Virginia House Bill 1478

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 19 2024 - 25% progression
Action: 2024-02-13 - Left in General Laws
Pending: House General Laws Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Casino gaming; cruise ships. Authorizes the conduct of cruise ship casino gaming in the offshore waters of the Commonwealth by a cruise ship operator that applies for and receives a permit from the Virginia Lottery. The bill sets an annual permit fee of $50,000 for any cruise ship that uses a port or other point of anchorage in the offshore waters of the Commonwealth for the purpose of embarkation or disembarkation of cruise ship passengers and an annual permit fee of $125,000 for any cruise ship that transits the offshore waters of the Commonwealth without making a stop in the Commonwealth and conducts casino gaming activities while in such waters.

Casino gaming; cruise ships.

Del. Shelly Simonds [D]

2024-01-30 - House - House: Subcommittee failed to recommend reporting (3-Y 5-N) (Y: 3 N: 5 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [FAIL]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-02-13	House	Left in General Laws
2024-01-30	House	Subcommittee failed to recommend reporting (3-Y 5-N)
2024-01-26	House	Assigned GL sub: ABC/Gaming
2024-01-19	House	Referred to Committee on General Laws
2024-01-19	House	Presented and ordered printed 24105063D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
58	1	4100	(n/a)	See Bill Text
58	1	4101	(n/a)	See Bill Text
58	1	4102	(n/a)	See Bill Text
58	1	4107	(n/a)	See Bill Text
58	1	4142	(n/a)	See Bill Text
58	1	4143	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB1478
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB1478+hil
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+oth+HB1478F122+PDF
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+vot+H1103V0013+HB1478