HB161
Virginia Lottery; internet gaming authorized, definitions, effective clause.
Status:
In Conference
Latest Action:
March 14, 2026
House: Failed to Pass from conference
Chief Patron:
Marcus Simon (D)
Session:
2026 Regular Session
Summary
As Passed House of Origin. Virginia Lottery; casinos; internet gaming authorized; penalties.
Authorizes internet gaming in the Commonwealth to be regulated by the Virginia Lottery Board. The bill requires a casino gaming operator that intends to conduct internet gaming to submit a separate notice of intent to the Director of the Virginia Lottery for each internet gaming platform that it intends to ... (More) offer accompanied by a $2 million platform fee that is to be deposited into the Internet Gaming Platform Fee Holding Fund for the purpose of funding start-up costs and other costs associated with the implementation and creation of a gaming commission. 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 five percent allocated to the Problem Gambling Treatment and Support Fund, six percent allocated to the Internet Lottery Hold Harmless Fund until January 1, 2037 and the remaining 89 percent before January 1, 2037, and 95 percent after January 1, 2037, allocated to the general fund. (Less)-
Bill History
- 01/06/2026 - House: Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26101135D
- 01/06/2026 - House: Referred to Committee on General Laws
- 01/07/2026 - House: Fiscal Impact statement From VCSC (1/7/2026 3:21 pm)
- 01/21/2026 - House: Assigned HGL sub: ABC/Gaming
- 02/02/2026 - House: Placed on General Laws Agenda
- 02/03/2026 - House: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB161)
- 02/03/2026 - House: House subcommittee offered
- 02/03/2026 - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute and referring to Appropriations (5-Y 4-N)
- 02/04/2026 - House: Placed on General Laws Agenda
- 02/05/2026 - House: Reported from General Laws with substitute and referred to Appropriations (13-Y 8-N)
- 02/05/2026 - House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
- 02/05/2026 - House: Committee substitute printed 26107031D-H1
- 02/06/2026 - House: Fiscal Impact statement From VCSC (2/6/2026 10:58 am)
- 02/13/2026 - House: Assigned HAPP sub: Commerce Agriculture & Natural Resources
- 02/13/2026 - House: Placed on Appropriations Agenda
- 02/13/2026 - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 2-N)
- 02/13/2026 - House: House subcommittee offered
- 02/13/2026 - House: Reported from Appropriations with substitute (14-Y 8-N)
- 02/13/2026 - House: Committee substitute printed 26108000D-H2
- 02/15/2026 - House: Read first time
- 02/16/2026 - House: Read second time
- 02/16/2026 - House: committee substitute rejected
- 02/16/2026 - House: committee substitute agreed to
- 02/16/2026 - House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute
- 02/16/2026 - House: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB161)
- 02/17/2026 - House: Read third time and defeated by House (46-Y 49-N 0-A) Close Floor Vote
- 02/17/2026 - House: Reconsideration of defeated action agreed to by House
- 02/17/2026 - House: Passed by temporarily
- 02/17/2026 - House: Passed House (67-Y 30-N 0-A)
- 02/18/2026 - House: Fiscal Impact statement From VCSC (2/18/2026 10:16 am)
- 02/18/2026 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- 02/18/2026 - Senate: Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
- 02/25/2026 - Senate: Reported from General Laws and Technology and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (9-Y 6-N)
- 02/25/2026 - Senate: Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
- 03/03/2026 - Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (11-Y 3-N 1-A)
- 03/03/2026 - Senate: Rules suspended
- 03/03/2026 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 03/03/2026 - Senate: Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
- 03/04/2026 - Senate: Committee substitute printed 26109035D-S1
- 03/04/2026 - Senate: Read third time
- 03/04/2026 - Senate: Finance and Appropriations Substitute agreed to
- 03/04/2026 - Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute
- 03/04/2026 - Senate: Passed Senate with substitute (21-Y 17-N 0-A) Close Floor Vote
- 03/04/2026 - House: Fiscal Impact statement From VCSC (3/4/2026 1:16 pm)
- 03/04/2026 - House: Senate substitute rejected by House (0-Y 94-N 0-A)
- 03/04/2026 - Senate: Senate insisted on substitute (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 03/04/2026 - Senate: Senate requested conference committee
- 03/04/2026 - House: House acceded to request
- 03/04/2026 - House: Conferees appointed by House
- 03/04/2026 - House: House Conferees: Simon, Krizek, Austin
- 03/04/2026 - Senate: Conferees appointed by Senate
- 03/04/2026 - Senate: Senate Conferees: Locke, McPike, Pillion
- 03/06/2026 - House: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB161)
- 03/14/2026 - House: No further action taken
- 03/14/2026 - House: Failed to Pass from conference
