---
type: "Bill"
title: "Casino gaming; requirements for issuance of operator's license, human trafficking training."
description: "Casino gaming; requirements for issuance ofoperator's license; human trafficking training. Requires applicantsfor operator's licenses to have established a policy requiring alllicense and permit holders who interact directly with the publicin the casino gaming establishment to complete a training courseacceptable to the Virginia Lottery Department in how to recognizeand report suspected human trafficking in order to be eligible forthe issuance of an operator's license."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1944"
citation: "Virginia HB 1944 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Shelly A. Simonds"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 24
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2021-01-11"
last_action: "2021-02-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/69bd90b3-aec0-4135-9143-5cbae835e452"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+sum+HB1944"
source_hash: "5817712e1b66b8dc174264ea3aa249af13a0e48ca8ae264607d03b7d744a2761"
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 HB 1944 (2021) — Casino gaming; requirements for issuance of operator's license, human trafficking training.

Casino gaming; requirements for issuance ofoperator's license; human trafficking training. Requires applicantsfor operator's licenses to have established a policy requiring alllicense and permit holders who interact directly with the publicin the casino gaming establishment to complete a training courseacceptable to the Virginia Lottery Department in how to recognizeand report suspected human trafficking in order to be eligible forthe issuance of an operator's license.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0015** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+CHAP0015)
2. **HB1944ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB1944ER)
3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102546D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB1944)

## Votes

- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in General Laws and Technology (14-Y 0-N) — **14–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from General Laws and Technology (14-Y 0-N) — **14–0** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from General Laws (21-Y 0-N) — **21–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Shelly A. Simonds — primary (person)
- Alfonso H. Lopez — cosponsor (person)
- Chris L. Hurst — cosponsor (person)
- Jason S. Miyares — cosponsor (person)
- Jennifer B. Boysko — cosponsor (person)
- Karrie K. Delaney — cosponsor (person)
- Kelly K. Convirs-Fowler — cosponsor (person)
- Lashrecse D. Aird — cosponsor (person)
- Paul E. Krizek — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-11** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102546D `introduction`
- **2021-01-11** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-15** Impact statement from DPB (HB1944)
- **2021-01-17** Assigned GL sub: ABC/Gaming `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-19** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- **2021-01-21** Reported from General Laws (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2021-01-22** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2021-01-25** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2021-01-26** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-01-26** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
- **2021-01-27** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2021-01-27** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-05** Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in General Laws and Technology (14-Y 0-N)
- **2021-02-10** Reported from General Laws and Technology (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-12** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- **2021-02-15** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2021-02-15** Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2021-02-17** Enrolled
- **2021-02-17** Impact statement from DPB (HB1944ER)
- **2021-02-17** Signed by President
- **2021-02-18** Signed by Speaker
- **2021-02-19** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 19, 2021
- **2021-02-19** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., February 26, 2021
- **2021-02-25** Approved by Governor-Chapter 15 (effective 7/1/21) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/69bd90b3-aec0-4135-9143-5cbae835e452`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).