republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2021/sb-1254.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Sports betting; clarifies certain procedures.	Sports betting; technical amendments. Clarifiesthe procedures by which the Virginia Lottery determines whether anevent is considered youth sports, on which betting is prohibited.The bill clarifies that a permit issued to a casino operator shallnot count toward the maximum of 12 permits that the Director of theVirginia Lottery can issue and makes technical amendments relatedto the interaction between sports betting law and casino gaming law.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2021	SB 1254	Virginia SB 1254 (2021)	bill		enacted	Jeremy S. McPike	4	42	10	2021-01-12	2021-03-25	openstates	ocd-bill/85947bdb-8409-4f72-96bc-449e1047f1b1	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+sum+SB1254	5349aba41182819e49f994e78f723e5f3717788fe329a718320e415494b1bb6d	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 1254 (2021) — Sports betting; clarifies certain procedures.

Sports betting; technical amendments. Clarifiesthe procedures by which the Virginia Lottery determines whether anevent is considered youth sports, on which betting is prohibited.The bill clarifies that a permit issued to a casino operator shallnot count toward the maximum of 12 permits that the Director of theVirginia Lottery can issue and makes technical amendments relatedto the interaction between sports betting law and casino gaming law.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0352 (committee substitute) — source
2. Committee substitute printed 21103733D-S1 (committee substitute) — source
3. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21100962D (committee substitute) — source
4. SB1254ER (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• Conference report agreed to by Senate (26-Y 13-N) — 26–13 (pass) · upper
• Read third time and passed Senate (21-Y 18-N) — 21–18 (pass) · upper
• House amendments rejected by Senate (0-Y 38-N) — 0–38 (fail) · upper
• Senate acceded to request (38-Y 0-N) — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (10-Y 4-N 1-A) — 10–4 (pass) · upper
• Reported from General Laws with amendment(s) (16-Y 6-N) — 16–6 (pass) · lower
• VOTE: Agreed To (68-Y 29-N) — 67–29 (pass) · lower
• VOTE: Passage (67-Y 32-N) — 66–32 (pass) · lower
• Continued to Special Session 1 in General Laws — 0–0 (fail) · lower

Sponsors

• Jeremy S. McPike — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-01-12 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21100962D introduction
• 2021-01-12 Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations referral-committee
• 2021-01-18 Impact statement from DPB (SB1254)
• 2021-01-27 Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
• 2021-01-27 Committee substitute printed 21103733D-S1 substitution
• 2021-01-27 Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (10-Y 4-N 1-A) committee-passage
• 2021-01-28 Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
• 2021-01-29 Read second time reading-2
• 2021-01-29 Reading of substitute waived
• 2021-01-29 Committee substitute agreed to 21103733D-S1
• 2021-01-29 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1254S1
• 2021-02-01 Read third time and passed Senate (21-Y 18-N) passage, reading-3
• 2021-02-05 Placed on Calendar
• 2021-02-05 Read first time reading-1
• 2021-02-05 Referred to Committee on General Laws referral-committee
• 2021-02-08 Continued to Special Session 1 in General Laws
• 2021-02-11 Impact statement from DPB (SB1254S1)
• 2021-02-11 House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
• 2021-02-11 Reported from General Laws with amendment(s) (16-Y 6-N) committee-passage
• 2021-02-15 Read second time reading-2
• 2021-02-16 Read second time reading-2
• 2021-02-16 Committee amendments agreed to
• 2021-02-16 Engrossed by House as amended
• 2021-02-16 Passed House with amendments (67-Y 32-N) passage
• 2021-02-16 VOTE: Passage (67-Y 32-N)
• 2021-02-18 House amendments rejected by Senate (0-Y 38-N)
• 2021-02-19 House insisted on amendments
• 2021-02-19 House requested conference committee
• 2021-02-23 Senate acceded to request (38-Y 0-N)
• 2021-02-23 Conferees appointed by Senate
• 2021-02-24 Conferees appointed by House
• 2021-02-25 Amended by conference committee
• 2021-02-25 Conference report agreed to by House (68-Y 29-N)
• 2021-02-25 VOTE: Agreed To (68-Y 29-N)
• 2021-02-27 Conference report agreed to by Senate (26-Y 13-N)
• 2021-03-09 Enrolled
• 2021-03-09 Signed by President
• 2021-03-11 Signed by Speaker
• 2021-03-12 Impact statement from DPB (SB1254ER)
• 2021-03-15 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 15, 2021
• 2021-03-15 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
• 2021-03-25 Approved by Governor-Chapter 352 (effective 7/1/21) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/85947bdb-8409-4f72-96bc-449e1047f1b1. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).