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type: "Bill"
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title: "Fantasy contests; regulation and taxation, civil penalty, repeals Fantasy Contests Act."
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description: "Fantasy contests; regulation and taxation. Imposes (i) a 10 percent tax on a fantasy contest operator's fantasy contest revenue, with 2.5 percent of the tax revenue being allocated to the Problem Gambling Treatment and Support Fund and the remaining 97.5 percent being allocated to the general fund, and (ii) a 2.6 percent fee on a fantasy contests operator's fantasy contest revenue to be utilized by the Virginia Lottery to cover the costs of administration and regulation of fantasy contests in the Commonwealth. The bill also limits the definition of \"fantasy contest\" and requires fantasy contest operators to apply to the Virginia Lottery for a permit before offering any fantasy contest in the Commonwealth. This bill is identical to SB 129."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2026"
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identifier: "HB 145"
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citation: "Virginia HB 145 (2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Paul E. Krizek"]
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version_count: 6
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action_count: 48
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vote_count: 13
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first_action: "2026-01-05"
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last_action: "2026-04-14"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cc7fd2f8-abd6-42ea-a031-f41fb1cb6d36"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB145"
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source_hash: "bcac75250d0eb39476c5c7a94d5ef439cd39ca4dd3198d5908997bc5c4bd3e72"
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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 HB 145 (2026) — Fantasy contests; regulation and taxation, civil penalty, repeals Fantasy Contests Act.
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Fantasy contests; regulation and taxation. Imposes (i) a 10 percent tax on a fantasy contest operator's fantasy contest revenue, with 2.5 percent of the tax revenue being allocated to the Problem Gambling Treatment and Support Fund and the remaining 97.5 percent being allocated to the general fund, and (ii) a 2.6 percent fee on a fantasy contests operator's fantasy contest revenue to be utilized by the Virginia Lottery to cover the costs of administration and regulation of fantasy contests in the Commonwealth. The bill also limits the definition of "fantasy contest" and requires fantasy contest operators to apply to the Virginia Lottery for a permit before offering any fantasy contest in the Commonwealth. This bill is identical to SB 129.
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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. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1082609.PDF)
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2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1218691.PDF)
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3. **Conference Report** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1211086.HTML)
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4. **Conference Report Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1211082.PDF)
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5. **Finance and Appropriations Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1191943.PDF)
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6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1214225.PDF)
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## Votes
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **9–0** (pass) · lower
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Insist & Request R — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passage R — **27–13** (pass) · upper
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- H VOTE: — **87–8** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from General Laws and Technology — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Appropriations — **22–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from General Laws — **21–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute — **12–3** (pass) · upper
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- Adopt Conference Committee Report R — **26–13** (pass) · upper
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **7–0** (pass) · lower
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- H VOTE: — **88–8** (pass) · lower
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- H VOTE: — **0–93** (fail) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Paul E. Krizek — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-01-05** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26100034D `filing, introduction`
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- **2026-01-05** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-21** Assigned HGL sub: ABC/Gaming `referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-26** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB145)
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- **2026-01-27** Subcommittee recommends reporting and referring to Appropriations (9-Y 0-N)
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- **2026-01-29** Reported from General Laws and referred to Appropriations (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-01-30** Assigned HAPP sub: Commerce Agriculture & Natural Resources `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-09** Fiscal Impact Review From JLARC (2/9/2026 12:12 pm)
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- **2026-02-11** Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N)
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- **2026-02-11** Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-02-13** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2026-02-16** Moved from Uncontested Calendar to Regular Calendar
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- **2026-02-16** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2026-02-17** Read third time and passed House (89-Y 8-N 0-A) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2026-02-18** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
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- **2026-02-18** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-25** Reported from General Laws and Technology and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-03-03** Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (12-Y 3-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-03-03** Rules suspended
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- **2026-03-03** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
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- **2026-03-03** Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
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- **2026-03-04** Committee substitute printed 26109028D-S1 `substitution`
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- **2026-03-04** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2026-03-04** Finance and Appropriations Substitute agreed to
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- **2026-03-04** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute `substitution`
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- **2026-03-04** Passed Senate with substitute (27-Y 13-N 0-A) `passage`
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- **2026-03-04** Senate substitute rejected by House (0-Y 93-N 0-A)
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- **2026-03-04** Senate insisted on substitute Block Vote (39-Y 0-N 0-A) `substitution`
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- **2026-03-04** Senate requested conference committee `referral-committee`
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- **2026-03-04** House acceded to request
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- **2026-03-04** Conferees appointed by House
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- **2026-03-04** House Conferees: Krizek, McClure, Wiley
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- **2026-03-04** Conferees appointed by Senate
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- **2026-03-04** Senate Conferees: McPike, Carroll Foy, Reeves
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- **2026-03-09** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB145)
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- **2026-03-13** Conference Report released
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- **2026-03-14** Conference report agreed to by House (87-Y 8-N 0-A) `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-03-14** Conference report agreed to by Senate (26-Y 13-N 0-A) `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-03-27** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB145)
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- **2026-03-30** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2026-03-30** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB145ER) `passage`
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- **2026-03-30** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2026-03-31** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2026-03-31** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 31, 2026 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
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- **2026-03-31** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-04-02** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB145)
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- **2026-04-13** Approved by Governor-Chapter 565 (effective 7/1/2026) `executive-signature`
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- **2026-04-14** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0565)
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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/cc7fd2f8-abd6-42ea-a031-f41fb1cb6d36`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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