Pari-mutuel wagering; historical horse racing, percentage retained for distribution.
Summary
Pari-mutuel wagering; historical horse racing; percentage retained for distribution. Provides that with respect to all authorized historical horse racing terminals, of the amount that a horse racing licensee retains from wagering on historical horse racing pools and in addition to the current distribution required under law, 0.0125 percent each shall be distributed to the Shenandoah County Agricultural Foundation and the Great Meadow Foundation to support the promotion, education, maintenance, and safety of horse racing at such facilities.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Dec 2025
Committee Review
Feb 2026
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2026
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Dec 29, 2025
Last action Feb 25, 2026
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Appropriations Substitute
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Commerce Agriculture & Natural Resources Subcommittee Substitute
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MINOR
The bill text was reformatted from an Appropriations Substitute to a Commerce Agriculture & Natural Resources Subcommittee Substitute version, with no substantive policy changes to the actual legislative content. The formatting differences include page headers, line numbering, and spacing adjustments that reflect different committee processing stages.
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Page header and formatting changes: removed 'OFFERED FOR CONSIDERATION' date line, added 'HOUSE SUBSTITUTE' header with bill tracking number 26106997D, and added line numbering for legislative tracking purposes.
Spacing and line break adjustments throughout the document to accommodate different committee markup systems, but all substantive text content remains identical.
Floor votes · House of Delegates Feb 12, 2026
How they voted
83–3
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 88
Feb 12, 2026
D
Democratic53
98% Yea
R
Republican35
88% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
23
Key actions
7
Committee
10
Feb 18, 2026
Upper · Passed
Reported from General Laws and Technology with amendment and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 18, 2026
Upper · Passed
Senate committee offered
upper
Feb 13, 2026
Committee
Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
upper
Feb 12, 2026
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House (95-Y 3-N 0-A)
lower
Feb 6, 2026
Lower · Passed
Reported from Appropriations with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 4, 2026
Lower · Passed
House subcommittee offered
lower
Jan 23, 2026
Committee
Assigned HAPP sub: Commerce Agriculture & Natural Resources
lower
Jan 22, 2026
Lower · Passed
Reported from General Laws and referred to Appropriations (21-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 20, 2026
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting and referring to Appropriations (9-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 19, 2026
Committee
Assigned HGL sub: ABC/Gaming
lower
Dec 29, 2025
Committee
Referred to Committee on General Laws
lower
1 primary · 3 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
David Reid
DDemocratic
Co
Buddy Fowler
RRepublican
Co
Justin Pence
RRepublican
Co
Mike Webert
RRepublican
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