---
type: "Bill"
title: "Sports betting; prohibition on use of credit cards."
description: "Sports betting; prohibition on use of credit cards. Prohibits the Director of the Virginia Lottery from approving the use of credit cards as a method for sports bettors to fund sports betting accounts. The bill also requires a permit holder to take reasonable measures to prohibit the acceptance of credit cards to fund sports betting accounts on its sports betting platform."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 515"
citation: "Virginia HB 515 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Marty Martinez"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 31
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2026-01-13"
last_action: "2026-04-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ce60a277-6f01-4b80-857e-048cf9632a14"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB515"
source_hash: "4cb98374ebebecd1232536619281b7194a28415d9e658b28de5ceb5a98d3237e"
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 515 (2026) — Sports betting; prohibition on use of credit cards.

Sports betting; prohibition on use of credit cards. Prohibits the Director of the Virginia Lottery from approving the use of credit cards as a method for sports bettors to fund sports betting accounts. The bill also requires a permit holder to take reasonable measures to prohibit the acceptance of credit cards to fund sports betting accounts on its sports betting platform.

## 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/1084751.PDF)
2. **General Laws and Technology Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1170758.HTML)
3. **Senate Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1194517.HTML)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1203413.PDF)

## Votes

- Reported from General Laws — **21–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from General Laws and Technology with amendment — **14–0** (pass) · upper
- H VOTE: — **93–4** (pass) · lower
- H VOTE: — **94–3** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage R — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — **40–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Marty Martinez — primary (person)
- Adele Y. McClure — cosponsor (person)
- Jackie H. Glass — cosponsor (person)
- Marcia S. "Cia" Price — cosponsor (person)
- Nadarius E. Clark — cosponsor (person)
- Phil M. Hernandez — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-13** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26100412D `filing, introduction`
- **2026-01-13** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-19** Assigned HGL sub: ABC/Gaming `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-20** Subcommittee recommends reporting (9-Y 0-N)
- **2026-01-21** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB515)
- **2026-01-22** Reported from General Laws (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2026-01-26** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2026-01-27** Moved from Uncontested Calendar to Regular Calendar
- **2026-01-27** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2026-01-28** Read third time and passed House (94-Y 3-N 0-A) `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-01-29** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- **2026-01-29** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-18** Senate committee offered
- **2026-02-18** Reported from General Laws and Technology with amendment and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-03** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-03** Rules suspended
- **2026-03-03** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
- **2026-03-03** Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
- **2026-03-04** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2026-03-04** General Laws and Technology Amendment agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2026-03-04** Engrossed by Senate as amended
- **2026-03-04** Passed Senate with amendment Block Vote (40-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage`
- **2026-03-06** Senate amendment agreed to by House (93-Y 4-N 0-A) `amendment-passage`
- **2026-03-13** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2026-03-13** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB515ER) `passage`
- **2026-03-13** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB515)
- **2026-03-13** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2026-03-13** Signed by President `passage`
- **2026-03-14** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 14, 2026 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-14** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-04-13** Approved by Governor-Chapter 926 (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/ce60a277-6f01-4b80-857e-048cf9632a14`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).