Virginia Racing Commission; authorizes wagering on horse historical racing. (SB1347)
Introduced By
Sen. Tommy Norment (R-Williamsburg)
Progress
✓ |
Introduced |
✗ |
Passed Committee |
☐ |
Passed House |
✓ |
Passed Senate |
☐ |
Signed by Governor |
☐ |
Became Law |
Description
Virginia Racing Commission; simulcast horse racing; allocations. Authorizes wagering on historical horse racing. The bill also allocates the proceeds from such racing with fifty percent of the proceeds distributed to the Commonwealth Transportation Trust Fund and the remaining fifty percent distributed to other entities. In addition, the bill (i) requires the existing race track to provide gambling educational programs including information on the availability of gambling addiction counseling and (ii) requires the promulgation of emergency regulations Read the Bill »
Outcome
Bill Has Failed
History
Date | Action |
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01/12/2011 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/11 11101507D |
01/12/2011 | Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology |
01/26/2011 | Impact statement from DPB (SB1347) |
01/26/2011 | Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (9-Y 5-N) (see vote tally) |
01/26/2011 | Committee substitute printed 11104751D-S1 |
01/26/2011 | Incorporates SB1438 |
01/26/2011 | Rereferred to Finance |
01/31/2011 | Impact statement from DPB (SB1347S1) |
02/02/2011 | Reported from Finance with amendment (9-Y 4-N 1-A) (see vote tally) |
02/03/2011 | Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
02/04/2011 | Read second time |
02/04/2011 | Reading of substitute waived |
02/04/2011 | Committee substitute agreed to 11104751D-S1 |
02/04/2011 | Reading of amendment waived |
02/04/2011 | Committee amendment agreed to |
02/04/2011 | Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute with amendment SB1347ES1 |
02/04/2011 | Printed as engrossed 11104751D-ES1 |
02/07/2011 | Read third time and passed Senate (21-Y 19-N) (see vote tally) |
02/09/2011 | Placed on Calendar |
02/09/2011 | Read first time |
02/09/2011 | Referred to Committee on General Laws |
02/10/2011 | Impact statement from DPB (SB1347ES1) |
02/14/2011 | Assigned GL sub: #3 ABC/Gaming |
02/17/2011 | Subcommittee recommends laying on the table |
02/22/2011 | Left in General Laws |
Comments
Lottery tickets are enough, keep the betting in maryland.
I really cannot understand why people are afraid for this type of a bill to come to fruition in the state. It has been introduced in the past, but has never left the house, thanks to Speaker Howell. What are people afraid of?
I'm not a gambler and don't much care if others are. But this running situation has just about made horse racing in Virgina unsustainable. If Virginia wants to be competitive and offer purses sufficient to attract talent, it needs other revenue sources. If Howell wants to kill racing in Virginia, why not just get it over with rather than starving the program to death slowly?
I agree with Bubberella. It was the state legislature that allowed horse racing in the state, but is now allowing it a slow death. If they do not want to support it as they do other gambling revenue streams such as the lottery, then put it out of it's misery.