republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2022/sb-394.md

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Bill	Charitable gaming; registration of landlords, Texas Hold'em poker operations.	Charitable gaming; registration of landlords;Texas Hold'em poker operations. Provides that the Departmentof Agriculture and Consumer Services may promulgate regulations thatrequire any landlord that leases to a qualified charitable organizationany premises devoted in whole or in part to the conduct of bingogames or any other charitable gaming to register with the Department.The bill also prohibits (i) an organization qualified to conductTexas Hold'em poker tournaments from conducting any Texas Hold'empoker games where the game has no predetermined end time and theplayers wager actual money or poker chips that have cash value, and(ii) a qualified organization from contracting with an operator to administer Texas Hold'em poker tournaments. The bill contains technical amendments.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2022	SB 394	Virginia SB 394 (2022)	bill		enacted	John J. Bell	4	32	7	2022-01-11	2022-04-11	openstates	ocd-bill/21a04ba0-045e-4761-8db6-21161389dd5c	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+SB394	18c6430cafd667394b80785a561c418ee2b000054236b700771095b566d315dc	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 394 (2022) — Charitable gaming; registration of landlords, Texas Hold'em poker operations.

Charitable gaming; registration of landlords;Texas Hold'em poker operations. Provides that the Departmentof Agriculture and Consumer Services may promulgate regulations thatrequire any landlord that leases to a qualified charitable organizationany premises devoted in whole or in part to the conduct of bingogames or any other charitable gaming to register with the Department.The bill also prohibits (i) an organization qualified to conductTexas Hold'em poker tournaments from conducting any Texas Hold'empoker games where the game has no predetermined end time and theplayers wager actual money or poker chips that have cash value, and(ii) a qualified organization from contracting with an operator to administer Texas Hold'em poker tournaments. The bill contains technical amendments.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0612 (committee substitute) — source
2. Committee substitute printed 22107107D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
3. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22102779D (committee substitute) — source
4. SB394ER (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Read third time and passed Senate (36-Y 1-N 3-A) — 36–1 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Passage (60-Y 38-N) — 60–37 (pass) · lower
• Reported from General Laws with substitute (16-Y 6-N) — 16–6 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N 1-A) — 14–0 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• House substitute agreed to by Senate (36-Y 1-N 3-A) — 36–1 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• John J. Bell — primary (person)
• Adam P. Ebbin — cosponsor (person)
• Bryce E. Reeves — cosponsor (person)
• Paul E. Krizek — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-01-11 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22102779D introduction
• 2022-01-11 Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology referral-committee
• 2022-01-24 Impact statement from DPB (SB394)
• 2022-01-26 Assigned GL&T sub: Gaming referral-committee
• 2022-02-02 Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2022-02-02 Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations referral-committee
• 2022-02-10 Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N 1-A) committee-passage
• 2022-02-11 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 2022-02-14 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
• 2022-02-15 Read third time and passed Senate (36-Y 1-N 3-A) passage, reading-3
• 2022-02-22 Placed on Calendar
• 2022-02-22 Read first time reading-1
• 2022-02-22 Referred to Committee on General Laws referral-committee
• 2022-02-24 House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
• 2022-02-24 Reported from General Laws with substitute (16-Y 6-N) committee-passage
• 2022-02-24 Committee substitute printed 22107107D-H1 substitution
• 2022-02-28 Read second time reading-2
• 2022-03-01 Read third time reading-3
• 2022-03-01 Committee substitute agreed to 22107107D-H1
• 2022-03-01 Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB394H1
• 2022-03-01 Passed House with substitute (60-Y 38-N) passage
• 2022-03-01 VOTE: Passage (60-Y 38-N)
• 2022-03-03 House substitute agreed to by Senate (36-Y 1-N 3-A)
• 2022-03-03 Title replaced 22107107D-H1
• 2022-03-07 Impact statement from DPB (SB394H1)
• 2022-03-08 Enrolled
• 2022-03-08 Signed by President
• 2022-03-08 Signed by Speaker
• 2022-03-09 Impact statement from DPB (SB394ER)
• 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 612 (effective 7/1/22) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/21a04ba0-045e-4761-8db6-21161389dd5c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).