Sports betting; clarifies certain procedures. (SB1254)

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Progress

✓	Introduced
✓	Passed Committee
✓	Passed House
✓	Passed Senate
✓	Signed by Governor
☐	Became Law

Description

Sports betting. Directs the Virginia Lottery (the Lottery) in issuing permits to operate sports betting platforms to give substantial and preferred consideration to any applicant that provides any of the following: (i) a description of any equity interest owned by minority individuals or minority-owned businesses, (ii) a detailed plan to achieve increased minority equity investment, (iii) a description of all efforts made to seek equity investment from minority individuals or minority-owned businesses, or (iv) a plan detailing efforts made to solicit participation of minority individuals or minority-owned businesses in the applicant's purchase of goods and services related to the sports betting platform or to provide assistance to a historically disadvantaged community or historically black colleges and universities located within the Commonwealth. The bill clarifies the types of events on which sports betting is allowed and provides that a permit issued to a casino operator shall not count toward the maximum of 12 permits that the Director of the Lottery can issue. The bill makes technical amendments related to the interaction between sports betting law and casino gaming law. This bill is identical to HB 1847. Read the Bill »

Status

03/25/2021: signed by governor

History

Date	Action
01/12/2021	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21100962D
01/12/2021	Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations
01/18/2021	Impact statement from DPB (SB1254)
01/27/2021	Impact statement from DPB (SB1254S1)
01/27/2021	Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
01/27/2021	Committee substitute printed 21103733D-S1
01/27/2021	Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (10-Y 4-N 1-A) (see vote tally)
01/28/2021	Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
01/29/2021	Read second time
01/29/2021	Reading of substitute waived
01/29/2021	Committee substitute agreed to 21103733D-S1
01/29/2021	Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1254S1
02/01/2021	Read third time and passed Senate (21-Y 18-N) (see vote tally)
02/05/2021	Placed on Calendar
02/05/2021	Read first time
02/05/2021	Referred to Committee on General Laws
02/08/2021	Continued to Special Session 1 in General Laws
02/11/2021	Impact statement from DPB (SB1254S1)
02/11/2021	House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
02/11/2021	Reported from General Laws with amendment(s) (16-Y 6-N) (see vote tally)
02/15/2021	Read second time
02/16/2021	Read second time
02/16/2021	Committee amendments agreed to
02/16/2021	Engrossed by House as amended
02/16/2021	Passed House with amendments (67-Y 32-N)
02/16/2021	VOTE: Passage (67-Y 32-N) (see vote tally)
02/18/2021	House amendments rejected by Senate (0-Y 38-N) (see vote tally)
02/19/2021	Conferees appointed by Senate
02/19/2021	Senators: McPike, Petersen, Ruff
02/19/2021	House insisted on amendments
02/19/2021	House requested conference committee
02/23/2021	Senate acceded to request (38-Y 0-N)
02/23/2021	Conferees appointed by Senate
02/23/2021	Senators: McPike, Petersen, Ruff
02/24/2021	Conferees appointed by House
02/24/2021	Delegates: Sickles, Torian, Knight
02/25/2021	C Amended by conference committee
02/25/2021	Conference report agreed to by House (68-Y 29-N)
02/25/2021	VOTE: Agreed To (68-Y 29-N)
02/27/2021	Conference report agreed to by Senate (26-Y 13-N)
03/09/2021	Enrolled
03/09/2021	Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1254ER)
03/09/2021	Signed by President
03/11/2021	Signed by Speaker
03/12/2021	Impact statement from DPB (SB1254ER)
03/15/2021	Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 15, 2021
03/15/2021	G Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
03/25/2021	G Approved by Governor-Chapter 352 (effective 7/1/21)
03/25/2021	G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0352)

Duplicate Bills

The following bills are identical to this one: HB1847.