SB 118 VA

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Virginia Lottery; casinos; internet gaming authorized; penalties. Authorizes internet gaming in the Commonwealth to be regulated by the Virginia Lottery Board. The bill permits the Board to issue an internet gaming operator license to a casino gaming operator that submits an application on forms approved by the Board, meets certain qualifications, and pays an initial licensing fee of $500,000. The tax rate is set at 20 percent of an internet gaming operator's adjusted gross internet gaming revenue with three percent allocated to the Gaming Regulatory Fund, two percent allocated to the Problem Gambling Treatment and Support Fund, and 95 percent allocated to the Modern Public Education Fund.

• Mamie E. Locke Democratic · primary

1. Jan 5, 2026 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26101132D · upper
2. Jan 5, 2026 Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology · upper
3. Jan 8, 2026 Fiscal Impact statement From VCSC (1/8/2026 4:57 pm) · upper
4. Jan 23, 2026 Assigned GL&T sub: Gaming · upper
5. Jan 23, 2026 Senate subcommittee offered · upper
6. Jan 28, 2026 Senate committee offered · upper
7. Jan 28, 2026 Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (9-Y 6-N) · upper
8. Jan 29, 2026 Committee substitute printed 26106275D-S1 · upper
9. Jan 30, 2026 Fiscal Impact statement From VCSC (1/30/2026 1:24 pm) · upper
10. Feb 10, 2026 Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (8-Y 6-N 1-A) · upper
11. Feb 11, 2026 Committee substitute printed 26107625D-S2 · upper
12. Feb 11, 2026 Rules suspended · upper
13. Feb 11, 2026 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A) · upper
14. Feb 11, 2026 Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote) · upper
15. Feb 11, 2026 Fiscal Impact statement From VCSC (2/11/2026 4:15 pm) · upper
16. Feb 12, 2026 Read second time · upper
17. Feb 12, 2026 Committee substitute rejected (Voice Vote) · upper
18. Feb 12, 2026 Committee substitute agreed to (Voice Vote) · upper
19. Feb 12, 2026 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute (Voice Vote) · upper
20. Feb 13, 2026 Passed by for the day · upper
21. Feb 13, 2026 Fiscal Impact Review From JLARC (2/13/2026 4:12 pm) · upper
22. Feb 16, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB118) · upper
23. Feb 16, 2026 Read third time and defeated by Senate (19-Y 20-N 0-A) · upper
24. Feb 16, 2026 Reconsideration of defeated action agreed to by Senate (38-Y 0-N 0-A) · upper
25. Feb 16, 2026 Passed by for the day · upper
26. Feb 16, 2026 Reconsideration of Passed by for the day agreed to (36-Y 0-N 0-A) · upper
27. Feb 16, 2026 Read third time and passed Senate (19-Y 17-N 0-A) · upper
28. Feb 16, 2026 Reconsideration of · upper
29. Feb 16, 2026 Passed Senate · upper
30. Feb 19, 2026 Placed on Calendar · lower
31. Feb 19, 2026 Read first time · lower
32. Feb 19, 2026 Referred to Committee on General Laws · lower
33. Feb 24, 2026 House committee offered · lower
34. Feb 24, 2026 Reported from General Laws with substitute and referred to Appropriations (16-Y 4-N) · lower
35. Feb 25, 2026 Assigned HAPP sub: Commerce Agriculture & Natural Resources · lower
36. Feb 25, 2026 Committee substitute printed 26108502D-H1 · lower
37. Feb 25, 2026 Fiscal Impact statement From VCSC (2/25/2026 1:05 pm) · upper
38. Feb 27, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB118) · upper
39. Feb 27, 2026 Reported from Appropriations (17-Y 4-N) · lower
40. Mar 3, 2026 Read second time · lower
41. Mar 4, 2026 Read third time · lower
42. Mar 4, 2026 committee substitute agreed to · lower
43. Mar 4, 2026 Engrossed by House - committee substitute · lower
44. Mar 4, 2026 Passed House with substitute (70-Y 29-N 0-A) · lower
45. Mar 4, 2026 House substitute rejected by Senate (0-Y 40-N 0-A) · upper
46. Mar 4, 2026 House insisted on substitute · lower
47. Mar 4, 2026 House requested conference committee · lower
48. Mar 4, 2026 Senate acceded to request (40-Y 0-N 0-A) · upper
49. Mar 4, 2026 Conferees appointed by Senate · upper
50. Mar 4, 2026 Senate Conferees: Locke, McPike, Pillion · upper
51. Mar 4, 2026 Conferees appointed by House · lower
52. Mar 4, 2026 House Conferees: Simon, Krizek, Austin · lower
53. Mar 14, 2026 No further action taken · upper
54. Mar 14, 2026 Failed to Pass from conference · upper

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.

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