---
type: "Bill"
title: "Problem Gambling Treatment and Support Advisory Committee; appointment of additional members."
description: "Commissioner of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services; duties; Problem Gambling Treatment and Support Advisory Committee; appointment of members. Requires the Commissioner of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services to appoint two additional members of the Problem Gambling Treatment and Support Advisory Committee: an employee of the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services who specializes in recovery and treatment services and a representative from the Virginia State Police Gaming Enforcement Unit."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 32"
citation: "Virginia HB 32 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Paul E. Krizek"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 26
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2025-12-22"
last_action: "2026-04-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/44013349-d731-4b56-b09f-db7df270de15"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB32"
source_hash: "02bff5fcda670e350b6e8f49428baf86034d0293f0a4822bb4a2b4d59c945368"
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 32 (2026) — Problem Gambling Treatment and Support Advisory Committee; appointment of additional members.

Commissioner of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services; duties; Problem Gambling Treatment and Support Advisory Committee; appointment of members. Requires the Commissioner of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services to appoint two additional members of the Problem Gambling Treatment and Support Advisory Committee: an employee of the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services who specializes in recovery and treatment services and a representative from the Virginia State Police Gaming Enforcement Unit.

## 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/1082037.PDF)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1210537.PDF)

## Votes

- H VOTE: — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- Rereferred from Education and Health — **13–0** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Health and Human Services — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage R — **40–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Paul E. Krizek — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-12-22** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26100166D `filing, introduction`
- **2025-12-22** Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-16** Assigned sub: Behavioral Health `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-19** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB32)
- **2026-01-22** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- **2026-01-27** Reported from Health and Human Services (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2026-01-29** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2026-01-30** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2026-02-02** Read third time and passed House (99-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-02-03** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- **2026-02-03** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-19** Rereferred from Education and Health to Rehabilitation and Social Services (13-Y 0-N) `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-06** Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-09** Rules suspended
- **2026-03-09** Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
- **2026-03-09** Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- **2026-03-10** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2026-03-10** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage`
- **2026-03-30** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2026-03-30** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB32ER) `passage`
- **2026-03-30** Signed by President `passage`
- **2026-03-31** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2026-03-31** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB32)
- **2026-03-31** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 31, 2026 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-31** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-04-13** Approved by Governor-Chapter 907 (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/44013349-d731-4b56-b09f-db7df270de15`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).