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Bill

Virginia Lottery; powers and duties of Board, sports betting, etc.

Virginia Lottery; repeal prohibition against sale of lottery tickets over the Internet; sports betting; Problem Gambling Treatment and Support Fund; penalties. Directs the Virginia Lottery (the Lottery) to regulate sports betting. The bill prohibits the Lottery from issuing any permits to conduct sports betting until it has developed and published a consumer protection bill of rights.Before administering a sports betting operation, an entity is required to apply for a three-year permit and pay an application fee of $250,000. Permit holders must apply for renewal of a permit every three years, which includes a renewal fee of $200,000. The Director may issue from four to twelve permits at one time and is directed to issue an amount of permits that would maximize tax revenue collected pursuant to the bill. The Director also is authorized to issue a permit for a major league franchise to conduct in-person sports betting at a newly constructed facility.The bill prohibits betting on Virginia college sports and youth sports. It also prohibits in-play bets on all college sports. The bill prohibits betting by Lottery employees, permit holders and certain related persons, participants in athletic events on which the bet is placed, and persons under age 21. The penalty for engaging in prohibited betting is a Class 1 misdemeanor.The bill prohibits betting on the biometric data of an athlete and includes provisions for Lottery to investigate prohibited conduct, such as attempting to influence an athlete or the outcome of an athletic event.The bill directs the Lottery to establish a voluntary exclusion program, which would allow individuals to request that the Lottery exclude them from engaging in various kinds of betting activity. The bill allows the governing body of a sports league to request that the Lottery (i) limit or prohibit people from betting on events of the league that it governs and (ii) restrict the information sources used to resolve bets that are placed after a sports event has begun.The bill imposes a 20 percent tax on a permit holder's adjusted gross revenue, defined in the bill. The bill authorizes permit holders to carry over and deduct net losses for up to 12 months. The bill creates the Problem Gambling Treatment and Support Fund, administered by the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services. The Fund would be used to provide counseling to compulsive gamblers, implement problem gambling treatment and prevention programs, and provide grants to organizations that assist problem gamblers. The Fund would be funded by 2.5 percent of the revenue generated from sports betting. The remaining 97.5 percent of tax revenue generated from sports betting would accrue to the general fund.The bill authorizes the Lottery to sell tickets over the Internet. Under current law, it is prohibited from doing so. This bill incorporates HB 911.

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Virginia General Assembly

2020

HB 896

Virginia HB 896 (2020)

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enacted

Mark D. Sickles

2020-01-07

2020-04-22

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https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB896

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https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump

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Virginia HB 896 (2020) — Virginia Lottery; powers and duties of Board, sports betting, etc.

Version chain

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

Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1218) (committee substitute) — source
Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB896ER) (committee substitute) — source
HB896H3 (committee substitute) — source
Impact statement from DPB (HB896H4) (committee substitute) — source
Impact statement from DPB (HB896S1) (committee substitute) — source
Reenrolled bill text (HB896ER2) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

VOTE: REJECTED (0-Y 93-N) — 0–92 (fail) · lower
Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (13-Y 0-N) — 13–0 (pass) · upper
Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — 38–0 (pass) · upper
Senate acceded to request for second conference committee (33-Y 5-N) — 33–5 (pass) · upper
Reported from General Laws with substitute (14-Y 3-N) — 14–3 (pass) · lower
Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 1-N) — 5–1 (pass) · lower
Passed Senate with substitute (32-Y 8-N) — 32–8 (pass) · upper
VOTE: Adoption (59-Y 35-N) — 58–35 (pass) · lower
Reported from Finance and Appropriations (12-Y 3-N) — 12–3 (pass) · upper
Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (27-Y 13-N) — 27–13 (pass) · upper
Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 1-N) — 5–1 (pass) · lower
VOTE: REJECTED (40-Y 56-N) — 39–56 (fail) · lower
VOTE: (64-Y 30-N) — 63–30 (pass) · lower
VOTE: Passage (70-Y 27-N) — 69–27 (pass) · lower
Conference report agreed to by Senate (29-Y 10-N) — 29–10 (pass) · upper
VOTE: Passage #2 (69-Y 29-N) — 68–29 (pass) · lower
Senate insisted on amendments (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
Reported from Appropriations with substitute (19-Y 2-N) — 19–2 (pass) · lower

Timeline

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

2020-01-07 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20103186D introduction
2020-01-07 Referred to Committee on General Laws referral-committee
2020-01-17 Assigned GL sub: ABC/Gaming referral-committee
2020-01-28 House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
2020-01-28 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 1-N)
2020-01-28 Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
2020-01-30 Reported from General Laws with substitute (14-Y 3-N) committee-passage
2020-01-30 Committee substitute printed 20107059D-H1 substitution
2020-01-30 Incorporates HB911 (Simon)
2020-01-30 Referred to Committee on Appropriations referral-committee
2020-01-31 Assigned App. sub: Compensation & General Government referral-committee
2020-02-04 House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
2020-02-04 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 1-N)
2020-02-05 Reported from Appropriations with substitute (19-Y 2-N) committee-passage
2020-02-05 Committee substitute printed 20107404D-H2 substitution
2020-02-05 Incorporates HB911 (Simon)
2020-02-06 Read first time reading-1
2020-02-07 Read second time reading-2
2020-02-07 Committee on General Laws substitute rejected 20107059D-H1
2020-02-07 Committee on Appropriations substitute agreed to 20107404D-H2
2020-02-07 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB896H2
2020-02-07 Impact statement from DPB (HB896H2)
2020-02-10 Read third time and passed House (70-Y 27-N) passage, reading-3
2020-02-10 VOTE: Passage (70-Y 27-N)
2020-02-10 Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
2020-02-10 Passed House (69-Y 29-N) passage
2020-02-10 VOTE: Passage #2 (69-Y 29-N)
2020-02-11 Constitutional reading dispensed
2020-02-11 Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology referral-committee
2020-02-18 Assigned GL&T sub: Gaming referral-committee
2020-02-19 Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (13-Y 0-N) committee-passage
2020-02-19 Committee substitute printed 20108691D-S1 substitution
2020-02-19 Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations referral-committee
2020-02-21 Impact statement from DPB (HB896S1)
2020-02-25 Reported from Finance and Appropriations (12-Y 3-N) committee-passage
2020-02-26 Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
2020-02-26 Read third time reading-3
2020-02-26 Reading of substitute waived
2020-02-26 Committee substitute agreed to 20108691D-S1
2020-02-26 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB896S1
2020-02-26 Passed Senate with substitute (32-Y 8-N) passage
2020-02-26 Senate substitute rejected by House 20108691D-S1 (0-Y 93-N)
2020-02-26 VOTE: REJECTED (0-Y 93-N)
2020-02-26 Senate insisted on amendments (40-Y 0-N)
2020-02-26 Senate requested conference committee
2020-02-27 House acceded to request
2020-02-27 Conferees appointed by House
2020-02-27 Conferees appointed by Senate
2020-03-07 Amended by conference committee
2020-03-07 First Conference substitute printed 20109592D-H3
2020-03-07 Conference report rejected by House (40-Y 56-N)
2020-03-07 VOTE: REJECTED (40-Y 56-N)
2020-03-07 House requested second conference committee
2020-03-07 Senate acceded to request for second conference committee (33-Y 5-N)
2020-03-07 Second conferees appointed by Senate
2020-03-07 Second conferees appointed by House
2020-03-07 Second Conference substitute printed 20109891D-H4
2020-03-08 Conference report agreed to by House (59-Y 35-N)
2020-03-08 VOTE: Adoption (59-Y 35-N)
2020-03-08 Conference report agreed to by Senate (29-Y 10-N)
2020-03-13 Impact statement from DPB (HB896H4)
2020-03-18 Enrolled
2020-03-18 Signed by President
2020-03-19 Impact statement from DPB (HB896ER)
2020-03-19 Signed by Speaker
2020-03-20 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 20, 2020
2020-03-20 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
2020-04-11 Governor's recommendation received by House
2020-04-22 Placed on Calendar
2020-04-22 House concurred in Governor's recommendation (64-Y 30-N)
2020-04-22 VOTE: (64-Y 30-N)
2020-04-22 Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (27-Y 13-N)
2020-04-22 Governor's recommendation adopted
2020-04-22 Reenrolled
2020-04-22 Reenrolled bill text (HB896ER2)
2020-04-22 Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
2020-04-22 Signed by President as reenrolled
2020-04-22 Enacted, Chapter 1218 (effective 7/1/20) became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/393f0096-5d09-4216-9aed-efdd027c8037. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).

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