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type: "Bill"
title: "Charitable gaming; conducting without a permit, civil penalty."
description: "Charitable gaming; violations; civil penalty. Provides for a civil penalty of not less than $25,000 and not more than $50,000 for any person or organization, whether permitted or qualified pursuant to applicable charitable gaming laws or not, that (i) conducts charitable gaming without first obtaining a permit to do so, (ii) continues to conduct such games after revocation or suspension of such permit, or (iii) otherwise violates any charitable gaming provisions. The bill provides that any such civil penalties collected shall be payable to the State Treasurer for remittance to the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. This bill is identical to HB 767."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 399"
citation: "Virginia SB 399 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["John J. Bell"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 33
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2022-01-11"
last_action: "2022-04-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8692a74d-ff64-4be7-96a4-b3dd1162345f"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+SB399"
source_hash: "6044b28c7b048c7f0e47a4fc0257ca6fa3b49f47560e2983cb2eaad9875ada84"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---
# Virginia SB 399 (2022) — Charitable gaming; conducting without a permit, civil penalty.
Charitable gaming; violations; civil penalty. Provides for a civil penalty of not less than $25,000 and not more than $50,000 for any person or organization, whether permitted or qualified pursuant to applicable charitable gaming laws or not, that (i) conducts charitable gaming without first obtaining a permit to do so, (ii) continues to conduct such games after revocation or suspension of such permit, or (iii) otherwise violates any charitable gaming provisions. The bill provides that any such civil penalties collected shall be payable to the State Treasurer for remittance to the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. This bill is identical to HB 767.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **CHAP0555** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+CHAP0555)
2. **Committee substitute printed 22107109D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB399H1)
3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22102789D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB399)
4. **SB399ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB399ER)
## Votes
- Reported from General Laws and Technology (14-Y 0-N) — **140** (pass) · upper
- Rereferred from Judiciary (15-Y 0-N) — **150** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **400** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **400** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (70-Y 29-N) — **7028** (pass) · lower
- Reported from General Laws with substitute (19-Y 3-N) — **193** (pass) · lower
- House substitute agreed to by Senate (37-Y 0-N 3-A) — **370** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) — **150** (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate (36-Y 1-N 3-A) — **361** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- John J. Bell — primary (person)
- Adam P. Ebbin — cosponsor (person)
- Bryce E. Reeves — cosponsor (person)
- Paul E. Krizek — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2022-01-11** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22102789D `introduction`
- **2022-01-11** Referred to Committee on the Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-24** Impact statement from DPB (SB399)
- **2022-01-31** Rereferred from Judiciary (15-Y 0-N)
- **2022-01-31** Rereferred to General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-09** Reported from General Laws and Technology (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-09** Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-10** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-11** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2022-02-14** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2022-02-14** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2022-02-14** Passed Senate (36-Y 1-N 3-A) `passage`
- **2022-02-22** Placed on Calendar
- **2022-02-22** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2022-02-22** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-24** Reported from General Laws with substitute (19-Y 3-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-24** Committee substitute printed 22107109D-H1 `substitution`
- **2022-02-28** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2022-03-01** Impact statement from DPB (SB399H1)
- **2022-03-01** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2022-03-01** Committee substitute agreed to 22107109D-H1
- **2022-03-01** Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB399H1
- **2022-03-01** Passed House with substitute (70-Y 29-N) `passage`
- **2022-03-01** VOTE: Passage (70-Y 29-N)
- **2022-03-02** House substitute agreed to by Senate (37-Y 0-N 3-A)
- **2022-03-02** Title replaced 22107109D-H1
- **2022-03-07** Enrolled
- **2022-03-08** Signed by President
- **2022-03-08** Signed by Speaker
- **2022-03-09** Impact statement from DPB (SB399ER)
- **2022-03-22** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 22, 2022
- **2022-03-22** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
- **2022-04-11** Approved by Governor-Chapter 555 (effective 7/1/22) `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8692a74d-ff64-4be7-96a4-b3dd1162345f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).