HB 2166 Virginia House of Delegates · 2025 Regular Session

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

Summary

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.

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

Committee Review

Feb 2025

House of Delegates Passage

Feb 2025

Senate Passage

Governor

Introduced Jan 7, 2025 Last action Feb 22, 2025

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What changed between versions

General Laws Subcommittee Substitute → General Laws Substitute · 3 edits

MINOR

This bill update primarily adds formatting and page number information to the legislative document while keeping the substantive text of HB 2166 unchanged. The core provisions regarding horse racing definitions, wagering rules, and fund distributions remain the same as the previous version.

TECHNICAL

Added page numbers and formatting markers throughout the document

Inserted date information (January 30, 2025) for the committee proposal

Added bill tracking numbers and document identifiers

Floor votes · House of Delegates Feb 4, 2025

How they voted

89–8

Passed · 3 other

Total votes 100

Feb 4, 2025

D Democratic51

51 Yea

100% Yea

R Republican49

38 Yea 8 Nay 3

77% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Feb 12, 2025

Upper · Passed

Reported from General Laws and Technology and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N)

upper

Feb 5, 2025

Committee

Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology

upper

Feb 4, 2025

Lower · Passed

Read third time and passed House (89-Y 8-N)

lower

Jan 30, 2025

Lower · Passed

Reported from General Laws with substitute (21-Y 0-N)

lower

Jan 17, 2025

Committee

Assigned GL sub: ABC/Gaming

lower

Jan 7, 2025

Committee

Referred to Committee on General Laws

lower

1 primary · 1 co-sponsor