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SB 992 — Charitable Gaming Board; Texas Hold'em poker events.
Last action — Rereferred to Finance
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✓Introduced
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2In Committee
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3Passed Senate
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4Passed House of Delegates
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5To Executive
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6Enacted
This bill died with 2018 Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there is no live prognosis. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.
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212 added · 130 removedPlain-language change summary
The amendments to Bill SB 992 expanded the definition of certain gaming activities to include "Texas Hold'em poker tournaments" instead of just "events." This change clarifies that organized poker competitions are part of the regulated charitable gaming activities, allowing more specific guidelines and oversight regarding their operation. It matters because it can provide greater support for charities who use these tournaments to raise funds while ensuring they meet legal requirements.
SESSION history | hilite | pdf | print version 18105551D18106682D SENATE BILL NO.
992 OfferedAMENDMENT JanuaryIN 24,THE 2018NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE (Proposed by the Senate Committee on General Laws and Technology on February 5, 2018) (Patron Prior to Substitute--Senator Lucas) A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 18.2-334.2, 18.2-340.16, 18.2-340.19, 18.2-340.22, and 18.2-340.2237.2-304 of the Code of Virginia and to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 18.2-340.28:2,18.2-340.28:2 and by adding in Article 1 of Chapter 3 of Title 37.2 a section numbered 37.2-314.1, relating to the Board for Charitable Gaming;
Texas Hold'em poker events.tournaments.
---------- Patron-- Lucas ---------- Unanimous consent to introduce ---------- Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology ---------- Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
That §§ 18.2-334.2, 18.2-340.16, 18.2-340.19, 18.2-340.22, and 18.2-340.2237.2-304 of the Code of Virginia are amended and reenacted and that the Code of Virginia is amended by adding a section numbered 18.2-340.28:2 and by adding in Article 1 of Chapter 3 of Title 37.2 a section numbered 37.2-314.1 as follows:
bingo games, Texas Hold'em poker events,tournaments, raffles, and duck races conducted by certain organizations.
Nothing in this article shall apply to any bingo game, Texas Hold'em poker event,tournaments, instant bingo, network bingo, raffle, or duck race conducted solely by organizations as defined in § 18.2-340.16 which have received a permit as set forth in § 18.2-340.25, or which are exempt from the permit requirement under § 18.2-340.23.
"Charitable gaming" or "charitable games" means those raffles, Texas Hold'em poker events,tournaments, and games of chance explicitly authorized by this article.
"Instant bingo,""pullbingo," "pull tabs," or "seal cards" means specific games of chance played by the random selection of one or more individually prepacked cards, including Department-approved electronic versions thereof, with winners being determined by the preprinted or predetermined appearance of concealed letters, numbers or symbols that must be exposed by the player to determine wins and losses and may include the use of a seal card which conceals one or more numbers or symbols that have been designated in advance as prize winners.
"Texas Hold'em poker event" means a Texas Hold'em poker tournament or Texas Hold'em sit and go.
"Texas Hold'em sit and go" or "sit and go" means a Texas Hold'em event comprising one or more tables conducting Texas Hold'em poker games among multiple players who (i) pay a charitable donation for every 30 minutes of play;
(ii) on the basis of availability of seats at a table, may join a table and participate in games starting with the beginning of the next game;
(iii) may leave a table at any time;
and (iv) at any time while Texas Hold'em poker games are being played or immediately upon their conclusion, may exchange all poker chips in their possession for the same fixed value fee assigned for each set of poker chips when the player initially purchased such poker chips.
In the case of the conduct of Texas Hold'em poker events,tournaments, the regulations shall provide that the predetermined percentage of gross receipts may be used for expenses related to compensatecompensating operators contracted by the qualified organization to administer such events.
Prescribe the conditions under which a qualified organization may manage, operate or contract with operators of, or conduct Texas Hold'em poker events.tournaments.
Only raffles, bingo, network bingo, instant bingo games, and Texas Hold'em poker eventstournaments permitted;
This article permits qualified organizations to conduct raffles, bingo, network bingo, and instant bingo games, and Texas Hold'em poker events.tournaments.
Nothing herein shall be construed to authorize the Board to approve the conduct of any other form of poker in the Commonwealth.
Conduct of Texas Hold'em poker eventstournaments by qualified organizations;
percentage of gross receipts to Problem Gambling Treatment Fund;
Any organization qualified to conduct bingo games during the preceding 36 months pursuant to the provisions of this article may conduct Texas Hold'em poker eventstournaments. no more than three days per week and limited to locations within the geographic areas as prescribed by the Board.
B.No organization shall conduct Texas Hold'em Poker tournaments more than three days per week, and such tournaments shall be limited to locations approved and regularly used for bingo.
AThe qualifiedthree organizationdays mayprovided contractfor withthe anconduct operatorof tothe administer Texas Hold'em pokertournaments events.shall not reduce the numbers of days that a qualified organization or location may conduct bingo games.
Operator feesB. shall be limited to 50 percent of (i) for Texas Hold'em poker tournaments, the amount calculated by subtracting the total value of all prizes awarded from the total of gross receipts or (ii) for Texas Hold'em sit and go's, the total charitable donations fees collected.
A qualified organization may contract with an operator to administer Texas Hold'em poker tournaments.
Operator fees shall be limited to 50 percent of the amount calculated by subtracting the total value of all prizes awarded from the total of gross receipts.
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However, no such organization shall accept postdated checks in payment of any charges or assessments for players to participate in Texas Hold'em poker events.
NoA qualified organization or any person on the premises shall extend lines of credit or accept anyonly creditcash oror, debitat cardits oroption, otherchecks electronic fund transfer in payment of any charges or assessments for players to participate in Texas Hold'em poker events.tournaments.
However, no such organization shall accept postdated checks in payment of any charges or assessments for players to participate in Texas Hold'em poker tournaments.
No qualified organization or any person on the premises shall allowextend lines of credit or accept any individualcredit lessor thandebit 18card yearsor other electronic fund transfer in payment of ageany charges or assessments for players to participate in Texas Hold'em poker events.tournaments.
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No qualified organization shall allow any individual less than 18 years of age to participate in Texas Hold'em poker tournaments.
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Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the authorization for any qualified organization to conduct Texas Hold'em poker tournaments shall cease 30 days after the effective date of any law passed by the General Assembly legalizing any form of poker in the Commonwealth.
§ 37.2-304.
Duties of Commissioner.
The Commissioner shall be the chief executive officer of the Department and shall have the following duties and powers:
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To supervise and manage the Department and its state facilities.
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To employ the personnel required to carry out the purposes of this title.
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To make and enter into all contracts and agreements necessary or incidental to the performance of the Department's duties and the execution of its powers under this title, including contracts with the United States, other states, and agencies and governmental subdivisions of the Commonwealth, consistent with policies and regulations of the Board and applicable federal and state statutes and regulations.
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To accept, hold, and enjoy gifts, donations, and bequests on behalf of the Department from the United States government, agencies and instrumentalities thereof, and any other source, subject to the approval of the Governor.
To these ends, the Commissioner shall have the power to comply with conditions and execute agreements that may be necessary, convenient, or desirable, consistent with policies and regulations of the Board.
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To accept, execute, and administer any trust in which the Department may have an interest, under the terms of the instruments creating the trust, subject to the approval of the Governor.
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To transfer between state hospitals and training centers school-age individuals who have been identified as appropriate to be placed in public school programs and to negotiate with other school divisions for placements in order to ameliorate the impact on those school divisions located in a jurisdiction in which a state hospital or training center is located.
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To provide to the Director of the Commonwealth's designated protection and advocacy system, established pursuant to § 51.5-39.13, a written report setting forth the known facts of (i) critical incidents, as that term is defined in § 37.2-709.1, or deaths of individuals receiving services in facilities and (ii) serious injuries, as that term is defined in regulations adopted by the Board pursuant to § 37.2-400, or deaths of individuals receiving services in programs operated or licensed by the Department within 15 working days of the critical incident, serious injury, or death.
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To work with the appropriate state and federal entities to ensure that any individual who has received services in a state facility for more than one year has possession of or receives prior to discharge any of the following documents, when they are needed to obtain the services contained in his discharge plan:
a Department of Motor Vehicles approved identification card that will expire 90 days from issuance, a copy of his birth certificate if the individual was born in the Commonwealth, or a social security card from the Social Security Administration.
State facility directors, as part of their responsibilities pursuant to § 37.2-837, shall implement this provision when discharging individuals.
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To work with the Department of Veterans Services and the Department for Aging and Rehabilitative Services to establish a program for mental health and rehabilitative services for Virginia veterans and members of the Virginia National Guard and Virginia residents in the Armed Forces Reserves not in active federal service and their family members pursuant to § 2.2-2001.1.
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To establish and maintain a pharmaceutical and therapeutics committee composed of representatives of the Department of Medical Assistance Services, state facilities operated by the Department, community services boards, at least one health insurance plan, and at least one individual receiving services to develop a drug formulary for use at all community services boards, state facilities operated by the Department, and providers licensed by the Department.
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To establish and maintain the Commonwealth Mental Health First Aid Program pursuant to § 37.2-312.2.
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To submit a report for the preceding fiscal year by December 1 of each year to the Governor and the Chairmen of the House Appropriations and Senate Finances Committees that provides information on the operation of Virginia's publicly funded behavioral health and developmental services system.
The report shall include a brief narrative and data on the number of individuals receiving state facility services or community services board services, including purchased inpatient psychiatric services;
the types and amounts of services received by these individuals;
and state facility and community services board service capacities, staffing, revenues, and expenditures.
The annual report shall describe major new initiatives implemented during the past year and shall provide information on the accomplishment of systemic outcome and performance measures during the year.
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To administer the Problem Gambling Treatment and Support Fund established pursuant to § 37.2-314.1.
Unless specifically authorized by the Governor to accept or undertake activities for compensation, the Commissioner shall devote his entire time to his duties.
§ 37.2-314.1.
Problem Gambling Treatment and Support Fund.
There is hereby created in the state treasury a special nonreverting fund to be known as the Problem Gambling Treatment and Support Fund, referred to in this section as "the Fund." The Fund shall be established on the books of the Comptroller.
All moneys required to be deposited into the Fund pursuant to Article 1.1:1 (§ 18.2-340.15 et seq.) of Chapter of Title 18.2 shall be paid into the state treasury and credited to the Fund.
Interest earned on moneys in the Fund shall remain in the Fund and be credited to it.
Any moneys remaining in the Fund, including interest thereon, at the end of each fiscal year shall not revert to the general fund but shall remain in the Fund.
Moneys in the Fund shall be used solely for the purposes of (i) providing counseling and other support services for compulsive and problem gamblers, (ii) developing and implementing problem gambling treatment and prevention programs, and (iii) providing grants to supporting organizations that provide assistance to compulsive gamblers.
Expenditures and disbursements from the Fund shall be made by the State Treasurer on warrants issued by the Comptroller upon written request signed by the Commissioner.
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- Committee Substitute Senate: Committee substitute printed 18106682D-S1 Current html February 05, 2018
- Senate: Presented and ordered printed 18105551D View text html January 24, 2018
Action History
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Rereferred to Finance
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Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
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Presented and ordered printed 18105551D
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Unanimous consent to introduce
Sponsors
- L. Louise Lucas · Primary
Sponsorship breakdown
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- SB 992 is sponsored by L. Louise Lucas.
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