Virginia Senate Bill 1238 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Introduced on January 5 2019 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2019-01-31 - Passed by indefinitely in Finance with letter (16-Y 0-N)
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Sports betting; Virginia Sports Betting Department created; Sports betting; Virginia Sports Betting Department created; Problem Gambling Treatment and Support Fund; Sports Betting Operations Fund; penalties. Establishes the Virginia Sports Betting Department (the Department) and authorizes it to regulate sports betting. Before administering a sports betting operation, an entity is required to apply for a three-year license and pay an application fee of $5,000. An entity could apply for a license to operate only (i) at a racetrack or off-track betting facility in a locality that as of 2019 had approved such facilities at referendum or (ii) in a locality that votes to allow sports betting at referendum. Licensed vendors must apply for renewal of a license every three years, which requires a renewal

Virginia Sports Betting Department; created, etc.

Sen. John Petersen [D]

Sen. Scott Surovell [D]

2019-01-31 - Senate - Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Finance with letter (16-Y 0-N) (Y: 16 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-01-28 - Senate - Senate: Reported from General Laws and Technology (14-Y 1-N) (Y: 14 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-01-31	Senate	Passed by indefinitely in Finance with letter (16-Y 0-N)
2019-01-28	Senate	Rereferred to Finance
2019-01-28	Senate	Reported from General Laws and Technology (14-Y 1-N)
2019-01-05	Senate	Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
2019-01-05	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19100553D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
18	2	334.3	(n/a)	See Bill Text
2	2	3705.3	(n/a)	See Bill Text
2	2	3711	(n/a)	See Bill Text
37	2	304	(n/a)	See Bill Text
37	2	314.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
58	1	4100	(n/a)	See Bill Text
58	1	4124	(n/a)	See Bill Text
59	1	364	(n/a)	See Bill Text
59	1	569	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+SB1238
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+SB1238+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+S12V0068+SB1238
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+S05V0239+SB1238