Virginia House Bill 49 (Prefiled Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Engrossed on February 11 2026 - 50% progression
Action: 2026-07-21 - Continued from last session
Pending: Senate Finance and Appropriations Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [HTML]

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.

Pari-mutuel wagering; historical horse racing, percentage retained for distribution.

Del. David Reid [D]	Del. John Chilton McAuliff [D]	Del. Michael Webert [R]	Del. Hyland Fowler [R]
Del. Justin Pence [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2026-07-21	Senate	Continued from last session
2026-02-25	Senate	Continued to next session in Finance and Appropriations (13-Y 2-N)
2026-02-18	Senate	Reported from General Laws and Technology with amendment and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N)
2026-02-18	Senate	Senate committee offered
2026-02-13	Senate	Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
2026-02-13	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
2026-02-12	House	Read third time and passed House (95-Y 3-N 0-A)
2026-02-12	House	Moved from Uncontested Calendar to Regular Calendar
2026-02-11	House	Engrossed by House - committee substitute
2026-02-11	House	committee substitute agreed to
2026-02-11	House	Read second time
2026-02-10	House	Read first time
2026-02-09	House	Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB49)
2026-02-06	House	Committee substitute printed 26106997D-H1
2026-02-06	House	Reported from Appropriations with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
2026-02-04	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 0-N)
2026-02-04	House	House subcommittee offered
2026-01-26	House	Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB49)
2026-01-23	House	Assigned HAPP sub: Commerce Agriculture & Natural Resources
2026-01-22	House	Reported from General Laws and referred to Appropriations (21-Y 0-N)
2026-01-20	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting and referring to Appropriations (9-Y 0-N)
2026-01-19	House	Assigned HGL sub: ABC/Gaming
2025-12-29	House	Referred to Committee on General Laws
2025-12-29	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26101947D

HB49 (Carry Over) 2026-02-25 - Continued to next session in Finance and Appropriations (13-Y 2-N)

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20271/HB49
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20271/HB49/text/HB49
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20271/HB49/text/HB49HC1
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20271/HB49/text/HB49HC2
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20271/HB49/text/HB49H1
Amendment	https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20271/HB49/text/HB49AS1
Amendment	https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20271/HB49/text/HB49ASC1
Supplement	https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1096975.PDF
Supplement	https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1096976.PDF
Supplement	https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1134394.PDF