Virginia Senate Bill 780 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on September 29 2022 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2023-02-02 - Failed to report (defeated) in Finance and Appropriations (7-Y 8-N)
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [HTML]

Casino gaming; eligible host cities; limitation on local referendums. Adds Petersburg to the list of cities eligible to host a casino in the Commonwealth. The bill also provides that when an eligible host city is located within 25 miles of another eligible host city, the governing body of any such city that holds a local referendum on the question of whether casino gaming should be permitted in such city that subsequently fails shall be prohibited from holding another local referendum on the same question until the other eligible host city has had a reasonable opportunity, not to exceed the date of the 2023 regular general election unless a court of competent jurisdiction sets an alternative date, to hold a local referendum on the same question.

Casino gaming; eligible host cities, limitation on local referendums.

Sen. Joseph Morrissey [D]

2023-02-02 - Senate - Senate: Failed to report (defeated) in Finance and Appropriations (7-Y 8-N) (Y: 7 N: 8 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [FAIL]
2023-02-01 - Senate - Senate: Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (11-Y 4-N) (Y: 11 N: 4 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-02-02	Senate	Failed to report (defeated) in Finance and Appropriations (7-Y 8-N)
2023-02-01	Senate	Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
2023-02-01	Senate	Committee substitute printed 23106104D-S1
2023-02-01	Senate	Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (11-Y 4-N)
2023-01-17	Senate	Assigned GL&T sub: Gaming
2022-09-29	Senate	Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
2022-09-29	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23100201D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
58	1	4107	(n/a)	See Bill Text
58	1	4123	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+SB780
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB780+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB780S1+hil
Amendment	https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/pdfs/drafts/23106104D.pdf
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+oth+SB780F122+PDF
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+S12V0091+SB0780
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+S05V0228+SB0780