Virginia House Bill 1997 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Passed on March 26 2023 - 100% progression
Action: 2023-03-26 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0590)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Virginia Racing Commission; powers and duties; ratio of live racing days to number of historical horse racing terminals. Provides that the Virginia Racing Commission (the Commission) shall promulgate regulations requiring, for each calendar year, any significant infrastructure limited licensee that offers pari-mutuel wagering on historical horse racing to hold at least one live Thoroughbred horse racing day, consisting of not less than eight races per day, for every 100 historical horse racing terminals installed at its significant infrastructure facility together with any satellite facility owned, operated, controlled, managed, or otherwise directly or indirectly affiliated with such licensee. The bill also gives the Commission the authority to alter the required number of live racing days in the event of force majeure. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2024.

Virginia Racing Commission; powers and duties, ratio of live racing days.

Del. Paul Krizek [D]

2023-02-13 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate (36-Y 4-N) (Y: 36 N: 4 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-02-10 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2023-02-08 - Senate - Senate: Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N) (Y: 15 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-02-01 - House - House: VOTE: Passage (89-Y 11-N) (Y: 89 N: 11 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-01-26 - House - House: Reported from General Laws with substitute (20-Y 1-N) (Y: 20 N: 1 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-01-24 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) (Y: 8 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-03-26		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0590)
2023-03-26		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 590 (effective 7/1/24)
2023-03-02		Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023
2023-03-02	House	Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 2, 2023
2023-02-16	Senate	Signed by President
2023-02-16	House	Signed by Speaker
2023-02-16	House	Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1997ER)
2023-02-16	House	Enrolled
2023-02-13	Senate	Passed Senate (36-Y 4-N)
2023-02-13	Senate	Read third time
2023-02-10	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
2023-02-08	Senate	Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N)
2023-02-02	Senate	Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
2023-02-02	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed
2023-02-01	House	VOTE: Passage (89-Y 11-N)
2023-02-01	House	Read third time and passed House (89-Y 11-N)
2023-02-01	House	Passed by temporarily
2023-01-31	House	Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1997H1
2023-01-31	House	Committee substitute agreed to 23104538D-H1
2023-01-31	House	Read second time
2023-01-30	House	Read first time
2023-01-26	House	Committee substitute printed 23104538D-H1
2023-01-26	House	Reported from General Laws with substitute (20-Y 1-N)
2023-01-24	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N)
2023-01-23	House	Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #3
2023-01-10	House	Referred to Committee on General Laws
2023-01-10	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23101201D

SB1212 (Same As) 2023-03-26 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0591)
SB1212 (Same As) 2023-03-26 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0591)

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
59	1	369	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HB1997
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1997+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1997H1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1997ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0590+hil
Amendment	https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/pdfs/drafts/23104538D.pdf
Amendment	https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/pdfs/23104538D.pdf
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+oth+HB1997F122+PDF
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+oth+HB1997FH1122+PDF
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+oth+HB1997FER122+PDF
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+H1103V0008+HB1997
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+H11V0035+HB1997
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+HV1271+HB1997
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+S12V0116+HB1997
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+SV0418HB1997+HB1997
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+SV0425HB1997+HB1997