republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2020/sb-752.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Virginia Fraud Against Taxpayers Act; illegal gambling device."
description: "Virginia Fraud Against Taxpayers Act; illegal gambling device. Adds possession of an illegal gambling device and knowingly concealing, avoiding, or decreasing an obligation to pay or transmit money to the Commonwealth that is derived from the operation of such device to the list of violations for which a civil penalty may be assessed against a person who is found to have committed any such violation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 752"
citation: "Virginia SB 752 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bryce E. Reeves"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 35
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2020-01-08"
last_action: "2020-04-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5ef6bb32-6e11-4d6f-a626-44715b2e3a17"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB752"
source_hash: "53868be5f57535a1fb5aa9214844e89d83f1c0e79241ce4615a604b26dfc0b6d"
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 752 (2020) — Virginia Fraud Against Taxpayers Act; illegal gambling device.

Virginia Fraud Against Taxpayers Act; illegal gambling device. Adds possession of an illegal gambling device and knowingly concealing, avoiding, or decreasing an obligation to pay or transmit money to the Commonwealth that is derived from the operation of such device to the list of violations for which a civil penalty may be assessed against a person who is found to have committed any such violation.

## Version chain

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

1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0791)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0791)
2. **Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB752ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB752ER)
3. **Impact statement from DPB (SB752)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB752)
4. **Impact statement from DPB (SB752S1)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB752S1)

## Votes

- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (14-Y 0-N) — **14–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N) — **16–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from General Laws (21-Y 0-N) — **21–0** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (95-Y 4-N) — **94–4** (pass) · lower
- Referred from Courts of Justice — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bryce E. Reeves — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-08** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20104992D `introduction`
- **2020-01-08** 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 (SB752)
- **2020-01-29** Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-01-29** Committee substitute printed 20106535D-S1 `substitution`
- **2020-01-29** Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-05** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-06** Impact statement from DPB (SB752S1)
- **2020-02-06** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-07** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-07** Reading of substitute waived
- **2020-02-07** Committee substitute agreed to 20106535D-S1
- **2020-02-07** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB752S1
- **2020-02-07** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-07** Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2020-02-12** Placed on Calendar
- **2020-02-12** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-12** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-14** Referred from Courts of Justice
- **2020-02-14** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-17** Assigned GL sub: ABC/Gaming `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-18** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-20** Reported from General Laws (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-24** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-25** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-25** Passed House (95-Y 4-N) `passage`
- **2020-02-25** VOTE: Passage (95-Y 4-N)
- **2020-03-02** Enrolled
- **2020-03-02** Impact statement from DPB (SB752ER)
- **2020-03-02** Signed by Speaker
- **2020-03-03** Signed by President
- **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
- **2020-04-07** Approved by Governor-Chapter 791 (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/5ef6bb32-6e11-4d6f-a626-44715b2e3a17`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).