republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2024/hb-991.md

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Bill	Gambling data; use of Cloud Technology.	Illegal gambling; exemptions. Exempts from the provisions of Code prohibiting illegal gambling the placement or operation of or communication to and from data center equipment in the Commonwealth associated with the hosting of lottery games duly authorized by another state or jurisdiction and regulated and operated consistent with and exclusively for the benefit of such state or jurisdiction, provided that wagering on such games is legally authorized in such other state or jurisdiction and the individuals wagering on such games are required by the laws or regulations of such other state or jurisdiction to be physically located within the geographic bounds of such other state or jurisdiction at the time the wager is initiated or placed. This bill is identical to SB 540.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2024	HB 991	Virginia HB 991 (2024)	bill		enacted	Michelle Lopes Maldonado	3	31	7	2024-01-09	2024-04-02	openstates	ocd-bill/c35951d0-a0a2-4cc2-a031-b78d1f6599fe	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB991	bc00a0cd443f296e6b9bc5039942ece2daa9ff40a084d0e80a98b9e8de0014b0	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 991 (2024) — Gambling data; use of Cloud Technology.

Illegal gambling; exemptions. Exempts from the provisions of Code prohibiting illegal gambling the placement or operation of or communication to and from data center equipment in the Commonwealth associated with the hosting of lottery games duly authorized by another state or jurisdiction and regulated and operated consistent with and exclusively for the benefit of such state or jurisdiction, provided that wagering on such games is legally authorized in such other state or jurisdiction and the individuals wagering on such games are required by the laws or regulations of such other state or jurisdiction to be physically located within the geographic bounds of such other state or jurisdiction at the time the wager is initiated or placed. This bill is identical to SB 540.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0311 (committee substitute) — source
2. HB991ER (committee substitute) — source
3. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24102505D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passed Senate with amendment (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Communications, Technology and Innovation (21-Y 1-N) — 21–1 (pass) · lower
• VOTE: Adoption (88-Y 8-N) — 87–8 (pass) · lower
• VOTE: Passage (94-Y 6-N) — 93–6 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from General Laws and Technology with amendment (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N) — 14–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Michelle Lopes Maldonado — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-09 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24102505D filing, introduction
• 2024-01-09 Referred to Committee on Communications, Technology and Innovation referral-committee
• 2024-01-29 Impact statement from DPB (HB991)
• 2024-01-29 Reported from Communications, Technology and Innovation (21-Y 1-N) committee-passage
• 2024-01-31 Read first time reading-1
• 2024-02-01 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
• 2024-02-02 Read third time and passed House (94-Y 6-N) passage, reading-3
• 2024-02-02 VOTE: Passage (94-Y 6-N) passage
• 2024-02-05 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2024-02-05 Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology referral-committee
• 2024-02-14 Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
• 2024-02-14 Reported from General Laws and Technology with amendment (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-14 Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations referral-committee
• 2024-02-21 Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-22 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 2024-02-23 Read third time reading-3
• 2024-02-23 Reading of amendment waived
• 2024-02-23 Committee amendment agreed to amendment-passage
• 2024-02-23 Engrossed by Senate as amended
• 2024-02-23 Passed Senate with amendment (39-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-02-27 Senate amendment agreed to by House (88-Y 8-N) amendment-passage
• 2024-02-27 VOTE: Adoption (88-Y 8-N)
• 2024-03-04 Enrolled enrolled
• 2024-03-04 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB991ER) passage
• 2024-03-04 Impact statement from DPB (HB991ER)
• 2024-03-04 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2024-03-07 Signed by President passage
• 2024-03-11 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 enrolled, executive-receipt
• 2024-03-11 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 executive-receipt
• 2024-04-02 Approved by Governor-Chapter 311 (effective 7/1/24) executive-signature
• 2024-04-02 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0311)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c35951d0-a0a2-4cc2-a031-b78d1f6599fe. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).