Bill > SB860

This bill would repeal several obsolete provisions related to remote caller bingo and card-minding devices in California, effectively eliminating regulations that are no longer necessary. Specifically, the bill removes previous legal frameworks that governed remote caller bingo (a type of bingo game where numbers are called remotely), the Charity Bingo Mitigation Fund, and detailed regulations about card-minding devices (electronic devices that help players track bingo numbers). The bill eliminates requirements for the Department of Justice to approve, inspect, and regulate card-minding devices, and removes provisions that allowed for financial mitigation for nonprofit organizations transitioning to new bingo technologies. The underlying law still permits bingo games for charitable purposes, conducted by specific types of nonprofit organizations, but streamlines the regulatory environment by removing outdated technological and procedural requirements that were primarily relevant during a transitional period in the late 2000s and early 2010s. By repealing these sections, the bill simplifies the legal code and removes regulatory structures that are no longer actively used or needed.

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