HB527
Charitable Sports Raffle Act; established, penalties.
Summary
As Introduced. Charitable Sports Raffle Act established; penalties.
Establishes the Charitable Sports Raffles Act for the purpose of authorizing athletic event drawings, defined in the bill, to be conducted by affiliated nonprofit organizations that conduct such drawings in accordance with regulations promulgated by the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. The bill places limits on when and where ... (More) an athletic event drawing may be held and requires the prize amount of any such drawing to be 50 percent of the total amount collected from the sale of the tickets. The bill requires the organization to donate a certain percentage of the remaining funds in accordance with Department regulations and imposes certain civil and criminal penalties for violations of the provisions of the bill. (Less)-
Bill History
- 01/08/2024 - House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24100941D
- 01/08/2024 - House: Referred to Committee on General Laws
- 01/26/2024 - House: Assigned GL sub: ABC/Gaming
- 01/30/2024 - House: Impact statement from DPB (HB527)
- 01/30/2024 - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- 02/01/2024 - House: Reported from General Laws (22-Y 0-N)
- 02/05/2024 - House: Read first time
- 02/06/2024 - House: Read second time and engrossed
- 02/07/2024 - House: Read third time and passed House (92-Y 6-N)
- 02/07/2024 - House: VOTE: Passage (92-Y 6-N)
- 02/08/2024 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/08/2024 - Senate: Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
- 02/14/2024 - Senate: Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- 02/14/2024 - Senate: Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/14/2024 - Senate: Committee substitute printed 24107705D-S1
- 02/14/2024 - Senate: Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
- 02/27/2024 - Senate: Continued to 2025 in Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 1-N)