---
type: "Bill"
title: "Charitable gaming; denial, suspension, or revocation of permit."
description: "Charitable gaming; denial, suspension, or revocation of permit. Removes duplicative provisions of charitable gaming law regarding the denial, suspension, or revocation of a charitable gaming permit or authorization to conduct electronic gaming."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 1157"
citation: "Virginia HB 1157 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Paul E. Krizek"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 27
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2026-01-14"
last_action: "2026-04-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/659f1bc1-f0e5-4c65-8584-ff638f6e3036"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB1157"
source_hash: "aae6b5afeb85c924b425d953059606f02bc329ecbddafdf2a6fc96cf25e2833b"
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 1157 (2026) — Charitable gaming; denial, suspension, or revocation of permit.

Charitable gaming; denial, suspension, or revocation of permit. Removes duplicative provisions of charitable gaming law regarding the denial, suspension, or revocation of a charitable gaming permit or authorization to conduct electronic gaming.

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1087577.PDF)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1177920.PDF)

## Votes

- H VOTE: — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- H VOTE: — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from General Laws and Technology — **14–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from General Laws — **21–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage R — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **9–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Paul E. Krizek — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-14** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26101412D `filing, introduction`
- **2026-01-14** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-23** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1157)
- **2026-01-26** Assigned HGL sub: ABC/Gaming `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-03** Subcommittee recommends reporting (9-Y 0-N)
- **2026-02-05** Reported from General Laws (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-09** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2026-02-10** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2026-02-11** Read third time and passed House (96-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-02-11** Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
- **2026-02-11** Passed House (98-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage`
- **2026-02-12** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- **2026-02-12** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-18** Reported from General Laws and Technology (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-20** Rules suspended
- **2026-02-20** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
- **2026-02-20** Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
- **2026-02-23** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2026-02-23** Passed Senate (38-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage`
- **2026-02-25** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2026-02-25** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1157ER) `passage`
- **2026-02-25** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1157)
- **2026-02-25** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2026-02-25** Signed by President `passage`
- **2026-03-10** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 10, 2026 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-10** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-04-13** Approved by Governor-Chapter 747 (effective 7/1/2026) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/659f1bc1-f0e5-4c65-8584-ff638f6e3036`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).