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SB118Introduced in the Senate

Virginia Lottery; casinos, internet gaming authorized, penalties, delayed effective date.

Engrossed

Introduced by Mamie Locke, District 23

What does this bill do?

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Official description

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. 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.

Where it stands

Failed to Pass from conference

March 14, 2026

How did lawmakers vote?

House of Delegates votes

3 recorded votes · each counted separately

Senate votes

9 recorded votes · each counted separately

SenateStage: Senate acceded to request (40-Y 0-N 0-A) · March 4, 2026

40

Yes

0

No

0

Absent or Not Voting

40 senators recorded in this Senate vote. Colors show vote categories only, not whether a vote was good or bad.

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See how each senator voted

SenatorDistrictVote
Elizabeth Bennett-Parker5Yes
Michael Jones77Yes
Timmy French1Yes
Mark Obenshain2Yes
Chris Head3Yes
David Suetterlein4Yes
Travis Hackworth5Yes
Todd Pillion6Yes
William Stanley7Yes
Mark Peake8Yes

Bill history

  1. Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26101132D

  2. Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology

  3. Fiscal Impact statement From VCSC (1/8/2026 4:57 pm)

  4. Assigned GL&T sub: Gaming

  5. Senate subcommittee offered

  6. Senate committee offered

  7. Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (9-Y 6-N)

  8. Committee substitute printed 26106275D-S1

  9. Fiscal Impact statement From VCSC (1/30/2026 1:24 pm)

  10. Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (8-Y 6-N 1-A)

  11. Committee substitute printed 26107625D-S2

  12. Rules suspended

  13. Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)

  14. Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)

  15. Fiscal Impact statement From VCSC (2/11/2026 4:15 pm)

  16. Read second time

  17. Committee substitute rejected (Voice Vote)

  18. Committee substitute agreed to (Voice Vote)

  19. Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute (Voice Vote)

  20. Passed by for the day

  21. Fiscal Impact Review From JLARC (2/13/2026 4:12 pm)

  22. Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB118)

  23. Read third time and defeated by Senate (19-Y 20-N 0-A)

  24. Reconsideration of defeated action agreed to by Senate (38-Y 0-N 0-A)

  25. Passed by for the day

  26. Reconsideration of Passed by for the day agreed to (36-Y 0-N 0-A)

  27. Read third time and passed Senate (19-Y 17-N 0-A)

  28. Reconsideration of

  29. Passed Senate

  30. Placed on Calendar

  31. Read first time

  32. Referred to Committee on General Laws

  33. House committee offered

  34. Reported from General Laws with substitute and referred to Appropriations (16-Y 4-N)

  35. Assigned HAPP sub: Commerce Agriculture & Natural Resources

  36. Committee substitute printed 26108502D-H1

  37. Fiscal Impact statement From VCSC (2/25/2026 1:05 pm)

  38. Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB118)

  39. Reported from Appropriations (17-Y 4-N)

  40. Read second time

  41. Read third time

  42. committee substitute agreed to

  43. Engrossed by House - committee substitute

  44. Passed House with substitute (70-Y 29-N 0-A)

  45. House substitute rejected by Senate (0-Y 40-N 0-A)

  46. House insisted on substitute

  47. House requested conference committee

  48. Senate acceded to request (40-Y 0-N 0-A)

  49. Conferees appointed by Senate

  50. Senate Conferees: Locke, McPike, Pillion

  51. Conferees appointed by House

  52. House Conferees: Simon, Krizek, Austin

  53. No further action taken

  54. Failed to Pass from conference

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