Sports betting; clarifies certain procedures.
Summary
Sports betting; technical amendments. Clarifiesthe procedures by which the Virginia Lottery determines whether anevent is considered youth sports, on which betting is prohibited.The bill clarifies that a permit issued to a casino operator shallnot count toward the maximum of 12 permits that the Director of theVirginia Lottery can issue and makes technical amendments relatedto the interaction between sports betting law and casino gaming law.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2021
Committee Review
Feb 2021
House of Delegates Passage
Jan 2021
Senate Passage
Feb 2021
Signed into Law
Mar 2021
Introduced Jan 7, 2021
Signed Mar 25, 2021
Floor votes · Senate Feb 15, 2021 · House of Delegates Jan 27, 2021
How they voted
20–12
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 33
Feb 15, 2021
D
Democratic17
94% Yea
R
Republican16
75% Nay
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
53
Key actions
19
Committee
17
Amendments
2
Mar 25, 2021
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 351 (effective 7/1/21)
executive
Feb 27, 2021
Upper · Passed
Conference report agreed to by Senate (28-Y 10-N)
upper
Feb 25, 2021
Lower · Passed
Conference report agreed to by House (61-Y 28-N)
lower
Feb 25, 2021
Legislature · Passed
Amended by conference committee
legislature
Feb 19, 2021
Upper · Passed
Senate requested conference committee
upper
Feb 15, 2021
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate with substitute (25-Y 13-N)
upper
Feb 15, 2021
Upper · Passed
Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB1847S1
upper
Feb 15, 2021
Upper · Passed
Committee substitute agreed to 21200114D-S1
upper
Feb 10, 2021
Upper · Passed
Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (12-Y 1-N 1-A)
upper
Jan 28, 2021
Committee
Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
upper
Jan 27, 2021
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House (67-Y 33-N)
lower
Jan 26, 2021
Lower · Passed
Engrossed by House - committee substitute with amendment HB1847EH1
lower
Jan 26, 2021
Lower · Passed
Amendments by Delegate Scott agreed to
lower
Jan 26, 2021
Amended
Amendments by Delegate Scott withdrawn
lower
Jan 26, 2021
Lower · Passed
Committee substitute agreed to 21103448D-H1
lower
Jan 26, 2021
Lower · Passed
House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
lower
Jan 25, 2021
Lower · Passed
Passed by for the day
lower
Jan 21, 2021
Lower · Passed
Reported from General Laws with substitute (17-Y 4-N)
lower
Jan 21, 2021
Lower · Passed
House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
lower
Jan 19, 2021
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 1-N)
lower
Jan 19, 2021
Lower · Passed
House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
lower
Jan 12, 2021
Committee
Assigned GL sub: ABC/Gaming
lower
Jan 7, 2021
Committee
Referred to Committee on General Laws
lower
Jan 7, 2021
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21100487D
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Mark Sickles
DDemocratic
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