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| Bill | Sports betting; prohibition on use of credit cards. | Sports betting; prohibition on use of credit cards. Prohibits the Director of the Virginia Lottery from approving the use of credit cards as a method for sports bettors to fund sports betting accounts. The bill also requires a permit holder to take reasonable measures to prohibit the acceptance of credit cards to fund sports betting accounts on its sports betting platform. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2026 | HB 515 | Virginia HB 515 (2026) |
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Virginia HB 515 (2026) — Sports betting; prohibition on use of credit cards.
Sports betting; prohibition on use of credit cards. Prohibits the Director of the Virginia Lottery from approving the use of credit cards as a method for sports bettors to fund sports betting accounts. The bill also requires a permit holder to take reasonable measures to prohibit the acceptance of credit cards to fund sports betting accounts on its sports betting platform.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Introduced (filed) — source
- General Laws and Technology Amendment (committee substitute) — source
- Senate Amendment (committee substitute) — source
- Enrolled (enrolled) — source
Votes
- Reported from General Laws — 21–0 (pass) · lower
- Reported from General Laws and Technology with amendment — 14–0 (pass) · upper
- H VOTE: — 93–4 (pass) · lower
- H VOTE: — 94–3 (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting — 9–0 (pass) · lower
- Passage R — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations — 15–0 (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Marty Martinez — primary (person)
- Adele Y. McClure — cosponsor (person)
- Jackie H. Glass — cosponsor (person)
- Marcia S. "Cia" Price — cosponsor (person)
- Nadarius E. Clark — cosponsor (person)
- Phil M. Hernandez — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2026-01-13 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26100412D
filing, introduction - 2026-01-13 Referred to Committee on General Laws
referral-committee - 2026-01-19 Assigned HGL sub: ABC/Gaming
referral-committee - 2026-01-20 Subcommittee recommends reporting (9-Y 0-N)
- 2026-01-21 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB515)
- 2026-01-22 Reported from General Laws (21-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2026-01-26 Read first time
reading-1 - 2026-01-27 Moved from Uncontested Calendar to Regular Calendar
- 2026-01-27 Read second time and engrossed
reading-2 - 2026-01-28 Read third time and passed House (94-Y 3-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 Senate committee offered
- 2026-02-18 Reported from General Laws and Technology with amendment and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2026-03-03 Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2026-03-03 Rules suspended
- 2026-03-03 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 2026-03-03 Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
- 2026-03-04 Read third time
reading-3 - 2026-03-04 General Laws and Technology Amendment agreed to
amendment-passage - 2026-03-04 Engrossed by Senate as amended
- 2026-03-04 Passed Senate with amendment Block Vote (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
passage - 2026-03-06 Senate amendment agreed to by House (93-Y 4-N 0-A)
amendment-passage - 2026-03-13 Enrolled
enrolled - 2026-03-13 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB515ER)
passage - 2026-03-13 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB515)
- 2026-03-13 Signed by Speaker
passage - 2026-03-13 Signed by President
passage - 2026-03-14 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 14, 2026
enrolled, executive-receipt - 2026-03-14 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026
executive-receipt - 2026-04-13 Approved by Governor-Chapter 926 (effective 7/1/2026)
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ce60a277-6f01-4b80-857e-048cf9632a14. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).