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Bill Gaming; use of the phrase 'Virginia is for Bettors', civil penalty. Gaming; use of the name of Virginia or the Commonwealth;civil penalty. Prohibits sports betting and casino gaming operatorsand their affiliates from using the name of Virginia or the Commonwealth in an advertisement in association with their products or services.A violation is subject to a civil penalty of up to $50,000. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2022 SB 96 Virginia SB 96 (2022)
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Virginia SB 96 (2022) — Gaming; use of the phrase 'Virginia is for Bettors', civil penalty.

Gaming; use of the name of Virginia or the Commonwealth;civil penalty. Prohibits sports betting and casino gaming operatorsand their affiliates from using the name of Virginia or the Commonwealth in an advertisement in association with their products or services.A violation is subject to a civil penalty of up to $50,000.

Version chain

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

  1. CHAP0475 (committee substitute) — source
  2. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22100569D (committee substitute) — source
  3. Printed as engrossed 22100569D-E (committee substitute) — source
  4. SB96ER (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • Reported from General Laws (22-Y 0-N) — 220 (pass) · lower
  • Reported from General Laws and Technology with amendments (13-Y 0-N) — 130 (pass) · upper
  • VOTE: Defeated (32-Y 67-N) — 3266 (fail) · lower
  • VOTE: Passage (58-Y 35-N) — 5735 (pass) · lower
  • Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 400 (pass) · upper
  • Constitutional reading dispensed (35-Y 0-N) — 350 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Thomas K. Norment, Jr. — primary (person)
  • John A. Cosgrove, Jr. — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2022-01-05 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22100569D introduction
  • 2022-01-05 Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology referral-committee
  • 2022-01-26 Assigned GL&T sub: Gaming referral-committee
  • 2022-01-26 Impact statement from DPB (SB96)
  • 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 (13-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2022-02-04 Constitutional reading dispensed (35-Y 0-N)
  • 2022-02-07 Read second time reading-2
  • 2022-02-07 Reading of amendments waived
  • 2022-02-07 Committee amendments agreed to
  • 2022-02-07 Engrossed by Senate as amended SB96E
  • 2022-02-07 Printed as engrossed 22100569D-E
  • 2022-02-08 Impact statement from DPB (SB96E)
  • 2022-02-08 Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) 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 Reported from General Laws (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2022-02-28 Read second time reading-2
  • 2022-03-01 Read third time reading-3
  • 2022-03-01 Defeated by House (32-Y 67-N)
  • 2022-03-01 VOTE: Defeated (32-Y 67-N)
  • 2022-03-01 Reconsideration of defeated action agreed to by House
  • 2022-03-01 Passed by for the day
  • 2022-03-02 Read third time reading-3
  • 2022-03-02 Passed House (58-Y 35-N) passage
  • 2022-03-02 VOTE: Passage (58-Y 35-N)
  • 2022-03-07 Enrolled
  • 2022-03-07 Impact statement from DPB (SB96ER)
  • 2022-03-08 Signed by President
  • 2022-03-08 Signed by Speaker
  • 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 475 (effective 7/1/22) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6bea42a1-2b6f-4e66-998d-015eaec69e43. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).