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type: "Bill"
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title: "Charitable Gaming Board; Texas Hold'em poker events."
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description: "Charitable Gaming Board; Texas Hold'em poker events. Allows certain qualified organization to conduct Texas Hold'em poker events in conjunction with its charitable gaming activities. The conditions under which a qualified organization may manage, operate, or contract with operators of or conduct Texas Hold'em poker games and tournaments shall be prescribed by the Charitable Gaming Board. In addition, the bill establishes the Problem Gambling Treatment and Support Fund administered by the Commissioner of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services to provide counseling and other support services for compulsive and problem gamblers, develop problem gambling treatment and prevention programs, and provide grants to supporting organizations that provide assistance to compulsive gamblers. The provisions of the bill are contingent on funding in a general appropriation act."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2020"
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identifier: "SB 936"
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citation: "Virginia SB 936 (2020)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["J. Chapman Petersen"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 44
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vote_count: 11
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first_action: "2020-01-10"
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last_action: "2020-04-09"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d2b8c766-9103-419c-8645-f2705d57a19d"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB936"
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source_hash: "ed4853dc57c7c02b76a715aacc81333730836fe1135624c6020ef689639ca0a5"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia SB 936 (2020) — Charitable Gaming Board; Texas Hold'em poker events.
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Charitable Gaming Board; Texas Hold'em poker events. Allows certain qualified organization to conduct Texas Hold'em poker events in conjunction with its charitable gaming activities. The conditions under which a qualified organization may manage, operate, or contract with operators of or conduct Texas Hold'em poker games and tournaments shall be prescribed by the Charitable Gaming Board. In addition, the bill establishes the Problem Gambling Treatment and Support Fund administered by the Commissioner of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services to provide counseling and other support services for compulsive and problem gamblers, develop problem gambling treatment and prevention programs, and provide grants to supporting organizations that provide assistance to compulsive gamblers. The provisions of the bill are contingent on funding in a general appropriation act.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0982)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0982)
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2. **Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB936ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB936ER)
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3. **Engrossed by Senate as amended SB936E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB936E)
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4. **Impact statement from DPB (SB936)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB936)
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5. **Impact statement from DPB (SB936H1)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB936H1)
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## Votes
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- Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (38-Y 1-N) — **38–1** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from General Laws and Technology (14-Y 0-N) — **14–0** (pass) · upper
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- House substitute agreed to by Senate (35-Y 4-N) — **35–4** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Appropriations with substitute (21-Y 0-N) — **21–0** (pass) · lower
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (7-Y 1-N) — **7–1** (pass) · lower
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- Read third time and passed Senate (34-Y 5-N) — **34–5** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendments (14-Y 2-N) — **14–2** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from General Laws with amendments (18-Y 3-N) — **18–3** (pass) · lower
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- VOTE: Passage (85-Y 11-N) — **84–11** (pass) · lower
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- Passed Senate (35-Y 4-N) — **35–4** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- J. Chapman Petersen — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2020-01-10** Presented and ordered printed 20104840D `introduction`
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- **2020-01-10** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
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- **2020-01-21** Assigned GL&T sub: Gaming `referral-committee`
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- **2020-01-21** Impact statement from DPB (SB936)
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- **2020-01-29** Reported from General Laws and Technology (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-01-29** Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
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- **2020-02-05** Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendments (14-Y 2-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-02-06** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-02-07** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2020-02-07** Reading of amendments waived
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- **2020-02-07** Committee amendments agreed to
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- **2020-02-07** Engrossed by Senate as amended SB936E
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- **2020-02-07** Printed as engrossed 20104840D-E
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- **2020-02-10** Read third time and passed Senate (34-Y 5-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2020-02-10** Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (38-Y 1-N)
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- **2020-02-10** Passed Senate (35-Y 4-N) `passage`
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- **2020-02-11** Impact statement from DPB (SB936E)
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- **2020-02-13** Placed on Calendar
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- **2020-02-13** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2020-02-13** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
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- **2020-02-14** Assigned GL sub: ABC/Gaming `referral-committee`
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- **2020-02-18** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
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- **2020-02-18** Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (7-Y 1-N)
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- **2020-02-20** Reported from General Laws with amendments (18-Y 3-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-02-20** Referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
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- **2020-02-26** Reported from Appropriations with substitute (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-02-26** Committee substitute printed 20109161D-H1 `substitution`
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- **2020-02-28** Impact statement from DPB (SB936H1)
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- **2020-02-28** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2020-03-02** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2020-03-02** Committee on General Laws amendments rejected
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- **2020-03-02** Committee on Appropriations substitute agreed to 20109161D-H1
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- **2020-03-02** Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB936H1
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- **2020-03-02** Passed House with substitute (85-Y 11-N) `passage`
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- **2020-03-02** VOTE: Passage (85-Y 11-N)
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- **2020-03-03** House substitute agreed to by Senate (35-Y 4-N)
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- **2020-03-03** Title replaced 20109161D-H1
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- **2020-03-06** Enrolled
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- **2020-03-06** Impact statement from DPB (SB936ER)
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- **2020-03-07** Signed by President
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- **2020-03-07** Signed by Speaker
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- **2020-03-12** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020
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- **2020-03-12** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
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- **2020-04-09** Approved by Governor-Chapter 982 (effective 7/1/20) `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d2b8c766-9103-419c-8645-f2705d57a19d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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