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type: "Bill"
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title: "Charitable gaming; registration of landlords, Texas Hold'em poker operations."
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2022"
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identifier: "SB 394"
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citation: "Virginia SB 394 (2022)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["John J. Bell"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 32
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vote_count: 7
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first_action: "2022-01-11"
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last_action: "2022-04-11"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/21a04ba0-045e-4761-8db6-21161389dd5c"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+SB394"
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source_hash: "18c6430cafd667394b80785a561c418ee2b000054236b700771095b566d315dc"
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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 394 (2022) — Charitable gaming; registration of landlords, Texas Hold'em poker operations.
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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.
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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. **CHAP0612** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+CHAP0612)
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2. **Committee substitute printed 22107107D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB394H1)
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3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22102779D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB394)
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4. **SB394ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB394ER)
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## Votes
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- Read third time and passed Senate (36-Y 1-N 3-A) — **36–1** (pass) · upper
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- VOTE: Passage (60-Y 38-N) — **60–37** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from General Laws with substitute (16-Y 6-N) — **16–6** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N 1-A) — **14–0** (pass) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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- House substitute agreed to by Senate (36-Y 1-N 3-A) — **36–1** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- John J. Bell — primary (person)
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- Adam P. Ebbin — cosponsor (person)
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- Bryce E. Reeves — cosponsor (person)
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- Paul E. Krizek — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2022-01-11** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22102779D `introduction`
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- **2022-01-11** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
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- **2022-01-24** Impact statement from DPB (SB394)
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- **2022-01-26** Assigned GL&T sub: Gaming `referral-committee`
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- **2022-02-02** Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2022-02-02** Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
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- **2022-02-10** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N 1-A) `committee-passage`
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- **2022-02-11** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
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- **2022-02-14** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2022-02-15** Read third time and passed Senate (36-Y 1-N 3-A) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2022-02-22** Placed on Calendar
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- **2022-02-22** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2022-02-22** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
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- **2022-02-24** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
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- **2022-02-24** Reported from General Laws with substitute (16-Y 6-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2022-02-24** Committee substitute printed 22107107D-H1 `substitution`
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- **2022-02-28** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2022-03-01** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2022-03-01** Committee substitute agreed to 22107107D-H1
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- **2022-03-01** Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB394H1
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- **2022-03-01** Passed House with substitute (60-Y 38-N) `passage`
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- **2022-03-01** VOTE: Passage (60-Y 38-N)
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- **2022-03-03** House substitute agreed to by Senate (36-Y 1-N 3-A)
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- **2022-03-03** Title replaced 22107107D-H1
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- **2022-03-07** Impact statement from DPB (SB394H1)
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- **2022-03-08** Enrolled
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- **2022-03-08** Signed by President
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- **2022-03-08** Signed by Speaker
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- **2022-03-09** Impact statement from DPB (SB394ER)
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- **2022-03-22** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 22, 2022
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- **2022-03-22** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
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- **2022-04-11** Approved by Governor-Chapter 612 (effective 7/1/22) `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/21a04ba0-045e-4761-8db6-21161389dd5c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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