---
type: "Bill"
title: "Charitable gaming; exemptions from certain requirements for specified organizations."
description: "Charitable gaming; exemptions from certain requirements for specified organizations."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 1235"
citation: "Virginia SB 1235 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Obenshain"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 34
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2023-01-10"
last_action: "2023-03-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/64791b03-beb0-47a1-998d-5f2d57a29d62"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+SB1235"
source_hash: "f1e5aa19775af871a84cb1ae8189d1b2fe2e801d1dcafb591034d93b1cf6358f"
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 1235 (2023) — Charitable gaming; exemptions from certain requirements for specified organizations.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0593** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0593)
2. **Committee substitute printed 23105450D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1235S1)
3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23102673D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1235)
4. **SB1235ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1235ER)

## Votes

- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed Senate (38-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from General Laws (19-Y 3-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- VOTE: Passage (86-Y 11-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Obenshain — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-10** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23102673D `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`
- **2023-01-17** Impact statement from DPB (SB1235)
- **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 23105450D-S1 `substitution`
- **2023-01-25** Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-01** Impact statement from DPB (SB1235S1)
- **2023-02-01** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N) `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 23105450D-S1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-03** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1235S1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-03** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-03** Passed Senate (38-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **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 (19-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 (86-Y 11-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-14** VOTE: Passage (86-Y 11-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-16** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-02-16** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1235ER) `passage`
- **2023-02-16** Impact statement from DPB (SB1235ER)
- **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`
- **2023-03-26** Approved by Governor-Chapter 593 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-26** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0593)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/64791b03-beb0-47a1-998d-5f2d57a29d62`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).