Summary: Charitable gaming; use of proceeds. Allowsa qualified organization to use a predetermined percentage of itsreceipts for those expenses relating to facility maintenance andupkeep, such as any rent or mortgage payment and utility expenses,and used for lawful religious, charitable, community, or educationalpurposes.

Summary: Charitable gaming. Amends charitable gaming law to allow, as a condition of receiving a charitable gaming permit or authorization to conduct electronic gaming, certain organizations to use a predetermined percentage of its receipts for expenses related to the rental of real property where such real property is involved in the operation of the organization and used for lawful religious, charitable, community, or educational purposes. The bill prohibits the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services from promulgating electronic gaming regulations that prohibit (i) devices that display spinning, rotating, or rolling reels or animations or flashing lights; (ii) devices that accept vouchers; or (iii) the purchase and play of an electronic pull tab with a single press or touch of a button. This bill is identical to SB 344.

Summary: Casino gaming; limits on required local referendums. Provides that the governing body of any eligible host city that holds a local referendum on the question of whether casino gaming should be permitted in such city that subsequently fails shall be prohibited from holding another referendum on the same question for a period of three years from the date of the last referendum.

Summary: Charitable Sports Raffle Act established; penalties.Establishes the Charitable Sports Raffles Act for the purposeof authorizing athletic event drawings, defined in the bill, to beconducted by affiliated nonprofit organizations that conduct such drawings in accordance with regulations promulgated by the Departmentof Agriculture and Consumer Services. The bill places limits on whenand where an athletic event drawing may be held and requires theprize amount of any such drawing to be 50 percent of the total amountcollected from the sale of the tickets. The bill requires the organizationto donate a certain percentage of the remaining funds in accordancewith Department regulations and imposes certain civil and criminal penalties for violations of the provisions of the bill.

Summary: Pari-mutuel wagering; historical horse racing; percentage retained for distribution. Provides that with respect to all authorized historical horse racing terminals, of the amount that a horse racing licensee retains from wagering on historical horse racing pools, 0.025 percent shall be provided to each of the following: (i) the Virginia Breeders Fund; (ii) the Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine, for its equine programs; (iii) the Virginia Horse Center Foundation; and (iv) the Virginia Horse Industry Board. The bill also provides that, in addition to the amount horse racing licensees distribute to localities and the Problem Gambling Treatment and Support Fund under current law, such licensees shall distribute the remainder of the percentage retained to the Commonwealth as a license tax. This bill is identical to SB 426.

Summary: Casino gaming; eligible host city. Removes the City of Richmond as an eligible host city for casino gaming establishments in the Commonwealth. This bill is identical to SB 541.

Summary: Charitable gaming; definition of "organization." Modifies the definition of "organization" for the purposes of charitablegaming in the Commonwealth to include an organization that is exempt from income tax pursuant to § 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Codeand that is a revitalization organization that is operated, and hasalways been operated, exclusively for the purposes of revitalizingthe Downtown Harrisonburg Historic District as the economic and socialhub of the City of Harrisonburg.

Summary: Procurement; preference for local products and firms by localities. Allows localities to give a procurement preference to a higher bid that includes local products and firms so long as the bid price is not more than 10 percent greater than the bid price of the lowest responsive and responsible bidder. This bill was incorporated into HB 1361.

Summary: Virginia Public Procurement Act; consideration of employment of older Virginia residents. Allows public bodies to include as a factor that will be used in evaluating a Request for Proposal the proposer's participation in programs that employ Virginia residents age 55 or older. The bill also provides that in the case of a tie bid between two or more bidders-both of which are eligible for a preference as a bidder for goods produced in Virginia or goods, services, or construction provided by Virginia persons, firms, or corporations-an additional preference shall be given to any bidder that participates in such programs. This bill was incorporated into HB 1361.

Summary: Virginia Public Procurement Act; preferences for goods, services, or construction by U.S. entities. Provides that in the case of a tie bid, preference shall be given first to goods produced in Virginia or to goods, services, or construction provided by Virginia persons, firms, or corporations and second to goods produced in the United States or to goods, services, or construction provided by United States persons, firms, or corporations. This Bill was Incorporated into HB 1361.

Summary: Virginia Public Procurement Act; consideration of best value concepts for construction services. Permits public bodies to consider best value concepts when procuring construction services. Under current law, public bodies may consider best value concepts only when procuring goods and nonprofessional services. This bill was incorporated into HB 1108.

Summary: Virginia Public Procurement Act; construction management and design-build contracting. Requires state public bodies, covered institutions, and local public bodies to provide documentation of the processes used for the final selection of a construction contract to all the unsuccessful applicants upon request. The bill adds certain requirements for covered institutions, including posting all documents that are open to public inspection exchanged between the Department of General Services and the covered institution on the central electronic procurement website eVA. The bill requires approval by a majority vote of the covered institution's board of visitors or governing board if the covered institution chooses to proceed with construction management or design-build against the recommendation of the Department for (i) projects funded by funds other than those provided from the state general fund or (ii) projects of $65 million or more funded in whole or in part from state general funds. For projects under $65 million funded in whole or in part by state general funds, the bill provides that the covered institution shall obtain approval from the Chairmen of the House Committee on Appropriations and the Senate Committee on Finance and Appropriations, or their designees, and a representative of the Department.The bill requires a local public body to adopt a resolution or motion to use construction management or design-build, if required by its local governing body, prior to issuing a Request for Qualifications and to publish notice of such resolution or motion on its website or eVA. The bill provides that the Department shall report annually, for any construction management or design-build project, on the qualifications that made such project complex. Finally, the bill requires the Department, with the assistance of staff of the House Committee on Appropriations and the Senate Committee on Finance and Appropriations, to assess the implementation and administration of construction management and design-build projects and report its findings and recommendations to the General Assembly by November 1, 2029. This bill incorporates HB 965 and is identical to SB 18.

Summary: State parks; procurement exemption; NaturalArea Preservation Funds created. Exempts the Department of Conservationand Recreation from competitive sealed bidding or competitive negotiationfor the purchase of items for resale at retail outlets and food servicesoperations at state parks. The bill also establishes the Natural Areas Preservation Projects Fund and the Natural Areas Preservation Acquisitionand Development Fund.

Summary: Virginia Public Procurement Act; local public bodies; electronic submissions of bids or proposals. Mandates that all local public bodies provide an option to submit bids or proposals for procurement contracts through the Commonwealth's statewide electronic procurement system, known as eVA, or other electronic means. Current law only encourages local public bodies to use eVA for such submissions. The bill has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2025. 

Summary: Virginia Public Procurement Act; job order contracting; limitations. Increases from $6 million to $10 million the maximum threshold above which the sum of all jobs performed in a one-year job order contract term shall not exceed. The bill also increases the maximum threshold amount for any individual job order from $500,000 to $1 million. Finally, the bill increases from two to three the number of additional one-year terms for which job order contracts may be renewable, and the bill only applies to contracts entered into on or after the bill's effective date.

Summary: Virginia Freedom of Information Act; exemptionfor complainant personal contact information. Amends an existingexemption from mandatory disclosure under the Virginia Freedom of Information Act for names, addresses, and phone numbers of complainantsfurnished in confidence with respect to an investigation of individualzoning enforcement complaints or complaints relating to the UniformStatewide Building Code or the Statewide Fire Prevention Code madeto a local governing body to exempt personal contact informationof such complainants as defined in the bill.