VirginiaGaming Commission; established, penalties, report.
What it does
Virginia Gaming Commission established; penalties. Establishes the Virginia Gaming Commission as an independent agency of the Commonwealth, exclusive of the legislative, executive, or judicial branches of government, to oversee and regulate all forms of legal gambling in the Commonwealth except for the state lottery. The bill sets eligibility requirements for the appointment of a Commissioner and Virginia Gaming Commission Board members, provides powers and duties of such Commissioner and Board members, and provides for the transfer of current employees of relevant state agencies to the Commission.
More detail
The bill contains numerous technical amendments.
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2026
- Mar 9Continued to next session in Finance and Appropriations (10-Y 4-N)Latest
- Vote recorded Continued to next session in Finance and Appropriations. Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 25Reported from General Laws and Technology and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N)Minor
- Vote recorded Reported from General Laws and Technology. Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 18Referred to Committee on General Laws and TechnologyMinor
- Feb 18Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- Feb 17Read third time and passed House (90-Y 7-N 0-A)Passed House
- Vote recorded H VOTE:. Result: pass.Lower
- Feb 16Engrossed by House - committee substituteMajor
- Feb 16committee substitute agreed toMajor
- Feb 16Read second timeMinor
- Feb 16Moved from Uncontested Calendar to Regular Calendar
- Feb 16Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB271)
- Feb 15Read first timeMinor
- Feb 13Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N)Minor
- Vote recorded Subcommittee recommends reporting. Result: pass.Lower
- Vote recorded Reported from Appropriations. Result: pass.Lower
- Feb 13Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N)
- Feb 13Assigned HAPP sub: Commerce Agriculture & Natural ResourcesMinor
- Feb 12Reported from General Laws with substitute and referred to Appropriations (21-Y 0-N)Minor
- Vote recorded Reported from General Laws with substitute. Result: pass.Lower
- Feb 12Committee substitute printed 26105828D-H1Major
- Feb 11Fiscal Impact statement From VCSC (2/11/2026 9:40 am)
- Feb 10Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute and referring to Appropriations (9-Y 0-N)Major
- Vote recorded Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute. Result: pass.Lower
- Feb 10House subcommittee offered
- Feb 10Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB271)
- Jan 21Assigned HGL sub: ABC/GamingMinor
- Jan 9Referred to Committee on General LawsMinor
- Jan 9Fiscal Impact statement From VCSC (1/9/2026 2:30 pm)
- Jan 9Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26100145DIntroduced
- Mar 9Continued to next session in Finance and Appropriations (10-Y 4-N)Latest