republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2021/hb-2168.md

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Bill	Illegal gambling; skill games, enforcement by localities and Attorney General, civil penalty.	Illegal gambling; skill games; civil penalty; enforcement by localities and Attorney General. Provides that any person who conducts, finances, manages, supervises, directs, or owns a gambling device that is located in an unregulated location is subject to a civil penalty of $25,000. The bill provides that the Attorney General, an attorney for the Commonwealth, or the attorney for any locality may cause an action in equity to be brought in the name of the Commonwealth or of the locality, as applicable, to enjoin the operation of a gambling device in violation of this section and may request attachment against all such devices and any moneys within such devices. The bill provides that any civil penalties brought in the name of the Commonwealth shall be paid into the Literary Fund and that any civil penalties brought in the name of a locality shall be paid into the general fund of the locality.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2021	HB 2168	Virginia HB 2168 (2021)	bill		enacted	Don L. Scott	6	57	13	2021-01-12	2021-04-07	openstates	ocd-bill/25a07509-fcaa-4d87-bd47-c5c4959400fa	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+sum+HB2168	92a0b285781bdb0107e5679220f053a1bd094d03e71644b50490364f4e646319	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 2168 (2021) — Illegal gambling; skill games, enforcement by localities and Attorney General, civil penalty.

Illegal gambling; skill games; civil penalty; enforcement by localities and Attorney General. Provides that any person who conducts, finances, manages, supervises, directs, or owns a gambling device that is located in an unregulated location is subject to a civil penalty of $25,000. The bill provides that the Attorney General, an attorney for the Commonwealth, or the attorney for any locality may cause an action in equity to be brought in the name of the Commonwealth or of the locality, as applicable, to enjoin the operation of a gambling device in violation of this section and may request attachment against all such devices and any moneys within such devices. The bill provides that any civil penalties brought in the name of the Commonwealth shall be paid into the Literary Fund and that any civil penalties brought in the name of a locality shall be paid into the general fund of the locality.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0546 (committee substitute) — source
2. Conference substitute printed 21200595D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
3. HB2168ER (committee substitute) — source
4. HB2168ER2 (committee substitute) — source
5. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101270D (committee substitute) — source
6. Printed as engrossed 21101270D-E (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N 1-A) — 97–0 (pass) · lower
• Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (28-Y 11-N 1-A) — 27–11 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Block Vote Passage #2 (99-Y 0-N) — 98–0 (pass) · lower
• Conference report agreed to by Senate (38-Y 0-N 1-A) — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Agreed To (93-Y 0-N) — 92–0 (pass) · lower
• VOTE: Adoption (76-Y 23-N) — 75–23 (pass) · lower
• VOTE: REJECTED (2-Y 97-N) — 2–96 (fail) · lower
• Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Judiciary (14-Y 0-N) — 14–0 (pass) · upper
• Passed Senate with amendments (36-Y 0-N 2-A) — 36–0 (pass) · upper
• Senate insisted on amendments (38-Y 0-N) — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Judiciary with amendments (13-Y 0-N 2-A) — 13–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Don L. Scott — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-01-12 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101270D introduction
• 2021-01-12 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2021-01-19 Assigned Courts sub: Criminal referral-committee
• 2021-01-21 Impact statement from DPB (HB2168)
• 2021-01-29 Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2021-02-01 Read first time reading-1
• 2021-02-02 Read second time reading-2
• 2021-02-02 Committee amendments agreed to
• 2021-02-02 Engrossed by House as amended HB2168E
• 2021-02-02 Printed as engrossed 21101270D-E
• 2021-02-03 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N 1-A) passage, reading-3
• 2021-02-03 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N 1-A)
• 2021-02-03 Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
• 2021-02-03 Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) passage
• 2021-02-03 VOTE: Block Vote Passage #2 (99-Y 0-N)
• 2021-02-04 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2021-02-04 Referred to Committee on the Judiciary referral-committee
• 2021-02-04 Impact statement from DPB (HB2168E)
• 2021-02-05 Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Judiciary (14-Y 0-N)
• 2021-02-10 Reported from Judiciary with amendments (13-Y 0-N 2-A) committee-passage
• 2021-02-12 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
• 2021-02-15 Read third time reading-3
• 2021-02-15 Reading of amendments waived
• 2021-02-15 Committee amendments agreed to
• 2021-02-15 Engrossed by Senate as amended
• 2021-02-15 Passed Senate with amendments (36-Y 0-N 2-A) passage
• 2021-02-17 Placed on Calendar
• 2021-02-17 Senate amendments rejected by House (2-Y 97-N)
• 2021-02-17 VOTE: REJECTED (2-Y 97-N)
• 2021-02-19 Senate insisted on amendments (38-Y 0-N)
• 2021-02-19 Senate requested conference committee
• 2021-02-19 House acceded to request
• 2021-02-19 Conferees appointed by House
• 2021-02-19 Conferees appointed by Senate
• 2021-02-24 Amended by conference committee
• 2021-02-24 Conference substitute printed 21200595D-H1
• 2021-02-24 Conference report agreed to by Senate (38-Y 0-N 1-A)
• 2021-02-24 Conference report agreed to by House (93-Y 0-N)
• 2021-02-24 VOTE: Agreed To (93-Y 0-N)
• 2021-02-26 Enrolled
• 2021-02-26 Signed by Speaker
• 2021-02-27 Signed by President
• 2021-03-01 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 1, 20201
• 2021-03-01 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
• 2021-03-02 Impact statement from DPB (HB2168ER)
• 2021-03-18 Governor's recommendation received by House
• 2021-03-31 Governor's recommendation received by House
• 2021-04-07 Placed on Calendar
• 2021-04-07 House concurred in Governor's recommendation (76-Y 23-N)
• 2021-04-07 VOTE: Adoption (76-Y 23-N)
• 2021-04-07 Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (28-Y 11-N 1-A)
• 2021-04-07 Governor's recommendation adopted
• 2021-04-07 Reenrolled
• 2021-04-07 Reenrolled bill text (HB2168ER2)
• 2021-04-07 Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
• 2021-04-07 Signed by President as reenrolled
• 2021-04-07 Enacted, Chapter 546 (effective 7/1/21) became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/25a07509-fcaa-4d87-bd47-c5c4959400fa. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).