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| Bill | Charitable gaming; definitions, Texas Hold'em poker tournaments, minimum age to participate. | Charitable gaming; Texas Hold'em poker tournaments. Increases from 18 years of age to 21 years of age the minimum age an individual must be to participate in Texas Hold'em poker tournaments. The bill provides that no qualified organization may conduct Texas Hold'em poker tournaments (i) at a location outside of the county, city, or town in which its principal office, as registered with the State Corporation Commission, is located or in an adjoining county, city, or town or (ii) at an establishment that has been granted a retail alcoholic beverage control license unless such license is held by the qualified organization. The bill also allows unlimited rebuys during the first two hours of tournament play or until the first break, whichever occurs first, and permits one add-on at the end of the rebuy period before play resumes at the end of the first break. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2026 | HB 396 | Virginia HB 396 (2026) |
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Virginia HB 396 (2026) — Charitable gaming; definitions, Texas Hold'em poker tournaments, minimum age to participate.
Charitable gaming; Texas Hold'em poker tournaments. Increases from 18 years of age to 21 years of age the minimum age an individual must be to participate in Texas Hold'em poker tournaments. The bill provides that no qualified organization may conduct Texas Hold'em poker tournaments (i) at a location outside of the county, city, or town in which its principal office, as registered with the State Corporation Commission, is located or in an adjoining county, city, or town or (ii) at an establishment that has been granted a retail alcoholic beverage control license unless such license is held by the qualified organization. The bill also allows unlimited rebuys during the first two hours of tournament play or until the first break, whichever occurs first, and permits one add-on at the end of the rebuy period before play resumes at the end of the first break.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Introduced (filed) — source
- ABC/Gaming Subcommittee Substitute (committee substitute) — source
- Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
- Conference Report (committee substitute) — source
- General Laws Substitute (committee substitute) — source
- General Laws and Technology Substitute (committee substitute) — source
- Enrolled (enrolled) — source
Votes
- Insist & Request R — 39–0 (pass) · upper
- H VOTE: — 88–8 (pass) · lower
- H VOTE: — 88–8 (pass) · lower
- Reported from General Laws with substitute — 20–1 (pass) · lower
- H VOTE: — 4–93 (fail) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — 8–1 (pass) · lower
- Passage R — 23–15 (pass) · upper
- Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute — 10–3 (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Adopt Conference Committee Report R — 25–14 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Paul E. Krizek — primary (person)
- Debra D. Gardner — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2026-01-12 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26100031D
filing, introduction - 2026-01-12 Referred to Committee on General Laws
referral-committee - 2026-01-19 Assigned HGL sub: ABC/Gaming
referral-committee - 2026-01-20 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 1-N)
substitution - 2026-01-22 Reported from General Laws with substitute (20-Y 1-N)
committee-passage - 2026-01-22 Committee substitute printed 26105786D-H1
substitution - 2026-01-26 Read first time
reading-1 - 2026-01-26 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB396)
- 2026-01-27 Read second time
reading-2 - 2026-01-27 committee substitute agreed to
substitution - 2026-01-27 Engrossed by House - committee substitute
substitution - 2026-01-28 Read third time and passed House (88-Y 8-N 0-A)
passage, reading-3 - 2026-01-29 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- 2026-01-29 Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
referral-committee - 2026-02-18 Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (10-Y 3-N 1-A)
committee-passage - 2026-02-19 Committee substitute printed 26108211D-S1
substitution - 2026-02-20 Rules suspended
- 2026-02-20 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 2026-02-20 Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- 2026-02-20 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB396)
- 2026-02-23 Read third time
reading-3 - 2026-02-23 General Laws and Technology Substitute agreed to
- 2026-02-23 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute
substitution - 2026-02-23 Passed Senate with substitute (23-Y 15-N 0-A)
passage - 2026-02-25 Senate substitute rejected by House (4-Y 93-N 0-A)
- 2026-02-27 Senate insisted on substitute (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
substitution - 2026-02-27 Senate requested conference committee
referral-committee - 2026-03-02 House acceded to request
- 2026-03-04 Conferees appointed by House
- 2026-03-04 House Conferees: Krizek, Cole, J.G., Morefield
- 2026-03-04 Conferees appointed by Senate
- 2026-03-04 Senate Conferees: Jones, Carroll Foy, Reeves
- 2026-03-12 Conference Report released
- 2026-03-13 Conference report agreed to by House (88-Y 8-N 0-A)
committee-passage-favorable - 2026-03-13 Conference report agreed to by Senate (25-Y 14-N 0-A)
committee-passage-favorable - 2026-03-30 Enrolled
enrolled - 2026-03-30 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB396ER)
passage - 2026-03-30 Signed by President
passage - 2026-03-31 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB396)
- 2026-03-31 Signed by Speaker
passage - 2026-03-31 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 31, 2026
enrolled, executive-receipt - 2026-03-31 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026
executive-receipt - 2026-04-13 Approved by Governor-Chapter 601 (effective 7/1/2026)
executive-signature - 2026-04-13 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0601)
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d98c11e0-2eea-49f0-a407-55b63cb004ff. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).