---
type: "Bill"
title: "Virginia Racing Commission; powers and duties, ratio of live racing days."
description: "Virginia Racing Commission; powers and duties, ratio of live racing days."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1997"
citation: "Virginia HB 1997 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Krizek"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 31
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2023-01-10"
last_action: "2023-03-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d45f49cb-efbb-45b6-8ae8-761ff2362eb7"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HB1997"
source_hash: "da819deb7ad47476cf518b9e7da9301f526ce3e0c28e023a1f9f1fc6c5a37730"
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 1997 (2023) — Virginia Racing Commission; powers and duties, ratio of live racing days.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0590** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0590)
2. **Committee substitute printed 23104538D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1997H1)
3. **HB1997ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1997ER)
4. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23101201D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1997)

## Votes

- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- VOTE: Passage (89-Y 11-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from General Laws with substitute (20-Y 1-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed Senate (36-Y 4-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Krizek — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-10** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23101201D `filing, introduction`
- **2023-01-10** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-20** Impact statement from DPB (HB1997)
- **2023-01-23** Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #3 `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-24** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-01-24** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) `substitution`
- **2023-01-26** Reported from General Laws with substitute (20-Y 1-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-26** Committee substitute printed 23104538D-H1 `substitution`
- **2023-01-30** Impact statement from DPB (HB1997H1)
- **2023-01-30** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-01-31** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-01-31** Committee substitute agreed to 23104538D-H1 `substitution`
- **2023-01-31** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1997H1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-01** Passed by temporarily
- **2023-02-01** Read third time and passed House (89-Y 11-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-01** VOTE: Passage (89-Y 11-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-02** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2023-02-02** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-08** Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-10** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-13** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-13** Passed Senate (36-Y 4-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-16** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-02-16** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1997ER) `passage`
- **2023-02-16** Impact statement from DPB (HB1997ER)
- **2023-02-16** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-02-16** Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-03-02** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 2, 2023 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-02** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-26** Approved by Governor-Chapter 590 (effective 7/1/24) `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-26** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0590)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d45f49cb-efbb-45b6-8ae8-761ff2362eb7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).