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Virginia · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

HB 2166: Horse racing and pari-mutuel wagering; amends definition of breakage.

Passed one chamber Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

HB 2166 is a bill introduced in the Virginia House on January 7, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Horse racing and pari-mutuel wagering; amends definition of breakage. Primary sponsor: Paul Krizek (Democratic). It lists 1 additional sponsor. Most recent recorded action (February 22, 2025): Left in Finance and Appropriations.

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Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

Horse racing and pari-mutuel wagering; breakage. Amends the definition of  "breakage" for the purposes of horse racing other than historical horse racing to mean the odd cents by which the amount payable on each dollar wagered exceeds one cent ($0.01). The bill also provides that 70 percent of the legitimate breakage from each pari-mutuel pool for historical horse racing shall be distributed to the Problem Gambling Treatment and Support Fund and 30 percent of such breakage shall be deposited in the Racing Benevolence Fund.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 1 · Republican 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Paul KrizekPrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse16
Bryce ReevesCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate28

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Left in Finance and Appropriations
  2. Reported from General Laws and Technology and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N)
  3. Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2166)
  4. Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
  5. Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
  6. Read third time and passed House (89-Y 8-N)
  7. Engrossed by House - committee substitute
  8. General Laws Substitute agreed to
  9. Read second time
  10. Moved from Uncontested Calendar to Regular Calendar
  11. Read first time
  12. Committee substitute printed 25105784D-H1

Showing 12 most recent of 18 actions. Full history

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source