---
type: "Bill"
title: "Charitable gaming; temporary permits authorized, limitations."
description: "Charitable gaming; temporary permits authorized, limitations."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 1209"
citation: "Virginia SB 1209 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Reeves"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 44
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2023-01-10"
last_action: "2023-04-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2f5320ad-e582-463d-83bc-c1c4c634148b"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+SB1209"
source_hash: "7b3abe4d054594ce2633c396372a91450eeba50968046341772f9ef0381f99d5"
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 1209 (2023) — Charitable gaming; temporary permits authorized, limitations.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0755** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0755)
2. **Committee substitute printed 23105316D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1209S1)
3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23103257D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1209)
4. **SB1209ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1209ER)
5. **SB1209ER2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1209ER2)

## Votes

- Reported from General Laws (18-Y 3-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (88-Y 10-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- VOTE: Adoption (86-Y 5-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (37-Y 0-N 3-A) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Read third time and passed Senate (35-Y 1-N 3-A) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N 1-A) — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Reeves — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-10** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23103257D `filing, introduction`
- **2023-01-10** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-17** Assigned GL&T sub: Gaming `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-18** Senate subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-01-25** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-01-25** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-01-25** Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-25** Committee substitute printed 23105316D-S1 `substitution`
- **2023-01-25** Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-26** Impact statement from DPB (SB1209)
- **2023-01-30** Impact statement from DPB (SB1209S1)
- **2023-02-01** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N 1-A) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-02** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-03** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-03** Reading of substitute waived
- **2023-02-03** Committee substitute agreed to 23105316D-S1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-03** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1209S1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-06** Read third time and passed Senate (35-Y 1-N 3-A) `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-09** Placed on Calendar
- **2023-02-09** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-09** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-09** Reported from General Laws (18-Y 3-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-13** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-14** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-14** Passed House (88-Y 10-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-14** VOTE: Passage (88-Y 10-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-16** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-02-16** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1209ER) `passage`
- **2023-02-16** Impact statement from DPB (SB1209ER)
- **2023-02-16** Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-02-16** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-03-02** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 2, 2023 `enrolled`
- **2023-03-02** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-27** Governor's recommendation received by Senate `executive-veto-line-item`
- **2023-04-12** Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (37-Y 0-N 3-A)
- **2023-04-12** House concurred in Governor's recommendation (86-Y 5-N)
- **2023-04-12** VOTE: Adoption (86-Y 5-N)
- **2023-04-12** Governor's recommendation adopted `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-12** Reenrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-04-12** Reenrolled bill text (SB1209ER2) `enrolled`
- **2023-04-12** Signed by President as reenrolled `enrolled, passage`
- **2023-04-12** Signed by Speaker as reenrolled `enrolled, passage`
- **2023-04-12** Enacted, Chapter 755 (effective 7/1/23) `became-law`
- **2023-04-12** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0755)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2f5320ad-e582-463d-83bc-c1c4c634148b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).