VirginiaVirginia Lottery; casinos, internet gaming authorized, penalties, delayed effective date.
What it does
Virginia Lottery; casinos; internet gaming authorized; penalties. Authorizes internet gaming in the Commonwealth to be regulated by the Virginia Lottery Board. The bill permits the Board to issue an internet gaming operator license to a casino gaming operator that submits an application on forms approved by the Board, meets certain qualifications, and pays an initial licensing fee of $500,000.
More detail
The tax rate is set at 20 percent of an internet gaming operator's adjusted gross internet gaming revenue with three percent allocated to the Gaming Regulatory Fund, two percent allocated to the Problem Gambling Treatment and Support Fund, and 95 percent allocated to the Modern Public Education Fund.
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed Senate
- Passed House
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2026
- Mar 14Failed to Pass from conferenceLatest
- Mar 14No further action taken
- Mar 4House Conferees: Simon, Krizek, Austin
- Vote recorded Concur House Substitute R. Result: fail.Upper
- Vote recorded H VOTE:. Result: pass.Lower
- Vote recorded Accede Conference Committee R. Result: pass.Upper
- Mar 4Conferees appointed by House
- Mar 4Senate Conferees: Locke, McPike, Pillion
- Mar 4Conferees appointed by Senate
- Mar 4Senate acceded to request (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
- Mar 4House requested conference committeeMinor
- Mar 4House insisted on substituteMajor
- Mar 4House substitute rejected by Senate (0-Y 40-N 0-A)
- Mar 4Passed House with substitute (70-Y 29-N 0-A)Major
- Mar 4Engrossed by House - committee substituteMajor
- Mar 4committee substitute agreed toMajor
- Mar 4Read third timeMinor
- Mar 3Read second timeMinor
- Feb 27Reported from Appropriations (17-Y 4-N)Minor
- Vote recorded Reported from Appropriations. Result: pass.Lower
- Feb 27Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB118)
- Feb 25Fiscal Impact statement From VCSC (2/25/2026 1:05 pm)
- Feb 25Committee substitute printed 26108502D-H1Major
- Feb 25Assigned HAPP sub: Commerce Agriculture & Natural ResourcesMinor
- Feb 24Reported from General Laws with substitute and referred to Appropriations (16-Y 4-N)Minor
- Vote recorded Reported from General Laws with substitute. Result: pass.Lower
- Feb 24House committee offered
- Feb 19Referred to Committee on General LawsMinor
- Feb 19Read first timeMinor
- Feb 19Placed on Calendar
- Feb 16Passed SenatePassed House
- Vote recorded Reconsider R. Result: pass.Upper
- Vote recorded Reconsider R. Result: pass.Upper
- Vote recorded Passage R. Result: fail.Upper
- Vote recorded Passage R. Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 16Reconsideration of
- Feb 16Read third time and passed Senate (19-Y 17-N 0-A)Passed Senate
- Feb 16Reconsideration of Passed by for the day agreed to (36-Y 0-N 0-A)
- Feb 16Passed by for the day
- Feb 16Reconsideration of defeated action agreed to by Senate (38-Y 0-N 0-A)
- Feb 16Read third time and defeated by Senate (19-Y 20-N 0-A)Major
- Feb 16Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB118)
- Feb 13Fiscal Impact Review From JLARC (2/13/2026 4:12 pm)
- Feb 13Passed by for the day
- Feb 12Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute (Voice Vote)Major
- Feb 12Committee substitute agreed to (Voice Vote)Major
- Feb 12Committee substitute rejected (Voice Vote)
- Feb 12Read second timeMinor
- Feb 11Fiscal Impact statement From VCSC (2/11/2026 4:15 pm)
- Vote recorded Constitutional reading dispensed R. Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 11Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- Feb 11Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
- Feb 11Rules suspended
- Feb 11Committee substitute printed 26107625D-S2Major
- Feb 10Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (8-Y 6-N 1-A)Minor
- Vote recorded Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute. Result: pass.Upper
- Jan 30Fiscal Impact statement From VCSC (1/30/2026 1:24 pm)
- Jan 29Committee substitute printed 26106275D-S1Major
- Jan 28Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (9-Y 6-N)Minor
- Vote recorded Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute. Result: pass.Upper
- Jan 28Senate committee offered
- Jan 23Senate subcommittee offered
- Jan 23Assigned GL&T sub: GamingMinor
- Jan 8Fiscal Impact statement From VCSC (1/8/2026 4:57 pm)
- Jan 5Referred to Committee on General Laws and TechnologyMinor
- Jan 5Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26101132DIntroduced