STATE BILLVA HB 271ENGROSSED

Gaming Commission; established, penalties, report.

Virginia Gaming Commission established; penalties. Establishes the Virginia Gaming Commission as an independent agency of the Commonwealth, exclusive of the legislative, executive, or judicial branches of government, to oversee and regulate all forms of legal gambling in the Commonwealth except for the state lottery. The bill sets eligibility requirements for the appointment of a Commissioner and Virginia Gaming Commission Board members, provides powers and duties of such Commissioner and Board members, and provides for the transfer of current employees of relevant state agencies to the Commission. The bill contains numerous technical amendments.

Status: Engrossed; Passed its first chamber
Status date: Feb 16, 2026; 269 days ago
Current chamber: Senate
Session: 2027 Regular Session

VA HB 271 · EngrossedFeb 16

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Bill details

Last action: Continued from last session · Jul 21, 2026
Pending committee: Finance and Appropriations

Bill history

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Jul 21, 2026Continued from last sessionSenate

Mar 9, 2026Continued to next session in Finance and Appropriations (10-Y 4-N)Senate

Feb 25, 2026Reported from General Laws and Technology and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N)Senate

Feb 18, 2026Referred to Committee on General Laws and TechnologySenate

Feb 18, 2026Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)Senate

Feb 17, 2026Read third time and passed House (90-Y 7-N 0-A)House

Feb 16, 2026Engrossed by House - committee substituteHouse

Feb 16, 2026committee substitute agreed toHouse

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Feb 16, 2026Read second timeHouse

Feb 16, 2026Moved from Uncontested Calendar to Regular CalendarHouse

Feb 16, 2026Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB271)House

Feb 15, 2026Read first timeHouse

Feb 13, 2026Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N)House

Feb 13, 2026Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N)House

Feb 13, 2026Assigned HAPP sub: Commerce Agriculture & Natural ResourcesHouse

Feb 12, 2026Reported from General Laws with substitute and referred to Appropriations (21-Y 0-N)House

Feb 12, 2026Committee substitute printed 26105828D-H1House

Feb 11, 2026Fiscal Impact statement From VCSC (2/11/2026 9:40 am)House

Feb 10, 2026Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute and referring to Appropriations (9-Y 0-N)House

Feb 10, 2026House subcommittee offeredHouse

Feb 10, 2026Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB271)House

Jan 21, 2026Assigned HGL sub: ABC/GamingHouse

Jan 9, 2026Referred to Committee on General LawsHouse

Jan 9, 2026Fiscal Impact statement From VCSC (1/9/2026 2:30 pm)House

Jan 9, 2026Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26100145DHouse

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