republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2020/sb-199.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Charitable gaming; removes restrictions regarding the number of calendar days that may be conducted."
description: "Conduct of charitable gaming. Removes restrictions regarding (i) the number of calendar days that charitable gaming may be conducted, (ii) the number of bingo sessions that may be played in any calendar day and the number of bingo games that may be played during each session, and (iii) the locations at which games may be played."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 199"
citation: "Virginia SB 199 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["George L. Barker"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 38
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2019-12-30"
last_action: "2020-03-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8f5d8edd-81bf-44a4-bd1a-148e68ee17e7"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB199"
source_hash: "e6fa80529eaf9caa86c39563462c91340bd11f10eb22cb3e9d4db032d2accf68"
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 199 (2020) — Charitable gaming; removes restrictions regarding the number of calendar days that may be conducted.

Conduct of charitable gaming. Removes restrictions regarding (i) the number of calendar days that charitable gaming may be conducted, (ii) the number of bingo sessions that may be played in any calendar day and the number of bingo games that may be played during each session, and (iii) the locations at which games may be played.

## Version chain

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

1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0568)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0568)
2. **Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB199ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB199ER)
3. **Impact statement from DPB (SB199)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB199)
4. **Impact statement from DPB (SB199S1)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB199S1)
5. **Impact statement from DPB (SB199S2)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB199S2)

## Votes

- Reported from General Laws (21-Y 0-N) — **21–0** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (14-Y 0-N) — **14–0** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (14-Y 2-N) — **14–2** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (96-Y 2-N) — **95–2** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (36-Y 0-N) — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate (35-Y 5-N) — **35–5** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- George L. Barker — primary (person)
- John A. Cosgrove, Jr. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-12-30** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20101909D `introduction`
- **2019-12-30** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-10** Impact statement from DPB (SB199)
- **2020-01-21** Assigned GL&T sub: Gaming `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-29** Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-01-29** Committee substitute printed 20106902D-S1 `substitution`
- **2020-01-29** Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-03** Impact statement from DPB (SB199S1)
- **2020-02-06** Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (14-Y 2-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-06** Committee substitute printed 20107944D-S2 `substitution`
- **2020-02-10** Impact statement from DPB (SB199S2)
- **2020-02-10** Constitutional reading dispensed (36-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-11** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-11** Committee substitute rejected 20106902D-S1
- **2020-02-11** Reading of substitute waived
- **2020-02-11** Committee substitute agreed to 20107944D-S2
- **2020-02-11** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB199S2
- **2020-02-11** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-11** Passed Senate (35-Y 5-N) `passage`
- **2020-02-14** Placed on Calendar
- **2020-02-14** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-14** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-20** Reported from General Laws (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-20** Referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-21** Assigned App. sub: Commerce Agriculture & Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-26** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-28** Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-03-03** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2020-03-04** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2020-03-04** Passed House (96-Y 2-N) `passage`
- **2020-03-04** VOTE: Passage (96-Y 2-N)
- **2020-03-07** Enrolled
- **2020-03-07** Signed by President
- **2020-03-08** Signed by Speaker
- **2020-03-11** Impact statement from DPB (SB199ER)
- **2020-03-12** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020
- **2020-03-12** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
- **2020-03-31** Approved by Governor-Chapter 568 (effective 7/1/20) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8f5d8edd-81bf-44a4-bd1a-148e68ee17e7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).