republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2024/sb-540.md

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Bill	Illegal gambling; exemptions.	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 HB 991.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2024	SB 540	Virginia SB 540 (2024)	bill		enacted	Lamont Bagby	4	36	7	2024-01-10	2024-04-02	openstates	ocd-bill/01addced-0969-4710-83d3-648a2691962b	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+SB540	1b8ba37bba84a6d7352522051dcacef6b8b79ef58cad0835e3d629d9b57ed031	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 540 (2024) — Illegal gambling; exemptions.

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 HB 991.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0358 (committee substitute) — source
2. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24102988D (committee substitute) — source
3. Printed as engrossed 24102988D-E (committee substitute) — source
4. SB540ER (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Communications, Technology and Innovation (19-Y 3-N) — 19–3 (pass) · lower
• VOTE: Passage (92-Y 5-N) — 91–5 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendment (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Lamont Bagby — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-10 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24102988D filing, introduction
• 2024-01-10 Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology referral-committee
• 2024-01-17 Assigned GL&T sub: Gaming referral-committee
• 2024-01-23 Impact statement from DPB (SB540)
• 2024-01-24 Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-01-24 Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations referral-committee
• 2024-02-06 Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
• 2024-02-06 Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
• 2024-02-06 Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
• 2024-02-06 Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendment (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-07 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 2024-02-08 Read second time reading-2
• 2024-02-08 Reading of amendment waived
• 2024-02-08 Committee amendment agreed to amendment-passage
• 2024-02-08 Engrossed by Senate as amended SB540E
• 2024-02-08 Printed as engrossed 24102988D-E
• 2024-02-08 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 2024-02-08 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-02-12 Impact statement from DPB (SB540E)
• 2024-02-14 Placed on Calendar
• 2024-02-14 Read first time reading-1
• 2024-02-14 Referred to Committee on Communications, Technology and Innovation referral-committee
• 2024-02-19 Reported from Communications, Technology and Innovation (19-Y 3-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-21 Read second time reading-2
• 2024-02-22 Read third time reading-3
• 2024-02-22 Passed House (92-Y 5-N) passage
• 2024-02-22 VOTE: Passage (92-Y 5-N) passage
• 2024-02-27 Enrolled enrolled
• 2024-02-27 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB540ER) passage
• 2024-02-27 Impact statement from DPB (SB540ER)
• 2024-02-27 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2024-03-01 Signed by President passage
• 2024-03-11 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 enrolled
• 2024-03-11 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 executive-receipt
• 2024-04-02 Approved by Governor-Chapter 358 (effective 7/1/24) executive-signature
• 2024-04-02 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0358)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/01addced-0969-4710-83d3-648a2691962b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).