republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2022/sb-402.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by the Board regarding Texas Hold'em poker games and tournaments, which became effective on March 23, 2021, and were rescinded by the General Assembly pursuant to Item 105 of Chapter 552 of the Acts of Assembly of 2021, Special Session I, shall not take effect, but the Department shall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 HB 765."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 402"
citation: "Virginia SB 402 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bryce E. Reeves"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 38
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2022-01-11"
last_action: "2022-04-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d01d5dc8-4b6b-468a-a4ce-06dd2506077f"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+SB402"
source_hash: "0a55fa0f0059ee93d53c8d82bad8809ca6ad06d9ddfbc07ddc1a6edd228e939d"
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 SB 402 (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 HB 765.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0554** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+CHAP0554)
2. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22104179D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB402)
3. **Printed as engrossed 22104179D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB402E)
4. **SB402ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB402ER)

## Votes

- VOTE: Passage (86-Y 11-N) — **86–10** (pass) · lower
- Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- House amendments agreed to by Senate (35-Y 1-N 3-A) — **35–1** (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate (36-Y 1-N 3-A) — **36–1** (pass) · upper
- Reported from General Laws and Technology with amendments (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Read third time and passed Senate (35-Y 1-N 4-A) — **35–1** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N 1-A) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from General Laws with amendment(s) (21-Y 1-N) — **21–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bryce E. Reeves — primary (person)
- Adam P. Ebbin — cosponsor (person)
- John J. Bell — 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 22104179D `introduction`
- **2022-01-11** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-24** Impact statement from DPB (SB402)
- **2022-01-26** Assigned GL&T sub: Gaming `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-27** Senate subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2022-02-02** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2022-02-02** Reported from General Laws and Technology with amendments (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-02** Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-10** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N 1-A) `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-11** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2022-02-14** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2022-02-14** Reading of amendments waived
- **2022-02-14** Committee amendments agreed to
- **2022-02-14** Engrossed by Senate as amended SB402E
- **2022-02-14** Printed as engrossed 22104179D-E
- **2022-02-15** Read third time and passed Senate (35-Y 1-N 4-A) `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-15** Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- **2022-02-15** Passed Senate (36-Y 1-N 3-A) `passage`
- **2022-02-16** Impact statement from DPB (SB402E)
- **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`
- **2022-03-03** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2022-03-03** Reported from General Laws with amendment(s) (21-Y 1-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-07** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2022-03-08** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2022-03-08** Committee amendments agreed to
- **2022-03-08** Engrossed by House as amended
- **2022-03-08** Passed House with amendments (86-Y 11-N) `passage`
- **2022-03-08** VOTE: Passage (86-Y 11-N)
- **2022-03-09** House amendments agreed to by Senate (35-Y 1-N 3-A)
- **2022-03-11** Enrolled
- **2022-03-11** Signed by President
- **2022-03-11** Signed by Speaker
- **2022-03-14** Impact statement from DPB (SB402ER)
- **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 554 (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/d01d5dc8-4b6b-468a-a4ce-06dd2506077f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).