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type: "Bill"
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title: "Gaming; use of the phrase 'Virginia is for Bettors', civil penalty."
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description: "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."
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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 96"
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citation: "Virginia SB 96 (2022)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Thomas K. Norment, Jr."]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 35
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2022-01-05"
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last_action: "2022-04-11"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6bea42a1-2b6f-4e66-998d-015eaec69e43"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+SB96"
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source_hash: "ceaf301a7ca2f51fb5a3c5c7eb9a0c0d42efc08c218f4db080dd3cca1295f317"
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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 96 (2022) — Gaming; use of the phrase 'Virginia is for Bettors', civil penalty.
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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.
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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. **CHAP0475** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+CHAP0475)
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2. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22100569D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB96)
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3. **Printed as engrossed 22100569D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB96E)
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4. **SB96ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB96ER)
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## Votes
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- Reported from General Laws (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from General Laws and Technology with amendments (13-Y 0-N) — **13–0** (pass) · upper
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- VOTE: Defeated (32-Y 67-N) — **32–66** (fail) · lower
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- VOTE: Passage (58-Y 35-N) — **57–35** (pass) · lower
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- Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (35-Y 0-N) — **35–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Thomas K. Norment, Jr. — primary (person)
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- John A. Cosgrove, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2022-01-05** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22100569D `introduction`
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- **2022-01-05** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
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- **2022-01-26** Assigned GL&T sub: Gaming `referral-committee`
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- **2022-01-26** Impact statement from DPB (SB96)
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- **2022-01-27** Senate subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
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- **2022-02-02** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
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- **2022-02-02** Reported from General Laws and Technology with amendments (13-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2022-02-04** Constitutional reading dispensed (35-Y 0-N)
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- **2022-02-07** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2022-02-07** Reading of amendments waived
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- **2022-02-07** Committee amendments agreed to
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- **2022-02-07** Engrossed by Senate as amended SB96E
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- **2022-02-07** Printed as engrossed 22100569D-E
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- **2022-02-08** Impact statement from DPB (SB96E)
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- **2022-02-08** Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `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** Reported from General Laws (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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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** Defeated by House (32-Y 67-N)
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- **2022-03-01** VOTE: Defeated (32-Y 67-N)
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- **2022-03-01** Reconsideration of defeated action agreed to by House
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- **2022-03-01** Passed by for the day
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- **2022-03-02** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2022-03-02** Passed House (58-Y 35-N) `passage`
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- **2022-03-02** VOTE: Passage (58-Y 35-N)
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- **2022-03-07** Enrolled
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- **2022-03-07** Impact statement from DPB (SB96ER)
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- **2022-03-08** Signed by President
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- **2022-03-08** Signed by Speaker
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- **2022-03-22** 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 475 (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/6bea42a1-2b6f-4e66-998d-015eaec69e43`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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