---
type: "Bill"
title: "Historical horse racing; electronic gaming terminals, age requirement, penalty."
description: "Horse racing and pari-mutuel wagering; prohibitionon persons under 21 years of age; penalty. Raises from 18 to21 years of age the minimum age for a person to wager on or conductany wagering on the outcome of a horse race or to be admitted intoa satellite facility without being accompanied by such person's parentor legal guardian."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 571"
citation: "Virginia HB 571 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Paul E. Krizek"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 31
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2022-01-11"
last_action: "2022-04-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b673ccd2-f48d-4c62-8ff8-25c9a6ee3b46"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+HB571"
source_hash: "b90db9e6746b093d59e7438dac38fde588922e9bc93d1746a0118e3e4885afab"
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 571 (2022) — Historical horse racing; electronic gaming terminals, age requirement, penalty.

Horse racing and pari-mutuel wagering; prohibitionon persons under 21 years of age; penalty. Raises from 18 to21 years of age the minimum age for a person to wager on or conductany wagering on the outcome of a horse race or to be admitted intoa satellite facility without being accompanied by such person's parentor legal guardian.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0502** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+CHAP0502)
2. **Committee substitute printed 22104806D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB571H1)
3. **HB571ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB571ER)
4. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22102692D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB571)

## Votes

- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N) — **14–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from General Laws and Technology (14-Y 0-N) — **14–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from General Laws with substitute (21-Y 0-N) — **21–0** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Paul E. Krizek — primary (person)
- Adam P. Ebbin — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-11** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22102692D `introduction`
- **2022-01-11** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-21** Impact statement from DPB (HB571)
- **2022-01-26** Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #3 `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-01** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2022-02-01** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N)
- **2022-02-03** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2022-02-03** Reported from General Laws with substitute (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-03** Committee substitute printed 22104806D-H1 `substitution`
- **2022-02-07** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2022-02-08** Impact statement from DPB (HB571H1)
- **2022-02-08** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2022-02-08** Committee substitute agreed to 22104806D-H1
- **2022-02-08** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB571H1
- **2022-02-09** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-09** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
- **2022-02-10** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2022-02-10** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-16** Reported from General Laws and Technology (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-16** Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-01** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-02** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2022-03-02** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2022-03-02** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2022-03-07** Enrolled
- **2022-03-08** Signed by Speaker
- **2022-03-08** Signed by President
- **2022-03-09** Impact statement from DPB (HB571ER)
- **2022-03-22** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 22, 2022
- **2022-03-22** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
- **2022-04-11** Approved by Governor-Chapter 502 (effective 7/1/22) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b673ccd2-f48d-4c62-8ff8-25c9a6ee3b46`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).