republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2022/hb-765.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Charitable Gaming Board; powers and duties."
description: "Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services; Charitable Gaming Board; powers and duties. Changes the Charitable Gaming Board (the Board) from a policy board to an advisory board in the executive branch of state government, decreases the membership from 11 members to nine members, and moves the power and duty to promulgate regulations related to charitable gaming in the Commonwealth from the Board to the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (the Department). The bill provides that (i) the current regulations enacted by the Board shall be administered by the Department and remain in full force and effect until the Department promulgates new regulations pursuant to this bill and (ii) notwithstanding clause (i), the regulations promulgated by the Board regarding Texas Hold'em poker games and tournaments, which became effective on March 23, 2021, and were rescinded by the General Assembly pursuant to Item 105 of Chapter 552 of the Acts of Assembly of 2021, Special Session I, shall not take effect, but the Department shall promulgate regulations regarding Texas Hold'em poker games and tournaments consistent with the provisions of Chapter 982 of the Acts of Assembly of 2020 and pursuant to the provisions of the Administrative Process Act. The bill contains technical amendments. This bill is identical to SB 402."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 765"
citation: "Virginia HB 765 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Paul E. Krizek"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 40
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2022-01-11"
last_action: "2022-04-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ee5456dc-7c7e-4cd8-b7a5-a20f53f736b7"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+HB765"
source_hash: "445b4e54555f686e38487cfd7b7e2a819b098effa4ff6b95d15f272b7051622a"
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 765 (2022) — Charitable Gaming Board; powers and duties.

Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services; Charitable Gaming Board; powers and duties. Changes the Charitable Gaming Board (the Board) from a policy board to an advisory board in the executive branch of state government, decreases the membership from 11 members to nine members, and moves the power and duty to promulgate regulations related to charitable gaming in the Commonwealth from the Board to the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (the Department). The bill provides that (i) the current regulations enacted by the Board shall be administered by the Department and remain in full force and effect until the Department promulgates new regulations pursuant to this bill and (ii) notwithstanding clause (i), the regulations promulgated by the Board regarding Texas Hold'em poker games and tournaments, which became effective on March 23, 2021, and were rescinded by the General Assembly pursuant to Item 105 of Chapter 552 of the Acts of Assembly of 2021, Special Session I, shall not take effect, but the Department shall promulgate regulations regarding Texas Hold'em poker games and tournaments consistent with the provisions of Chapter 982 of the Acts of Assembly of 2020 and pursuant to the provisions of the Administrative Process Act. The bill contains technical amendments. This bill is identical to SB 402.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0609** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+CHAP0609)
2. **HB765ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB765ER)
3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22104085D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB765)
4. **Printed as engrossed 22104085D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB765E)

## Votes

- Reported from General Laws with amendment(s) (21-Y 1-N) — **21–1** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (93-Y 6-N) — **92–6** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate with amendments (35-Y 1-N 3-A) — **35–1** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Adoption (91-Y 5-N) — **90–5** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Paul E. Krizek — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-11** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22104085D `introduction`
- **2022-01-11** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-24** Impact statement from DPB (HB765)
- **2022-01-26** Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #3 `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-01** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2022-02-01** Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N)
- **2022-02-01** Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
- **2022-02-03** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2022-02-08** Reported from General Laws with amendment(s) (21-Y 1-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-08** Referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-09** Assigned App. sub: Commerce Agriculture & Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-09** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- **2022-02-09** Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-11** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2022-02-14** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2022-02-14** Committee amendments agreed to
- **2022-02-14** Engrossed by House as amended HB765E
- **2022-02-14** Printed as engrossed 22104085D-E
- **2022-02-15** Read third time and passed House (93-Y 6-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-15** VOTE: Passage (93-Y 6-N)
- **2022-02-16** Impact statement from DPB (HB765E)
- **2022-02-16** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2022-02-16** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-02** Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-04** Passed by for the day
- **2022-03-07** Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- **2022-03-08** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2022-03-08** Reading of amendments waived
- **2022-03-08** Amendments by Senator Reeves agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2022-03-08** Engrossed by Senate as amended
- **2022-03-08** Passed Senate with amendments (35-Y 1-N 3-A) `passage`
- **2022-03-09** Senate amendments agreed to by House (91-Y 5-N)
- **2022-03-09** VOTE: Adoption (91-Y 5-N)
- **2022-03-11** Enrolled
- **2022-03-11** Signed by Speaker
- **2022-03-11** Signed by President
- **2022-03-14** Impact statement from DPB (HB765ER)
- **2022-03-22** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 22, 2022
- **2022-03-22** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
- **2022-04-11** Approved by Governor-Chapter 609 (effective 7/1/22) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ee5456dc-7c7e-4cd8-b7a5-a20f53f736b7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).