S.B. 540: Illegal gambling; exemptions.
Virginia, 2024 Regular Session. Signed, April 2, 2024.
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S.B. 540 at a glance
Status Signed Signed, .
No official summary is on file yet. The full text is on the legislature's page, linked below.
Illegal gambling; exemptions. Exempts from the provisions of Code prohibiting illegal gambling the placement or operation of or communication to and from data center equipment in the Commonwealth associated with the hosting of lottery games duly authorized by another state or jurisdiction and regulated and operated consistent with and exclusively for the benefit of such state or jurisdiction, provided that wagering on such games is legally authorized in such other state or jurisdiction and the individuals wagering on such games are required by the laws or regulations of such other state or jurisdiction to be physically located within the geographic bounds of such other state or jurisdiction at the time the wager is initiated or placed.
Measure Bill.
Sponsors Lamont Bagby (D)
Subjects Crimes and Offenses Generally, Gambling Lotteries Etc., Data Centers The legislature's own list.
Official page lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+SB540. Found through LegiScan (bill 1811901), whose data is CC BY 4.0; the citation is the legislature's own page.
What happened, and when
- April 2, 2024 Signed
S.B. 540 was signed. lis.virginia.gov primary source [1] The official action text: Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 358 (effective 7/1/24).
- February 27, 2024 Passed second chamber
S.B. 540 passed the House of Delegates. lis.virginia.gov primary source [1] The official action text: Enrolled.
- February 19, 2024 In committee
S.B. 540 went to committee in the House of Delegates. lis.virginia.gov primary source [1] The official action text: Reported from Communications, Technology and Innovation (19-Y 3-N).
- February 14, 2024 In committee
S.B. 540 went to committee in the House of Delegates. lis.virginia.gov primary source [1] The official action text: Referred to Committee on Communications, Technology and Innovation.
- February 8, 2024 Passed first chamber
S.B. 540 passed the Senate. lis.virginia.gov primary source [1] The official action text: Engrossed by Senate as amended SB540E.
- February 6, 2024 In committee
S.B. 540 went to committee in the Senate. lis.virginia.gov primary source [1] The official action text: Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendment (15-Y 0-N).
- January 24, 2024 In committee
S.B. 540 went to committee in the Senate. lis.virginia.gov primary source [1] The official action text: Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N).
- January 10, 2024 In committee
S.B. 540 went to committee in the Senate. lis.virginia.gov primary source [1] The official action text: Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology.
- January 10, 2024 Introduced
S.B. 540 was introduced in the Senate. lis.virginia.gov primary source [1] The official action text: Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology.
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