Virginia Senate Bill 533 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 7 2020 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-02-05 - Continued to 2021 in General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N)
Pending: Senate General Laws and Technology Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Pari-mutuel wagering; breakage; distribution for problem gambling treatment and support; creation of Problem Gambling Treatment and Support Fund. Alters the required distribution of the legitimate breakage from each pari-mutuel pool for live, historical, and simulcast horse racing by requiring that 80 percent be deposited in the Problem Gambling Treatment and Support Fund, created by the bill, and 20 percent be deposited in the Racing Benevolence Fund for gambling addiction and substance abuse counseling or recreational, educational, nutritional, or other related programs. Under current law, 70 percent of the breakage is required to be distributed to the horse racing licensee to be used for capital improvements and 30 percent of the breakage is required to be distributed to the Racing Benevolence Fund for gambling addiction and substance abuse counseling or recreational, educational, or other related programs. The Problem Gambling Treatment and Support Fund, administered by the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services, would be used to provide counseling to compulsive gamblers, implement problem gambling treatment and prevention programs, and provide grants to organizations that assist problem gamblers.

Pari-mutuel wagering; breakage, distribution for problem gambling treatment and support.

Sen. Bryce Reeves [R]

2020-02-05 - Senate - Senate: Continued to 2021 in General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N) (Y: 15 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-02-05	Senate	Continued to 2021 in General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N)
2020-01-30	Senate	Assigned GL&T sub: Gaming
2020-01-07	Senate	Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
2020-01-07	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20103554D

SB533 (Carry Over) 2020-02-05 - Continued to 2021 in General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N)

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
37	2	304	(n/a)	See Bill Text
37	2	314.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
59	1	392	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB533
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB533+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+S12V0120+SB0533