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type: "Bill"
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title: "Sports betting; clarifies certain procedures."
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2021"
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identifier: "SB 1254"
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citation: "Virginia SB 1254 (2021)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Jeremy S. McPike"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 42
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vote_count: 10
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first_action: "2021-01-12"
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last_action: "2021-03-25"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/85947bdb-8409-4f72-96bc-449e1047f1b1"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+sum+SB1254"
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source_hash: "5349aba41182819e49f994e78f723e5f3717788fe329a718320e415494b1bb6d"
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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 1254 (2021) — Sports betting; clarifies certain procedures.
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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.
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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. **CHAP0352** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+CHAP0352)
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2. **Committee substitute printed 21103733D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+SB1254S1)
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3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21100962D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+SB1254)
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4. **SB1254ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+SB1254ER)
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## Votes
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
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- Conference report agreed to by Senate (26-Y 13-N) — **26–13** (pass) · upper
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- Read third time and passed Senate (21-Y 18-N) — **21–18** (pass) · upper
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- House amendments rejected by Senate (0-Y 38-N) — **0–38** (fail) · upper
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- Senate acceded to request (38-Y 0-N) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (10-Y 4-N 1-A) — **10–4** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from General Laws with amendment(s) (16-Y 6-N) — **16–6** (pass) · lower
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- VOTE: Agreed To (68-Y 29-N) — **67–29** (pass) · lower
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- VOTE: Passage (67-Y 32-N) — **66–32** (pass) · lower
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- Continued to Special Session 1 in General Laws — **0–0** (fail) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Jeremy S. McPike — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-01-12** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21100962D `introduction`
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- **2021-01-12** Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
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- **2021-01-18** Impact statement from DPB (SB1254)
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- **2021-01-27** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
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- **2021-01-27** Committee substitute printed 21103733D-S1 `substitution`
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- **2021-01-27** Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (10-Y 4-N 1-A) `committee-passage`
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- **2021-01-28** Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
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- **2021-01-29** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2021-01-29** Reading of substitute waived
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- **2021-01-29** Committee substitute agreed to 21103733D-S1
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- **2021-01-29** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1254S1
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- **2021-02-01** Read third time and passed Senate (21-Y 18-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2021-02-05** Placed on Calendar
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- **2021-02-05** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2021-02-05** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
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- **2021-02-08** Continued to Special Session 1 in General Laws
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- **2021-02-11** Impact statement from DPB (SB1254S1)
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- **2021-02-11** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
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- **2021-02-11** Reported from General Laws with amendment(s) (16-Y 6-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2021-02-15** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2021-02-16** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2021-02-16** Committee amendments agreed to
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- **2021-02-16** Engrossed by House as amended
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- **2021-02-16** Passed House with amendments (67-Y 32-N) `passage`
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- **2021-02-16** VOTE: Passage (67-Y 32-N)
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- **2021-02-18** House amendments rejected by Senate (0-Y 38-N)
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- **2021-02-19** House insisted on amendments
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- **2021-02-19** House requested conference committee
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- **2021-02-23** Senate acceded to request (38-Y 0-N)
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- **2021-02-23** Conferees appointed by Senate
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- **2021-02-24** Conferees appointed by House
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- **2021-02-25** Amended by conference committee
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- **2021-02-25** Conference report agreed to by House (68-Y 29-N)
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- **2021-02-25** VOTE: Agreed To (68-Y 29-N)
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- **2021-02-27** Conference report agreed to by Senate (26-Y 13-N)
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- **2021-03-09** Enrolled
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- **2021-03-09** Signed by President
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- **2021-03-11** Signed by Speaker
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- **2021-03-12** Impact statement from DPB (SB1254ER)
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- **2021-03-15** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 15, 2021
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- **2021-03-15** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
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- **2021-03-25** Approved by Governor-Chapter 352 (effective 7/1/21) `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/85947bdb-8409-4f72-96bc-449e1047f1b1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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