Electronic gaming devices; regulation, penalties.
Summary
Virginia Small Business Economic DevelopmentAct established; regulation of skill games; registration; penalties.Establishes the Virginia Small Business Economic Development Act for the purpose of providing a regulatory and registration schemefor skill game machines in the Commonwealth. The bill directs theVirginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority to adopt emergencyregulations to implement the provisions of the bill and directs theDepartment of Taxation to collect a monthly tax of 15 percent fromthe gross revenue of each skill game machine from each skill gamedistributor.
Bill status
failed
4 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2024
Committee Review
Feb 2024
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2024
Senate Passage
Feb 2024
Governor
Introduced Jan 9, 2024
Last action Mar 9, 2024
Floor votes · Senate Feb 27, 2024 · House of Delegates Feb 12, 2024
How they voted
39–0
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 40
Feb 27, 2024
D
Democratic21
100% Yea
R
Republican19
94% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
44
Key actions
11
Committee
10
Feb 28, 2024
Committee
Senate requested conference committee
upper
Feb 28, 2024
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate with substitute (32-Y 7-N)
upper
Feb 27, 2024
Upper · Passed
Reported from Finance and Appropriations (13-Y 2-N)
upper
Feb 27, 2024
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (39-0-1)
senate
Feb 21, 2024
Committee
Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
upper
Feb 21, 2024
Upper · Passed
Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (10-Y 5-N)
upper
Feb 13, 2024
Committee
Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
upper
Feb 12, 2024
Lower · Passed
VOTE: Passage #2 (65-Y 34-N)
lower
Feb 12, 2024
Lower · Passed
Passed House (65-Y 34-N)
lower
Feb 12, 2024
Lower · Passed
VOTE: Passage (68-Y 30-N)
lower
Feb 12, 2024
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House (68-Y 30-N)
lower
Feb 6, 2024
Lower · Passed
Reported from General Laws with substitute (16-Y 4-N)
lower
Feb 2, 2024
Lower · Passed
House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
lower
Feb 1, 2024
Lower · Passed
House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
lower
Feb 1, 2024
Committee
Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #5
lower
Jan 9, 2024
Committee
Referred to Committee on General Laws
lower
1 primary · 6 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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