South Carolina House Bill 4937 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 7-2)
Status: Engrossed on March 5 2020 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-03-10 - Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce and Industry
Pending: Senate Labor, Commerce and Industry Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Amended) [HTML]

Amend Section 33-57-100, Code Of Laws Of South Carolina, 1976, Relating To The Exceptions To The Prohibition On Lotteries And Raffles, So As To Clarify That Electronic Gaming Devices Are Prohibited; To Amend Section 33-57-110, Relating To Definitions, So As To Expand The Definition Of A "nonprofit Organization" To Include An Organization Recognized As Tax-exempt Under Internal Revenue Code Section 501(c)(5) And To Define The Term "electronic Gaming Device"; To Amend Section 33-57-120, As Amended, Relating To Raffles Conducted By Nonprofit Organizations, So As To Authorize Nonprofit Organizations Recognized As Tax-exempt Under Internal Revenue Code Section 501(c)(5) To Conduct A Raffle And To Remove The Prohibition On The Use Of Funds Raised By The Raffle To Purchase Athletic Equipment; To Amend Section 33-57-140, As Amended, Relating To Standards For Raffles, So As To Increase The Fair Market Value Of Individual Prize And Total Prize Limits; To Amend Section 33-57-150, Relating To Allowable Expenses And Records For A Raffle, So As To Provide What Must Be Contained In The Report To The Secretary, To Allow For The Submission Of One Report For A Nonprofit Organization With Affiliates Or Subsidiaries Under Certain Circumstances, And To Establish Certain Record Keeping Requirements; And To Repeal Section 33-57-200 Relating To The Repeal Of Chapter 57, Title 33.

Raffles; authorize nonprofits to conduct raffle and remove certain prohibitions

Rep. Russell Fry [R]	Rep. Seth Rose [D]	Rep. William Hewitt [R]	Rep. Roger Kirby [D]
Rep. Gary Clary [R]	Rep. Weston Newton [R]	Rep. Shannon Erickson [R]	Rep. Alan Clemmons [R]
Rep. Brandon Newton [R]

2020-03-04 - House - House: Passage Of Bill (Y: 109 N: 0 NV: 2 Abs: 13) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-03-10	Senate	Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce and Industry
2020-03-10	Senate	Introduced and read first time
2020-03-05	House	Read third time and sent to Senate
2020-03-04	House	Roll call Yeas-109 Nays-0
2020-03-04	House	Read second time
2020-03-04	House	Amended
2020-03-04	House	Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Clemmons, B.Newton
2020-03-03		Scrivener's error corrected
2020-03-03	House	Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Erickson
2020-02-27	House	Committee report: Favorable with amendment Judiciary
2020-01-22	House	Member(s) request name added as sponsor: W.Newton
2020-01-16	House	Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Rose, Hewitt, Kirby, Clary
2020-01-15	House	Referred to Committee on Judiciary
2020-01-15	House	Introduced and read first time

S0719 (Similar To) 2020-10-02 - Act No. 148
H4353 (Similar To) 2019-04-24 - Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Sottile

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
33	57	100	(n/a)	See Bill Text
33	57	110	(n/a)	See Bill Text
33	57	120	(n/a)	See Bill Text
33	57	140	(n/a)	See Bill Text
33	57	150	(n/a)	See Bill Text
33	57	200	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=4937&session=123&summary=B
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess123_2019-2020/prever/4937_20200115.htm
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess123_2019-2020/prever/4937_20200227.htm
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess123_2019-2020/prever/4937_20200303.htm
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess123_2019-2020/prever/4937_20200304.htm
Roll Call	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/votehistory.php?KEY=17318