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| Bill | Virginia Lottery; disclosure of identity of winners. | Virginia Lottery; disclosure of identity of winners. Prohibits the Virginia Lottery (the Department) from disclosing information about any individual winner and exempts such information from disclosure under the Virginia Freedom of Information Act unless the winner consents to such disclosure. Under current law, the Department is prohibited from disclosing information about any individual winner whose prize exceeds $1 million unless the winner consents to such disclosure. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2026 | SB 701 | Virginia SB 701 (2026) |
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Virginia SB 701 (2026) — Virginia Lottery; disclosure of identity of winners.
Virginia Lottery; disclosure of identity of winners. Prohibits the Virginia Lottery (the Department) from disclosing information about any individual winner and exempts such information from disclosure under the Virginia Freedom of Information Act unless the winner consents to such disclosure. Under current law, the Department is prohibited from disclosing information about any individual winner whose prize exceeds $1 million unless the winner consents to such disclosure.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Votes
- Reported from General Laws and Technology — 13–2 (pass) · upper
- H VOTE: — 87–6 (pass) · lower
- Reported from General Laws — 19–1 (pass) · lower
- Passage R — 30–9 (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed R — 38–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Adam P. Ebbin — primary (person)
- Elizabeth B. Bennett-Parker — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2026-01-14 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26100241D
filing, introduction - 2026-01-14 Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
referral-committee - 2026-01-23 Assigned GL&T sub: Gaming
referral-committee - 2026-01-26 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB701)
- 2026-01-28 Reported from General Laws and Technology (13-Y 2-N)
committee-passage - 2026-01-30 Rules suspended
- 2026-01-30 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (38-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 2026-01-30 Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- 2026-02-02 Read second time
reading-2 - 2026-02-02 Engrossed by Senate (Voice Vote)
- 2026-02-03 Read third time and passed Senate (30-Y 9-N 0-A)
passage, reading-3 - 2026-02-09 Placed on Calendar
- 2026-02-09 Read first time
reading-1 - 2026-02-09 Referred to Committee on General Laws
referral-committee - 2026-02-24 Reported from General Laws (19-Y 1-N)
committee-passage - 2026-02-26 Read second time
reading-2 - 2026-02-27 Read third time
reading-3 - 2026-02-27 Passed House (87-Y 6-N 1-A)
passage - 2026-03-04 Enrolled
enrolled - 2026-03-04 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB701ER)
passage - 2026-03-04 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB701)
- 2026-03-04 Signed by Speaker
passage - 2026-03-04 Signed by President
passage - 2026-03-10 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 10, 2026
enrolled, executive-receipt - 2026-03-10 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026
executive-receipt - 2026-04-08 Approved by Governor-Chapter 520 (effective 7/1/2026)
executive-signature - 2026-04-08 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0520)
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c7eb84d5-fb53-4c0f-b1e5-22b7351b2167. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).