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Virginia · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

SB 982: Casino gaming; eligible host localities.

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

SB 982 is a bill introduced in the Virginia Senate on January 7, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Casino gaming; eligible host localities. Primary sponsor: Scott Surovell (Democratic). It lists 3 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (February 18, 2025): Left in Appropriations.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

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

Casino gaming; eligible host localities. Adds Fairfax County to the list of localities eligible to host a casino in the Commonwealth and provides that any proposed site for a casino gaming establishment considered by Fairfax County shall be (i) located within one-quarter of a mile of an existing station on the Metro Silver Line, (ii) part of a coordinated mixed-use project development consisting of no less than 1.5 million square feet, (iii) within two miles of a regional enclosed mall containing not less than 1.5 million square feet of gross building area, and (iv) outside of the Interstate 495 Beltway.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 3 · Republican 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Scott SurovellPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate34
Lamont BagbyCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate14
Stella PekarskyCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate36
Todd PillionCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate6

“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 Appropriations
  2. Assigned Approps sub: Commerce Agriculture & Natural Resources
  3. Referred from General Laws and referred to Appropriations (Voice Vote)
  4. Referred to Committee on General Laws
  5. Read first time
  6. Placed on Calendar
  7. Read third time and passed Senate (24-Y 16-N)
  8. Read second time and engrossed
  9. Passed by for the day
  10. Read second time
  11. Passed by for the day
  12. Read second time

Showing 12 most recent of 21 actions. Full history

Sources

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