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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Gaming; fantasy contests, age restrictions."
description: "Gaming; fantasy contests; age restrictions. Increases from 18 years of age to 21 years of age the minimum age an individual must be to participate in fantasy contests."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 2493"
citation: "Virginia HB 2493 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Paul E. Krizek"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 37
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2025-01-08"
last_action: "2025-04-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d020c365-d973-422b-a39b-01e7277eceb1"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/HB2493"
source_hash: "34c50cbe67a23a6e7b4c29477af34dd96bb77ae5826420c3a29d8b42a09b1eb9"
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 2493 (2025) — Gaming; fantasy contests, age restrictions.
Gaming; fantasy contests; age restrictions. Increases from 18 years of age to 21 years of age the minimum age an individual must be to participate in fantasy contests.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1016542.PDF)
2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1079231.PDF)
3. **Governor Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1074453.PDF)
4. **Governor's Recommendation** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1073700.HTML)
5. **Reenrolled** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1075082.PDF)
6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1061383.PDF)
## Votes
- Passed Senate (21-Y 19-N) — **21–19** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Read third time and passed House (86-Y 12-N) — **86–12** (pass) · lower
- Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (30-Y 8-N) — **30–8** (pass) · upper
- Reported from General Laws (21-Y 0-N) — **21–0** (pass) · lower
- House concurred in Governor's recommendation (89-Y 7-N) — **89–7** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (36-Y 0-N) — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from General Laws and Technology (13-Y 1-N 1-A) — **13–1** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Paul E. Krizek — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-01-08** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25102081D `filing, introduction`
- **2025-01-08** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-14** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2493)
- **2025-01-27** Assigned GL sub: ABC/Gaming `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-28** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- **2025-01-30** Reported from General Laws (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-02** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2025-02-03** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2025-02-04** Moved from Uncontested Calendar to Regular Calendar
- **2025-02-04** Read third time and passed House (86-Y 12-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-05** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- **2025-02-05** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-12** Reported from General Laws and Technology (13-Y 1-N 1-A) `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-14** Rules suspended
- **2025-02-14** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (36-Y 0-N)
- **2025-02-14** Passed by for the day
- **2025-02-17** Passed by for the day
- **2025-02-18** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2025-02-18** Passed Senate (21-Y 19-N) `passage`
- **2025-03-07** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-03-07** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2493ER) `passage`
- **2025-03-07** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2025-03-10** Signed by President `passage`
- **2025-03-11** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2025 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-20** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2493)
- **2025-03-24** Governor's recommendation received by House `executive-veto-line-item`
- **2025-03-24** Governor's substitute printed (HB2493H1)
- **2025-04-02** House concurred in Governor's recommendation (89-Y 7-N)
- **2025-04-02** Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (30-Y 8-N)
- **2025-04-02** Governor's recommendation adopted `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-02** Reenrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-04-02** Reenrolled bill text (HB2493ER2) `enrolled`
- **2025-04-02** Signed by Speaker as reenrolled `enrolled, passage`
- **2025-04-02** Signed by President as reenrolled `enrolled, passage`
- **2025-04-02** Enacted, Chapter 664 (Effective 07/01/25) `became-law`
- **2025-04-02** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0664)
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d020c365-d973-422b-a39b-01e7277eceb1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).