---
type: "Bill"
title: "Casino gaming; removes the City of Richmond as an eligible host city."
description: "Casino gaming; eligible host city. Removes the City of Richmond as an eligible host city for casino gaming establishments in the Commonwealth. This bill is identical to HB 1131."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 541"
citation: "Virginia SB 541 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lamont Bagby"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 28
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2024-01-10"
last_action: "2024-04-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e6cb0e3b-3b7b-4604-b1ef-0c6caa728407"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+SB541"
source_hash: "abb114e35428c8f36845f95eb7ed20d3e8082ef89e744fa7ee0dde47b668c95d"
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 541 (2024) — Casino gaming; removes the City of Richmond as an eligible host city.

Casino gaming; eligible host city. Removes the City of Richmond as an eligible host city for casino gaming establishments in the Commonwealth. This bill is identical to HB 1131.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0359** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0359)
2. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24103472D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB541)
3. **SB541ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB541ER)

## Votes

- Reported from General Laws (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Lamont Bagby — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-10** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24103472D `filing, introduction`
- **2024-01-10** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-17** Assigned GL&T sub: Gaming `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-23** Impact statement from DPB (SB541)
- **2024-01-24** Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-01-24** Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-06** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-07** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2024-02-08** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2024-02-08** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2024-02-08** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2024-02-14** Placed on Calendar
- **2024-02-14** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2024-02-14** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-15** Reported from General Laws (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-19** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-20** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2024-02-20** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2024-02-20** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2024-02-26** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2024-02-26** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB541ER) `passage`
- **2024-02-26** Impact statement from DPB (SB541ER)
- **2024-02-26** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2024-02-29** Signed by President `passage`
- **2024-03-11** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 `enrolled`
- **2024-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-02** Approved by Governor-Chapter 359 (effective 7/1/24) `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-02** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0359)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e6cb0e3b-3b7b-4604-b1ef-0c6caa728407`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).