HB 515 VA

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Sports betting; prohibition on use of credit cards. Prohibits the Director of the Virginia Lottery from approving the use of credit cards as a method for sports bettors to fund sports betting accounts. The bill also requires a permit holder to take reasonable measures to prohibit the acceptance of credit cards to fund sports betting accounts on its sports betting platform.

• Marty Martinez Democratic · primary

1. Jan 13, 2026 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26100412D · lower
2. Jan 13, 2026 Referred to Committee on General Laws · lower
3. Jan 19, 2026 Assigned HGL sub: ABC/Gaming · lower
4. Jan 20, 2026 Subcommittee recommends reporting (9-Y 0-N) · lower
5. Jan 21, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB515) · lower
6. Jan 22, 2026 Reported from General Laws (21-Y 0-N) · lower
7. Jan 26, 2026 Read first time · lower
8. Jan 27, 2026 Moved from Uncontested Calendar to Regular Calendar · lower
9. Jan 27, 2026 Read second time and engrossed · lower
10. Jan 28, 2026 Read third time and passed House (94-Y 3-N 0-A) · lower
11. Jan 29, 2026 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) · upper
12. Jan 29, 2026 Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology · upper
13. Feb 18, 2026 Senate committee offered · upper
14. Feb 18, 2026 Reported from General Laws and Technology with amendment and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N) · upper
15. Mar 3, 2026 Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) · upper
16. Mar 3, 2026 Rules suspended · upper
17. Mar 3, 2026 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A) · upper
18. Mar 3, 2026 Passed by for the day (Voice Vote) · upper
19. Mar 4, 2026 Read third time · upper
20. Mar 4, 2026 General Laws and Technology Amendment agreed to · upper
21. Mar 4, 2026 Engrossed by Senate as amended · upper
22. Mar 4, 2026 Passed Senate with amendment Block Vote (40-Y 0-N 0-A) · upper
23. Mar 6, 2026 Senate amendment agreed to by House (93-Y 4-N 0-A) · lower
24. Mar 13, 2026 Enrolled · lower
25. Mar 13, 2026 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB515ER) · lower
26. Mar 13, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB515) · lower
27. Mar 13, 2026 Signed by Speaker · lower
28. Mar 13, 2026 Signed by President · upper
29. Mar 14, 2026 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 14, 2026 · lower
30. Mar 14, 2026 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 · executive
31. Apr 13, 2026 Approved by Governor-Chapter 926 (effective 7/1/2026) · 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.

• Enrolled · PDF
• Enrolled · HTML
• Senate Amendment · HTML
• General Laws and Technology Amendment · HTML
• General Laws and Technology Amendment · HTML
• Introduced · PDF
• Introduced · HTML