Passage (97-Y 3-N) — **96–3** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from General Laws and Technology (13-Y 0-N) — **13–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Paul E. Krizek — primary (person)
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- Bill Wiley — cosponsor (person)
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- Bryce E. Reeves — cosponsor (person)
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- Hyland F. "Buddy" Fowler, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
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- Jason S. Ballard — cosponsor (person)
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- Karrie K. Delaney — cosponsor (person)
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- Tony O. Wilt — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-01-08** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24100602D `filing, introduction`
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- **2024-01-08** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
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- **2024-01-26** Assigned GL sub: ABC/Gaming `referral-committee`
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- **2024-01-30** Impact statement from DPB (HB523)
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- **2024-01-30** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
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- **2024-01-30** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 1-N) `substitution`
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- **2024-02-01** Reported from General Laws with substitute (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2024-02-01** Committee substitute printed 24106735D-H1 `substitution`
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- **2024-02-01** Incorporates HB298 (Ballard)
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- **2024-02-05** Impact statement from DPB (HB523H1)
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- **2024-02-05** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2024-02-06** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
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- **2024-02-06** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2024-02-06** Committee substitute agreed to 24106735D-H1 `substitution`
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- **2024-02-06** Amendment by Delegate Krizek agreed to `amendment-passage`
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- **2024-02-06** Engrossed by House - committee substitute with amendment HB523EH1 `substitution`
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- **2024-02-06** Printed as engrossed 24106735D-EH1
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- **2024-02-07** Read third time and passed House (97-Y 3-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2024-02-07** VOTE: Passage (97-Y 3-N) `passage`
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- **2024-02-07** Impact statement from DPB (HB523EH1)
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- **2024-02-08** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2024-02-08** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
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- **2024-02-14** Reported from General Laws and Technology (13-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2024-02-14** Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
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- **2024-02-27** Senate subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
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- **2024-02-27** Committee substitute printed 24108321D-S1 `substitution`
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- **2024-02-27** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
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- **2024-02-27** Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2024-02-28** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2024-02-28** Reading of substitute waived
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- **2024-02-28** Committee substitute agreed to 24108321D-S1 `substitution`
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- **2024-02-28** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB523S1 `substitution`
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- **2024-02-28** Passed Senate with substitute (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2024-03-01** Senate substitute agreed to by House 24108321D-S1 (90-Y 5-N) `substitution`
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- **2024-03-01** VOTE: Adoption (90-Y 5-N)
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- **2024-03-06** Impact statement from DPB (HB523S1)
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- **2024-03-07** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2024-03-07** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB523ER) `passage`
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- **2024-03-07** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2024-03-08** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2024-03-11** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
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- **2024-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 `executive-receipt`
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- **2024-03-12** Impact statement from DPB (HB523ER)
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- **2024-04-04** Approved by Governor-Chapter 445 (effective 7/1/24) `executive-signature`
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- **2024-04-04** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0445)
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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/cf063ae6-2ce5-4ea9-9c6d-3a0e2936ccdf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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