Virginia House Bill 1686 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 17 2020 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-02-11 - Left in General Laws
Pending: House General Laws Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Virginia Lottery Board; regulation of the manufacturing, distributing, operating, servicing, hosting, and playing of video game terminals; penalties. Authorizes the manufacturing, distributing, operating, servicing, hosting, and playing of video game terminals in the Commonwealth, to be regulated by the Virginia Lottery Board. The bill specifies the licensing requirements for the manufacture, distribution, operating, servicing, and hosting of video game terminals, requires employees of such licensees to be registered with the Lottery Department, and imposes criminal and civil penalties for violations of the law and regulations related to video game terminals. The bill prohibits any host location licensee from offering more than five electronic gaming devices to the public for play at such host location's establishment. The bill imposes a 33 percent tax on all gross profits from the play of video game terminals and provides for how the tax proceeds are disbursed. The bill also establishes the Problem Gambling Treatment and Support Fund, administered by the Commissioner of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services, to provide counseling and other support services for compulsive and problem gamblers, develop problem gambling treatment and prevention programs, and provide grants to support organizations that provide assistance to compulsive gamblers.

Virginia Lottery Board; regulation of video game terminals.

Del. David Reid [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-02-11	House	Left in General Laws
2020-01-17	House	Referred to Committee on General Laws
2020-01-17	House	Presented and ordered printed 20105608D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
18	2	334.3	(n/a)	See Bill Text
19	2	389	(n/a)	See Bill Text
2	2	3711	(n/a)	See Bill Text
37	2	304	(n/a)	See Bill Text
37	2	314.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
58	1	4000	(n/a)	See Bill Text
58	1	4002	(n/a)	See Bill Text
58	1	4006	(n/a)	See Bill Text
58	1	4007	(n/a)	See Bill Text
58	1	4012	(n/a)	See Bill Text
58	1	4027	(n/a)	See Bill Text
58	1	4030	(n/a)	See Bill Text
58	1	4057	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB1686
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1686+hil