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Bill

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

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 a nonrefundable application fee of $250,000 as well as an additional $250,000 fee if its application is approved. Permit holders must apply for renewal of a permit every three years, which includes a nonrefundable renewal fee of $200,000. The Director of the Virginia Lottery may issue from four to 12 permits at one time and is directed to issue a number of permits that will maximize tax revenue collected pursuant to the bill. In issuing permits, the Director is required to give preferred consideration to applicants that are (i) certain major league sports franchises and (ii) certain casino operators.The bill prohibits betting on Virginia college sports and youth sports and prohibits proposition bets on all college sports. The bill prohibits betting by Lottery employees, permit holders and certain related persons, athletes and coaches with respect to events in their league, 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 without his consent and includes provisions for the 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 allows 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 (a) limit or prohibit people from betting on events of the league that it governs and (b) restrict the information sources used to resolve bets that are placed after a sports event has begun.The bill imposes a 15 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 is established to provide counseling to compulsive gamblers, implement problem gambling treatment and prevention programs, and provide grants to organizations that assist problem gamblers. The Fund is funded by 2.5 percent of the revenue generated from sports betting, with the remaining 97.5 percent accruing to the general fund.This bill is identical to HB 896.

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Virginia General Assembly

2020

SB 384

Virginia SB 384 (2020)

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enacted

Jeremy S. McPike

2020-01-06

2020-04-22

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https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB384

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

2026-07-06

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Virginia SB 384 (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 (CHAP1256) (committee substitute) — source
Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB384ER) (committee substitute) — source
Impact statement from DPB (SB384H1) (committee substitute) — source
Impact statement from DPB (SB384S5) (committee substitute) — source
Reenrolled bill text (SB384ER2) (committee substitute) — source
SB384S4 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

Read third time and passed Senate (27-Y 12-N) — 27–12 (pass) · upper
VOTE: (61-Y 29-N) — 60–29 (pass) · lower
Substitute by Senator McPike agreed to (24-Y 13-N) — 24–13 (pass) · upper
Conference report rejected by Senate (0-Y 39-N) — 0–39 (fail) · upper
VOTE: Adoption (58-Y 34-N) — 57–34 (pass) · lower
Senate acceded to request (36-Y 3-N) — 36–3 (pass) · upper
Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
Reported from General Laws with substitute (15-Y 5-N) — 15–5 (pass) · lower
House substitute rejected by Senate (3-Y 36-N) — 3–36 (fail) · upper
Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (27-Y 13-N) — 27–13 (pass) · upper
VOTE: Passage (59-Y 38-N) — 58–38 (pass) · lower
Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (11-Y 5-N) — 11–5 (pass) · upper
Senate requested second conference committee (32-Y 7-N) — 32–7 (pass) · upper
Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (14-Y 0-N) — 14–0 (pass) · upper
Conference report agreed to by Senate (31-Y 8-N) — 31–8 (pass) · upper

Timeline

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

2020-01-06 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102548D introduction
2020-01-06 Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology referral-committee
2020-01-21 Assigned GL&T sub: Gaming referral-committee
2020-01-23 Impact statement from DPB (SB384)
2020-01-29 Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (14-Y 0-N) committee-passage
2020-01-29 Committee substitute printed 20106308D-S1 substitution
2020-01-29 Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations referral-committee
2020-02-05 Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (11-Y 5-N) committee-passage
2020-02-05 Committee substitute printed 20107714D-S2 substitution
2020-02-06 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
2020-02-07 Floor substitute printed 20107871D-S3 (McPike)
2020-02-07 Read second time reading-2
2020-02-07 Committee substitute rejected 20106308D-S1
2020-02-07 Committee substitute rejected 20107714D-S2
2020-02-07 Reading of substitute waived
2020-02-07 Substitute by Senator McPike agreed to (24-Y 13-N)
2020-02-07 Title replaced 20107871D-S3
2020-02-07 Engrossed by Senate - floor substitute SB384S3
2020-02-10 Impact statement from DPB (SB384S3)
2020-02-10 Read third time and passed Senate (27-Y 12-N) passage, reading-3
2020-02-18 Placed on Calendar
2020-02-18 Read first time reading-1
2020-02-18 Referred to Committee on General Laws referral-committee
2020-02-18 Reported from General Laws with substitute (15-Y 5-N) committee-passage
2020-02-18 Committee substitute printed 20108617D-H1 substitution
2020-02-19 Impact statement from DPB (SB384H1)
2020-02-20 Read second time reading-2
2020-02-21 Read third time reading-3
2020-02-21 Committee substitute agreed to 20108617D-H1
2020-02-21 Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB384H1
2020-02-21 Passed House with substitute (59-Y 38-N) passage
2020-02-21 VOTE: Passage (59-Y 38-N)
2020-02-25 House substitute rejected by Senate (3-Y 36-N)
2020-02-26 House insisted on substitute
2020-02-26 House requested conference committee
2020-02-26 Senate acceded to request (36-Y 3-N)
2020-02-26 Conferees appointed by Senate
2020-02-26 Conferees appointed by House
2020-03-07 Amended by conference committee
2020-03-07 First Conference substitute printed 20109655D-S4
2020-03-07 Conference report rejected by Senate (0-Y 39-N)
2020-03-07 Senate requested second conference committee (32-Y 7-N)
2020-03-07 House acceded to request for second conference committee
2020-03-07 Second conferees appointed by House
2020-03-07 Second Conference substitute printed 20109887D-S5
2020-03-08 Second conferees appointed by Senate
2020-03-08 Conference report agreed to by House (58-Y 34-N)
2020-03-08 VOTE: Adoption (58-Y 34-N)
2020-03-08 Conference report agreed to by Senate (31-Y 8-N)
2020-03-13 Impact statement from DPB (SB384S5)
2020-03-18 Enrolled
2020-03-18 Signed by President
2020-03-19 Signed by Speaker
2020-03-20 Impact statement from DPB (SB384ER)
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 Senate
2020-04-22 Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (27-Y 13-N)
2020-04-22 House concurred in Governor's recommendation (61-Y 29-N)
2020-04-22 VOTE: (61-Y 29-N)
2020-04-22 Governor's recommendation adopted
2020-04-22 Reenrolled
2020-04-22 Reenrolled bill text (SB384ER2)
2020-04-22 Signed by President as reenrolled
2020-04-22 Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
2020-04-22 Enacted, Chapter 1256 (effective 7/1/20) became-law

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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/de8892ab-36c9-4ab8-b929-3e029fded570. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).

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