SB 701 VA

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Virginia Lottery; disclosure of identity of winners. Prohibits the Virginia Lottery (the Department) from disclosing information about any individual winner and exempts such information from disclosure under the Virginia Freedom of Information Act unless the winner consents to such disclosure. Under current law, the Department is prohibited from disclosing information about any individual winner whose prize exceeds $1 million unless the winner consents to such disclosure.

• Adam P. Ebbin · primary

1. Jan 14, 2026 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26100241D · upper
2. Jan 14, 2026 Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology · upper
3. Jan 23, 2026 Assigned GL&T sub: Gaming · upper
4. Jan 26, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB701) · upper
5. Jan 28, 2026 Reported from General Laws and Technology (13-Y 2-N) · upper
6. Jan 30, 2026 Rules suspended · upper
7. Jan 30, 2026 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (38-Y 0-N 0-A) · upper
8. Jan 30, 2026 Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote) · upper
9. Feb 2, 2026 Read second time · upper
10. Feb 2, 2026 Engrossed by Senate (Voice Vote) · upper
11. Feb 3, 2026 Read third time and passed Senate (30-Y 9-N 0-A) · upper
12. Feb 9, 2026 Placed on Calendar · lower
13. Feb 9, 2026 Read first time · lower
14. Feb 9, 2026 Referred to Committee on General Laws · lower
15. Feb 24, 2026 Reported from General Laws (19-Y 1-N) · lower
16. Feb 26, 2026 Read second time · lower
17. Feb 27, 2026 Read third time · lower
18. Feb 27, 2026 Passed House (87-Y 6-N 1-A) · lower
19. Mar 4, 2026 Enrolled · upper
20. Mar 4, 2026 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB701ER) · upper
21. Mar 4, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB701) · upper
22. Mar 4, 2026 Signed by Speaker · lower
23. Mar 4, 2026 Signed by President · upper
24. Mar 10, 2026 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 10, 2026 · upper
25. Mar 10, 2026 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 · executive
26. Apr 8, 2026 Approved by Governor-Chapter 520 (effective 7/1/2026) · executive
27. Apr 8, 2026 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0520) · executive

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.

• Chaptered · PDF
• Chaptered · HTML
• Enrolled · PDF
• Enrolled · HTML
• Introduced · PDF
• Introduced · HTML