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type: "Bill"
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title: "Fantasy contests; regulation and taxation, civil penalty, repeals Fantasy Contests Act."
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description: "Fantasy contests; regulation and taxation. Imposes (i) a 10 percent tax on a fantasy contest operator's fantasy contest revenue, with 2.5 percent of the tax revenue being allocated to the Problem Gambling Treatment and Support Fund and the remaining 97.5 percent being allocated to the general fund, and (ii) a 2.6 percent fee on a fantasy contests operator's fantasy contest revenue to be utilized by the Virginia Lottery to cover the costs of administration and regulation of fantasy contests in the Commonwealth. The bill also limits the definition of \"fantasy contest\" and requires fantasy contest operators to apply to the Virginia Lottery for a permit before offering any fantasy contest in the Commonwealth. This bill is identical to HB 145."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2026"
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identifier: "SB 129"
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citation: "Virginia SB 129 (2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Adam P. Ebbin"]
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version_count: 7
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action_count: 51
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vote_count: 11
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first_action: "2026-01-06"
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last_action: "2026-04-13"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/76d09ea6-1afb-41d4-b7de-586101ccc892"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/SB129"
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source_hash: "e2268db9e7b43da1c7cad94191a533e2c55f0e78ffbebf2a28c5c9f63a910b8c"
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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 SB 129 (2026) — Fantasy contests; regulation and taxation, civil penalty, repeals Fantasy Contests Act.
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Fantasy contests; regulation and taxation. Imposes (i) a 10 percent tax on a fantasy contest operator's fantasy contest revenue, with 2.5 percent of the tax revenue being allocated to the Problem Gambling Treatment and Support Fund and the remaining 97.5 percent being allocated to the general fund, and (ii) a 2.6 percent fee on a fantasy contests operator's fantasy contest revenue to be utilized by the Virginia Lottery to cover the costs of administration and regulation of fantasy contests in the Commonwealth. The bill also limits the definition of "fantasy contest" and requires fantasy contest operators to apply to the Virginia Lottery for a permit before offering any fantasy contest in the Commonwealth. This bill is identical to HB 145.
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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. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1082952.PDF)
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2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1218729.PDF)
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3. **Conference Report** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1210496.HTML)
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4. **Conference Report Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1210492.PDF)
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5. **Finance and Appropriations Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1140152.PDF)
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6. **General Laws Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1179490.PDF)
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7. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1213778.PDF)
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## Votes
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- Reported from General Laws and Technology — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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- H VOTE: — **91–7** (pass) · lower
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- H VOTE: — **88–7** (pass) · lower
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- Passage R — **29–10** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute — **9–5** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from General Laws with substitute — **20–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Appropriations — **22–0** (pass) · lower
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- Constitutional reading dispensed R — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Adopt Conference Committee Report R — **26–12** (pass) · upper
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- Concur House Substitute R — **0–40** (fail) · upper
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- Accede Conference Committee R — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Adam P. Ebbin — primary (person)
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- Jeremy S. McPike — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-01-06** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26101978D `filing, introduction`
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- **2026-01-06** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-23** Assigned GL&T sub: Gaming `referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-26** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB129)
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- **2026-01-28** Reported from General Laws and Technology and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-02-10** Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (9-Y 5-N 1-A) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-02-11** Committee substitute printed 26107645D-S1 `substitution`
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- **2026-02-11** Rules suspended
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- **2026-02-11** Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
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- **2026-02-11** Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
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- **2026-02-12** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2026-02-12** Finance and Appropriations Substitute agreed to
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- **2026-02-12** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute (Voice Vote) `substitution`
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- **2026-02-13** Read third time and passed Senate (29-Y 10-N 0-A) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2026-02-18** Placed on Calendar
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- **2026-02-18** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2026-02-18** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-18** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB129)
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- **2026-02-24** House committee offered
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- **2026-02-24** Reported from General Laws with substitute and referred to Appropriations (20-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-02-25** Assigned HAPP sub: Commerce Agriculture & Natural Resources `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-25** Committee substitute printed 26108503D-H1 `substitution`
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- **2026-02-27** Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-02-27** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB129)
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- **2026-03-03** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2026-03-04** Moved from Uncontested Calendar to Regular Calendar
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- **2026-03-04** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2026-03-04** committee substitute agreed to `substitution`
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- **2026-03-04** Engrossed by House - committee substitute `substitution`
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- **2026-03-04** Passed House with substitute (91-Y 7-N 0-A) `passage`
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- **2026-03-04** House substitute rejected by Senate (0-Y 40-N 0-A)
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- **2026-03-04** House insisted on substitute `substitution`
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- **2026-03-04** House requested conference committee `referral-committee`
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- **2026-03-04** Senate acceded to request (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
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- **2026-03-04** Conferees appointed by Senate
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- **2026-03-04** Senate Conferees: McPike, Carroll Foy, Reeves
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- **2026-03-04** Conferees appointed by House
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- **2026-03-04** House Conferees: Krizek, McClure, Wiley
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- **2026-03-13** Conference Report released
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- **2026-03-13** Conference report agreed to by House (88-Y 7-N 0-A) `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-03-13** Conference report agreed to by Senate (26-Y 12-N 0-A) `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-03-27** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB129)
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- **2026-03-30** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2026-03-30** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB129ER) `passage`
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- **2026-03-30** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2026-03-31** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2026-03-31** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 31, 2026 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
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- **2026-03-31** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-04-02** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB129)
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- **2026-04-13** Approved by Governor-Chapter 566 (effective 7/1/2026) `executive-signature`
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- **2026-04-13** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0566)
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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/76d09ea6-1afb-41d4-b7de-586101ccc892`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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