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type: "Bill"
title: "Charitable gaming; regulations, predetermined percentage of receipts."
description: "Charitable gaming; regulations; predetermined percentage of receipts. Amends charitable gaming law to allow, as a condition of receiving a charitable gaming permit or authorization to conduct electronic gaming, an organization established on or before December 31, 1977, that is qualified under § 501(c)(7) of the Internal Revenue Code and is incorporated, in part, to raise funds for donation to organizations whose missions include promoting early detection of and public education about and supporting research and treatment options for heart disease and various cancers, to use a predetermined percentage of its receipts for expenses related to the rental of real property where such real property is involved in the operation of the organization and used for lawful religious, charitable, community, or educational purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 399"
citation: "Virginia HB 399 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alex Q. Askew"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 26
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2026-01-12"
last_action: "2026-04-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ede8e327-207d-4d3b-85b5-4bf939f1138e"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB399"
source_hash: "da866495e127132ee414b4970e9b712e07e94ffb6338908c54e1221ba81253c9"
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 399 (2026) — Charitable gaming; regulations, predetermined percentage of receipts.
Charitable gaming; regulations; predetermined percentage of receipts. Amends charitable gaming law to allow, as a condition of receiving a charitable gaming permit or authorization to conduct electronic gaming, an organization established on or before December 31, 1977, that is qualified under § 501(c)(7) of the Internal Revenue Code and is incorporated, in part, to raise funds for donation to organizations whose missions include promoting early detection of and public education about and supporting research and treatment options for heart disease and various cancers, to use a predetermined percentage of its receipts for expenses related to the rental of real property where such real property is involved in the operation of the organization and used for lawful religious, charitable, community, or educational purposes.
## 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/1084284.PDF)
2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1218822.PDF)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1177928.PDF)
## Votes
- Reported from General Laws — **201** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **80** (pass) · lower
- Passage R — **380** (pass) · upper
- Reported from General Laws and Technology — **140** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — **400** (pass) · upper
- H VOTE: — **924** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Alex Q. Askew — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2026-01-12** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26102663D `filing, introduction`
- **2026-01-12** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-19** Assigned HGL sub: ABC/Gaming `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-20** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N 1-A)
- **2026-01-22** Reported from General Laws (20-Y 1-N) `committee-passage`
- **2026-01-23** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB399)
- **2026-01-26** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2026-01-27** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2026-01-28** Read third time and passed House (92-Y 4-N 0-A) `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-01-29** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- **2026-01-29** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-18** Reported from General Laws and Technology (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-20** Rules suspended
- **2026-02-20** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
- **2026-02-20** Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
- **2026-02-23** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2026-02-23** Passed Senate (38-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage`
- **2026-02-25** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2026-02-25** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB399ER) `passage`
- **2026-02-25** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB399)
- **2026-02-25** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2026-02-25** 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`
- **2026-04-13** Approved by Governor-Chapter 604 (effective 7/1/2026) `executive-signature`
- **2026-04-13** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0604)
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ede8e327-207d-4d3b-85b5-4bf939f1138e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).