republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2024/hb-843.md

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Bill	Pari-mutuel wagering; historical horse racing, percentage retained for distribution.	Pari-mutuel wagering; historical horse racing; percentage retained for distribution. Provides that with respect to all authorized historical horse racing terminals, of the amount that a horse racing licensee retains from wagering on historical horse racing pools, 0.025 percent shall be provided to each of the following: (i) the Virginia Breeders Fund; (ii) the Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine, for its equine programs; (iii) the Virginia Horse Center Foundation; and (iv) the Virginia Horse Industry Board. The bill also provides that, in addition to the amount horse racing licensees distribute to localities and the Problem Gambling Treatment and Support Fund under current law, such licensees shall distribute the remainder of the percentage retained to the Commonwealth as a license tax. This bill is identical to SB 426.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2024	HB 843	Virginia HB 843 (2024)	bill		enacted	Terry L. Austin	3	25	6	2024-01-09	2024-03-08	openstates	ocd-bill/ae06e8fa-cf42-43eb-a1c2-4c0dff48e0a9	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB843	de5efbe4e696a41173d59881aec97de20d5cf04e00bc9455b7dafc64c7c15023	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 843 (2024) — Pari-mutuel wagering; historical horse racing, percentage retained for distribution.

Pari-mutuel wagering; historical horse racing; percentage retained for distribution. Provides that with respect to all authorized historical horse racing terminals, of the amount that a horse racing licensee retains from wagering on historical horse racing pools, 0.025 percent shall be provided to each of the following: (i) the Virginia Breeders Fund; (ii) the Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine, for its equine programs; (iii) the Virginia Horse Center Foundation; and (iv) the Virginia Horse Industry Board. The bill also provides that, in addition to the amount horse racing licensees distribute to localities and the Problem Gambling Treatment and Support Fund under current law, such licensees shall distribute the remainder of the percentage retained to the Commonwealth as a license tax. This bill is identical to SB 426.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0053 (committee substitute) — source
2. HB843ER (committee substitute) — source
3. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24100586D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from General Laws (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• VOTE: Passage (89-Y 11-N) — 88–11 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Terry L. Austin — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-09 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24100586D filing, introduction
• 2024-01-09 Referred to Committee on General Laws referral-committee
• 2024-01-15 Impact statement from DPB (HB843)
• 2024-01-26 Assigned GL sub: ABC/Gaming referral-committee
• 2024-01-30 Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
• 2024-02-01 Reported from General Laws (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-05 Read first time reading-1
• 2024-02-06 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
• 2024-02-07 Read third time and passed House (89-Y 11-N) passage, reading-3
• 2024-02-07 VOTE: Passage (89-Y 11-N) passage
• 2024-02-08 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2024-02-08 Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology referral-committee
• 2024-02-14 Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-16 Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
• 2024-02-19 Read third time reading-3
• 2024-02-19 Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-02-22 Enrolled enrolled
• 2024-02-22 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB843ER) passage
• 2024-02-22 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2024-02-23 Impact statement from DPB (HB843ER)
• 2024-02-25 Signed by President passage
• 2024-03-01 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 1, 2024 enrolled, executive-receipt
• 2024-03-01 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 8, 2024 executive-receipt
• 2024-03-08 Approved by Governor-Chapter 53 (effective 7/1/24) executive-signature
• 2024-03-08 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0053)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ae06e8fa-cf42-43eb-a1c2-4c0dff48e0a9. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).