VA SB 212

Title: Virginia Small Business Economic Development Act; established.
Author: Aaron R. Rouse

Summary
Virginia Small Business Economic Development Act established; regulation of skill game machines; penalties. Establishes the Virginia Small Business Economic Development Act for the purpose of providing a regulatory and registration scheme for skill game machines in the Commonwealth. The bill authorizes and specifies the registration requirements for the distribution, operation, hosting, and play of skill game machines, as defined in the bill. The bill imposes a 25 percent tax on the gross receipts from the play of each skill game machine from each distributor and provides for the use of such tax proceeds, with most being deposited into the PreK-12 Priority Fund, established in the bill. The bill directs the Virginia Lottery Board to promulgate regulations no later than January 1, 2027, to implement the provisions of the bill and authorizes the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority to grant a provisional registration, beginning July 1, 2024, to any entity that provides a laboratory certification from a laboratory approved by the Authority that the game being distributed, operated, or placed in an establishment meets the definition and requirements of a skill game machine.

Status
Senate: Communicated to Governor

Bill Documents
VA SB 212 - Committee substitute printed 24107230D-S2
2024-01-08 - VA SB 212 (Committee substitute printed 24107230D-S2)

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VA SB 212 - Committee substitute printed 24105257D-S1
2024-01-08 - VA SB 212 (Committee substitute printed 24105257D-S1)

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VA SB 212 - Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104544D
2024-01-08 - VA SB 212 (Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104544D)

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VA SB 212 - Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
2024-01-08 - VA SB 212 (Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered)

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VA SB 212 - Floor substitute printed 24107687D-S3 (Rouse)
2024-01-08 - VA SB 212 (Floor substitute printed 24107687D-S3 (Rouse))

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VA SB 212 - Committee substitute printed 24107929D-H1
2024-01-08 - VA SB 212 (Committee substitute printed 24107929D-H1)

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VA SB 212 - Conference substitute printed 24108616D-S4
2024-01-08 - VA SB 212 (Conference substitute printed 24108616D-S4)

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VA SB 212 - Conference amendments
2024-01-08 - VA SB 212 (Conference amendments)

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VA SB 212 - Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB212ER)
2024-01-08 - VA SB 212 (Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB212ER))

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