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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.

  1. Introduced (filed) — source
  2. General Laws and Technology Amendment (committee substitute) — source
  3. Senate Amendment (committee substitute) — source
  4. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

  • Reported from General Laws — 210 (pass) · lower
  • Reported from General Laws and Technology with amendment — 140 (pass) · upper
  • H VOTE: — 934 (pass) · lower
  • H VOTE: — 943 (pass) · lower
  • Subcommittee recommends reporting — 90 (pass) · lower
  • Passage R — 400 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Finance and Appropriations — 150 (pass) · upper
  • Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — 400 (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).