HB1920
Charitable gaming; remuneration for bingo callers and bingo managers.
Summary
As Passed House of Origin. Charitable gaming; remuneration for bingo callers and bingo managers.
Provides that, with certain exceptions, remuneration of up to $200 per session may paid to bingo managers or callers who have a current registration certificate issued by the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services or who are exempt from such registration requirement. Current law permits such remuneration to be paid ... (More) so long as it does not exceed $100 per session. The bill requires an exception for such remuneration to be paid at a rate not less than one and one-half times the normal remuneration rate when bingo managers or callers provide services on any day designated as a legal holiday. Lastly, the bill provides that by October 1, 2029, and annually thereafter, the Department shall adjust the maximum remuneration rate of $200 to reflect the rate of inflation from the previous date that such rate was established, as measured by the Consumer Price Index or other method of measuring the rate of inflation that the Department determines is reliable and generally accepted. (Less)-
Bill History
- 01/06/2025 - House: Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-13-2025 25100191D
- 01/06/2025 - House: Referred to Committee on General Laws
- 01/13/2025 - House: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1920)
- 01/17/2025 - House: Assigned GL sub: ABC/Gaming
- 01/17/2025 - House: Placed on General Laws Agenda
- 01/21/2025 - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (7-Y 0-N)
- 01/22/2025 - House: Placed on General Laws Agenda
- 01/23/2025 - House: Reported from General Laws with amendment(s) (21-Y 0-N)
- 01/27/2025 - House: Read first time
- 01/28/2025 - House: Moved from Uncontested Calendar to Regular Calendar
- 01/28/2025 - House: Read second time
- 01/28/2025 - House: General Laws Amendment agreed to
- 01/28/2025 - House: Engrossed by House as amended
- 01/28/2025 - House: Printed as engrossed 25100191D-E
- 01/29/2025 - House: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1920)
- 01/29/2025 - House: Read third time and passed House (96-Y 1-N)
- 01/30/2025 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- 01/30/2025 - Senate: Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
- 02/05/2025 - Senate: Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/05/2025 - Senate: Committee substitute printed 25106710D-S1
- 02/06/2025 - House: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1920)
- 02/07/2025 - Senate: Rules suspended
- 02/07/2025 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (38-Y 0-N)
- 02/07/2025 - Senate: Passed by for the day
- 02/10/2025 - Senate: Read third time
- 02/10/2025 - Senate: General Laws and Technology Substitute agreed to
- 02/10/2025 - Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute
- 02/10/2025 - Senate: Passed Senate with substitute (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/12/2025 - House: Senate substitute agreed to by House (Y-96 N-1 A-0)
- 02/17/2025 - House: Enrolled
- 02/17/2025 - House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1920ER)
- 02/17/2025 - House: Signed by Speaker
- 02/18/2025 - House: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1920)
- 02/20/2025 - Senate: Signed by President
- 03/03/2025 - House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 3, 2025
- 03/03/2025 - Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025
- 03/18/2025 - Approved by Governor-Chapter 49 (Effective 07/01/25)
- 03/18/2025 - Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0049)
