republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2024/hb-991.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Gambling data; use of Cloud Technology."
description: "Illegal gambling; exemptions. Exempts from the provisions of Code prohibiting illegal gambling the placement or operation of or communication to and from data center equipment in the Commonwealth associated with the hosting of lottery games duly authorized by another state or jurisdiction and regulated and operated consistent with and exclusively for the benefit of such state or jurisdiction, provided that wagering on such games is legally authorized in such other state or jurisdiction and the individuals wagering on such games are required by the laws or regulations of such other state or jurisdiction to be physically located within the geographic bounds of such other state or jurisdiction at the time the wager is initiated or placed. This bill is identical to SB 540."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 991"
citation: "Virginia HB 991 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Michelle Lopes Maldonado"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 31
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2024-01-09"
last_action: "2024-04-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c35951d0-a0a2-4cc2-a031-b78d1f6599fe"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB991"
source_hash: "bc00a0cd443f296e6b9bc5039942ece2daa9ff40a084d0e80a98b9e8de0014b0"
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 HB 991 (2024) — Gambling data; use of Cloud Technology.

Illegal gambling; exemptions. Exempts from the provisions of Code prohibiting illegal gambling the placement or operation of or communication to and from data center equipment in the Commonwealth associated with the hosting of lottery games duly authorized by another state or jurisdiction and regulated and operated consistent with and exclusively for the benefit of such state or jurisdiction, provided that wagering on such games is legally authorized in such other state or jurisdiction and the individuals wagering on such games are required by the laws or regulations of such other state or jurisdiction to be physically located within the geographic bounds of such other state or jurisdiction at the time the wager is initiated or placed. This bill is identical to SB 540.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **CHAP0311** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0311)
2. **HB991ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB991ER)
3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24102505D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB991)

## Votes

- Passed Senate with amendment (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Communications, Technology and Innovation (21-Y 1-N) — **21–1** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Adoption (88-Y 8-N) — **87–8** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Passage (94-Y 6-N) — **93–6** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from General Laws and Technology with amendment (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N) — **14–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Michelle Lopes Maldonado — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2024-01-09** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24102505D `filing, introduction`
- **2024-01-09** Referred to Committee on Communications, Technology and Innovation `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-29** Impact statement from DPB (HB991)
- **2024-01-29** Reported from Communications, Technology and Innovation (21-Y 1-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-01-31** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2024-02-01** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2024-02-02** Read third time and passed House (94-Y 6-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-02-02** VOTE: Passage (94-Y 6-N) `passage`
- **2024-02-05** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2024-02-05** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-14** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2024-02-14** Reported from General Laws and Technology with amendment (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-14** Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-21** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-22** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2024-02-23** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2024-02-23** Reading of amendment waived
- **2024-02-23** Committee amendment agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2024-02-23** Engrossed by Senate as amended
- **2024-02-23** Passed Senate with amendment (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2024-02-27** Senate amendment agreed to by House (88-Y 8-N) `amendment-passage`
- **2024-02-27** VOTE: Adoption (88-Y 8-N)
- **2024-03-04** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2024-03-04** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB991ER) `passage`
- **2024-03-04** Impact statement from DPB (HB991ER)
- **2024-03-04** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2024-03-07** Signed by President `passage`
- **2024-03-11** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-02** Approved by Governor-Chapter 311 (effective 7/1/24) `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-02** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0311)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c35951d0-a0a2-4cc2-a031-b78d1f6599fe`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).