Relating to conditions on holding online raffles
This bill (HB 2491) establishes specific requirements for businesses conducting online raffles. It directly affects businesses that operate online raffles, requiring them to meet certain conditions set by the law. The bill passed the legislature and was signed into law by the Governor on April 28, 2025 (Chapter 122, Acts, Regular Session, 2025). However, the provided context does not include the specific conditions or mechanisms of the bill, only its passage and enactment date. Therefore, a detailed summary of its provisions cannot be provided from the available information.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
Apr 2025
House of Delegates Passage
Apr 2025
Senate Passage
Apr 2025
Signed into Law
Jul 2025
Introduced Feb 17, 2025
Signed Jul 30, 2025
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What changed between versions
Committee Substitute
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Engrossed Committee Substitute
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3 edits
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Apr 10, 2025
MINOR
This bill updates the official title and version history to reflect the final 'Engrossed' status. It makes a minor formatting adjustment to a definition regarding eligible institutions and removes a summary note explaining the removal of geo-location technology requirements, though the actual legal text for that removal is not included in this specific diff.
Scope change
The bill's scope remains focused on online raffles for institutions of higher education, with no substantive changes to the rules governing them in this specific update.
TECHNICAL
Added 'Engrossed Version' to the list of available bill versions and updated the header to indicate the bill is now 'ENGROSSED'.
Deleted a summary note explaining the removal of geo-location technology requirements, which was likely part of a previous version's history but is no longer needed.
DEFINITION
Added a comma after 'Provided' in the definition of 'Institution of higher education' to improve grammatical flow.
Floor votes · Senate Apr 10, 2025 · House of Delegates Apr 1, 2025
How they voted
20–13
Passed
Total votes 33
Apr 10, 2025
D
Democratic2
100% Yea
R
Republican31
58% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
33
Key actions
7
Committee
5
Apr 28, 2025
Signed into law
Approved by Governor 4/28/2025
lower
Apr 12, 2025
Signed into law
Approved by Governor 4/28/2025 - Senate Journal
upper
Apr 12, 2025
Signed into law
Approved by Governor 4/28/2025 - House Journal
lower
Apr 10, 2025
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate (Roll No. 430)
upper
Apr 8, 2025
Upper · Passed
Reported do pass
upper
Apr 3, 2025
Committee
To Government Organization
upper
Apr 3, 2025
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
upper
Apr 1, 2025
Lower · Passed
Passed House (Roll No. 311)
lower
Mar 27, 2025
Lower · Passed
By substitute, do pass
lower
Feb 17, 2025
Committee
To House Judiciary
lower
Feb 17, 2025
Introduced
Introduced in House
lower
Feb 17, 2025
Committee
To Judiciary
lower
1 primary · 8 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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