---
type: "Bill"
title: "Virginia Lottery; Internet sales."
description: "Virginia Lottery; Internet sales. Repeals the prohibition on selling lottery tickets over the Internet. This bill incorporates SB 959."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 922"
citation: "Virginia SB 922 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Thomas K. Norment, Jr."]
version_count: 4
action_count: 31
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2020-01-09"
last_action: "2020-03-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/53bf92eb-a92b-4582-8f76-f523e7df8ce3"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB922"
source_hash: "8fd3322ea52bbb9327c577ce8ffbcb1fd6adb21d98fef3b9181c0004b88f4156"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---

# Virginia SB 922 (2020) — Virginia Lottery; Internet sales.

Virginia Lottery; Internet sales. Repeals the prohibition on selling lottery tickets over the Internet. This bill incorporates SB 959.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0117)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0117)
2. **Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB922ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB922ER)
3. **Impact statement from DPB (SB922)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB922)
4. **Impact statement from DPB (SB922S1)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB922S1)

## Votes

- Reported from General Laws (20-Y 2-N) — **20–2** (pass) · lower
- Read third time and passed Senate (33-Y 6-N) — **33–6** (pass) · upper
- Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (14-Y 0-N) — **14–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 1-N) — **15–1** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (73-Y 26-N) — **72–26** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Thomas K. Norment, Jr. — primary (person)
- George L. Barker — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2020-01-09** Presented and ordered printed 20104700D `introduction`
- **2020-01-09** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-21** Assigned GL&T sub: Gaming `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-23** Impact statement from DPB (SB922)
- **2020-01-29** Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-01-29** Incorporates SB959 (Barker)
- **2020-01-29** Committee substitute printed 20106706D-S1 `substitution`
- **2020-01-29** Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-30** Impact statement from DPB (SB922S1)
- **2020-02-05** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 1-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-06** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-07** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-07** Reading of substitute waived
- **2020-02-07** Committee substitute agreed to 20106706D-S1
- **2020-02-07** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB922S1
- **2020-02-10** Read third time and passed Senate (33-Y 6-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-02-13** Placed on Calendar
- **2020-02-13** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-13** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-13** Reported from General Laws (20-Y 2-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-17** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-18** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-18** Passed House (73-Y 26-N) `passage`
- **2020-02-18** VOTE: Passage (73-Y 26-N)
- **2020-02-20** Enrolled
- **2020-02-20** Impact statement from DPB (SB922ER)
- **2020-02-20** Signed by Speaker
- **2020-02-21** Signed by President
- **2020-02-25** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on February 25, 2020
- **2020-02-25** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 3, 2020
- **2020-03-03** Approved by Governor-Chapter 117 (effective 7/1/20) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/53bf92eb-a92b-4582-8f76-f523e7df8ce3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).