HB 1799 Virginia House of Delegates · 2025 Regular Session

Virginia Lottery; disclosure of identity of winners.

Summary

Virginia Lottery; disclosure of identity of winners. Prohibits the Virginia Lottery (the Department) from disclosing information about any individual winner whose prize is $1 million or greater and exempts such information from disclosure under the Virginia Freedom of Information Act unless the winner consents to such disclosure. Under current law, the Department is prohibited from disclosing information about any individual winner whose prize exceeds $10 million.

Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

Committee Review

Feb 2025

House of Delegates Passage

Feb 2025

Senate Passage

Feb 2025

Signed into Law

Mar 2025

Introduced Jan 6, 2025 Signed Mar 18, 2025

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What changed between versions

Enrolled → Chaptered · 1 edit

MINOR

The bill was formally enacted into law as Chapter 76 of the 2025 Virginia Acts of Assembly. The substantive text of the public records exclusion statute remains unchanged from the enrolled version, though the formatting and layout have been standardized for the official chaptered version.

TECHNICAL

The text was reformatted to comply with official chaptered bill standards, including adding chapter number (76), approval date (March 18, 2025), and adjusting line breaks and spacing for the final published version.

Floor votes · Senate Feb 7, 2025 · House of Delegates Jan 22, 2025

How they voted

38–0

Passed · 2 other

Total votes 40

Feb 7, 2025

D Democratic21

21 Yea

100% Yea

R Republican19

17 Yea 2

89% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

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Key actions

Committee

Mar 18, 2025

Signed into law

Approved by Governor-Chapter 76 (Effective 07/01/25)

executive

Feb 15, 2025

Upper · Passed

Signed by President

upper

Feb 12, 2025

Lower · Passed

Signed by Speaker

lower

Feb 12, 2025

Lower · Passed

Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1799ER)

lower

Feb 10, 2025

Upper · Passed

Passed Senate (35-Y 4-N)

upper

Feb 7, 2025

Upper · Passed

Passed by for the day

upper

Feb 5, 2025

Upper · Passed

Reported from General Laws and Technology (13-Y 2-N)

upper

Jan 23, 2025

Committee

Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology

upper

Jan 22, 2025

Lower · Passed

Passed House (97-Y 0-N)

lower

Jan 22, 2025

Lower · Passed

Read third time and passed House (96-Y 0-N)

lower

Jan 16, 2025

Lower · Passed

Reported from General Laws (22-Y 0-N)

lower

Jan 14, 2025

Lower · Passed

Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 0-N 2-A)

lower

Jan 13, 2025

Committee

Assigned GL sub: ABC/Gaming

lower

Jan 6, 2025

Committee

Referred to Committee on General Laws

lower

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors