SB 819 VA

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Virginia Lottery; powers of the Virginia Lottery Board; advertising restrictions; age verification. Directs the Virginia Lottery to study the feasibility of furthering responsible gaming as it relates to the lottery, casino gaming, and sports betting, and to develop an implementation plan to require all lottery terminals to possess proper age verification software to ensure that a consumer is 18 years of age or older. The Director of the Virginia Lottery shall report any findings to the Chairs of the House Committee on General Laws and the Senate Committee on General Laws and Technology by October 1, 2026.

• David R. Suetterlein Republican · primary

1. Jan 23, 2026 Presented and ordered printed 26105677D · upper
2. Jan 23, 2026 Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology · upper
3. Feb 11, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB819) · upper
4. Feb 11, 2026 Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N 1-A) · upper
5. Feb 12, 2026 Committee substitute printed 26107909D-S1 · upper
6. Feb 12, 2026 Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (15-Y 0-N) · upper
7. Feb 13, 2026 Rules suspended · upper
8. Feb 13, 2026 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (35-Y 0-N 0-A) · upper
9. Feb 13, 2026 Passed by for the day · upper
10. Feb 16, 2026 Committee substitute printed 26108010D-S2 · upper
11. Feb 16, 2026 Read second time · upper
12. Feb 16, 2026 Committee substitute rejected (Voice Vote) · upper
13. Feb 16, 2026 Committee substitute agreed to (Voice Vote) · upper
14. Feb 16, 2026 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute (Voice Vote) · upper
15. Feb 17, 2026 Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A) · upper
16. Feb 18, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB819) · upper
17. Feb 24, 2026 Placed on Calendar · lower
18. Feb 24, 2026 Read first time · lower
19. Feb 24, 2026 Referred to Committee on General Laws · lower
20. Feb 25, 2026 Assigned HGL sub: ABC/Gaming · lower
21. Mar 3, 2026 Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (7-Y 2-N) · lower
22. Mar 10, 2026 Left in General Laws · lower

The published texts of this bill as it moves through the legislature. Each links to the official document on the state legislature site. Data from OpenStates.

• Finance and Appropriations Substitute · PDF
• Finance and Appropriations Substitute · HTML
• General Laws and Technology Substitute · PDF
• General Laws and Technology Substitute · HTML
• Introduced · PDF
• Introduced · HTML