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type: "Bill"
title: "Casino gaming; technical amendments."
description: "Casino gaming; technical amendments. Makes technical amendments to the casino gaming law related to its interaction with sports betting law, the capital investment required of an applicant for a license, authorized closed meetings under the Virginia Freedom of Information Act, and the frequency of the distribution of tax revenues to cities. The bill also requires applicants for operator's licenses to submit (i) a minority investment plan disclosing any equity interest owed by a minority individual or minority-owned business or the applicant’s efforts to seek equity investment from minority individuals or minority-owned businesses and (ii) a plan for the participation of minority individuals or minority-owned businesses in the applicant’s purchase of goods and services related to the casino gaming establishment."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1812"
citation: "Virginia HB 1812 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Paul E. Krizek"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 32
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2021-01-06"
last_action: "2021-02-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1eb07b87-1ebd-4ac3-8644-d1d3800cd741"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+sum+HB1812"
source_hash: "0f70b82e00a5a8cc7f966b8d8a1172f68f6e5dd02f41c52bf639860d7ceb17e8"
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 HB 1812 (2021) — Casino gaming; technical amendments.
Casino gaming; technical amendments. Makes technical amendments to the casino gaming law related to its interaction with sports betting law, the capital investment required of an applicant for a license, authorized closed meetings under the Virginia Freedom of Information Act, and the frequency of the distribution of tax revenues to cities. The bill also requires applicants for operator's licenses to submit (i) a minority investment plan disclosing any equity interest owed by a minority individual or minority-owned business or the applicant’s efforts to seek equity investment from minority individuals or minority-owned businesses and (ii) a plan for the participation of minority individuals or minority-owned businesses in the applicant’s purchase of goods and services related to the casino gaming establishment.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **CHAP0007** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+CHAP0007)
2. **HB1812ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB1812ER)
3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102313D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB1812)
4. **Printed as engrossed 21102313D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB1812E)
## Votes
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (7-Y 1-N) — **71** (pass) · lower
- Reported from General Laws with amendment(s) (17-Y 5-N) — **175** (pass) · lower
- Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in General Laws and Technology (14-Y 0-N) — **140** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (68-Y 32-N) — **6732** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate (27-Y 12-N) — **2712** (pass) · upper
- Reported from General Laws and Technology (14-Y 0-N) — **140** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **390** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Paul E. Krizek — primary (person)
- Barry D. Knight — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-01-06** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102313D `introduction`
- **2021-01-06** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-12** Assigned GL sub: ABC/Gaming `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-18** Impact statement from DPB (HB1812)
- **2021-01-19** Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (7-Y 1-N)
- **2021-01-19** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2021-01-21** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2021-01-21** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2021-01-21** Reported from General Laws with amendment(s) (17-Y 5-N) `committee-passage`
- **2021-01-22** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2021-01-25** Passed by for the day
- **2021-01-26** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2021-01-26** Committee amendments agreed to
- **2021-01-26** Engrossed by House as amended HB1812E
- **2021-01-26** Printed as engrossed 21102313D-E
- **2021-01-27** Read third time and passed House (68-Y 32-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-01-27** VOTE: Passage (68-Y 32-N)
- **2021-01-27** Impact statement from DPB (HB1812E)
- **2021-01-28** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2021-01-28** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-05** Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in General Laws and Technology (14-Y 0-N)
- **2021-02-10** Reported from General Laws and Technology (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-12** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- **2021-02-15** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2021-02-15** Passed Senate (27-Y 12-N) `passage`
- **2021-02-17** Enrolled
- **2021-02-17** Impact statement from DPB (HB1812ER)
- **2021-02-17** Signed by President
- **2021-02-18** Signed by Speaker
- **2021-02-19** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 19, 2021
- **2021-02-19** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., February 26, 2021
- **2021-02-25** Approved by Governor-Chapter 7 (effective 7/1/21) `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1eb07b87-1ebd-4ac3-8644-d1d3800cd741`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).