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type: "Bill"
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title: "Pari-mutuel wagering; historical horse racing, percentage retained for distribution."
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description: "Pari-mutuel wagering; historical horse racing; percentage retained for distribution. Provides that with respect to all authorized historical horse racing terminals, of the amount that a horse racing licensee retains from wagering on historical horse racing pools, 0.025 percent shall be provided to each of the following: (i) the Virginia Breeders Fund; (ii) the Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine, for its equine programs; (iii) the Virginia Horse Center Foundation; and (iv) the Virginia Horse Industry Board. The bill also provides that, in addition to the amount horse racing licensees distribute to localities and the Problem Gambling Treatment and Support Fund under current law, such licensees shall distribute the remainder of the percentage retained to the Commonwealth as a license tax. This bill is identical to SB 426."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2024"
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identifier: "HB 843"
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citation: "Virginia HB 843 (2024)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Terry L. Austin"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 25
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2024-01-09"
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last_action: "2024-03-08"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ae06e8fa-cf42-43eb-a1c2-4c0dff48e0a9"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB843"
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source_hash: "de5efbe4e696a41173d59881aec97de20d5cf04e00bc9455b7dafc64c7c15023"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia HB 843 (2024) — Pari-mutuel wagering; historical horse racing, percentage retained for distribution.
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Pari-mutuel wagering; historical horse racing; percentage retained for distribution. Provides that with respect to all authorized historical horse racing terminals, of the amount that a horse racing licensee retains from wagering on historical horse racing pools, 0.025 percent shall be provided to each of the following: (i) the Virginia Breeders Fund; (ii) the Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine, for its equine programs; (iii) the Virginia Horse Center Foundation; and (iv) the Virginia Horse Industry Board. The bill also provides that, in addition to the amount horse racing licensees distribute to localities and the Problem Gambling Treatment and Support Fund under current law, such licensees shall distribute the remainder of the percentage retained to the Commonwealth as a license tax. This bill is identical to SB 426.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **CHAP0053** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0053)
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2. **HB843ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB843ER)
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3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24100586D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB843)
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## Votes
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from General Laws (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
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- VOTE: Passage (89-Y 11-N) — **88–11** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Terry L. Austin — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-01-09** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24100586D `filing, introduction`
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- **2024-01-09** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
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- **2024-01-15** Impact statement from DPB (HB843)
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- **2024-01-26** Assigned GL sub: ABC/Gaming `referral-committee`
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- **2024-01-30** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
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- **2024-02-01** Reported from General Laws (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2024-02-05** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2024-02-06** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2024-02-07** Read third time and passed House (89-Y 11-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2024-02-07** VOTE: Passage (89-Y 11-N) `passage`
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- **2024-02-08** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2024-02-08** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
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- **2024-02-14** Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2024-02-16** Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
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- **2024-02-19** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2024-02-19** Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2024-02-22** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2024-02-22** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB843ER) `passage`
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- **2024-02-22** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2024-02-23** Impact statement from DPB (HB843ER)
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- **2024-02-25** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2024-03-01** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 1, 2024 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
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- **2024-03-01** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 8, 2024 `executive-receipt`
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- **2024-03-08** Approved by Governor-Chapter 53 (effective 7/1/24) `executive-signature`
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- **2024-03-08** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0053)
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ae06e8fa-cf42-43eb-a1c2-4c0dff48e0a9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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