2026 SESSION

INTRODUCED

26101011D

SENATE BILL NO. 609

Offered January 14, 2026

Prefiled January 14, 2026

A BILL to amend and reenact § 58.1-4125 of the Code of Virginia, relating to revenues, taxes, gaming, and lottery.

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Patrons—Lucas and Aird

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Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations

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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 58.1-4125 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:

§ 58.1-4125. Gaming Proceeds Fund.

A. There is hereby created in the state treasury a special nonreverting fund to be known as the Gaming Proceeds Fund, referred to in this section as "the Fund." The Fund shall be established on the books of the Comptroller. All moneys required to be deposited into the Fund pursuant to this chapter shall be paid into the state treasury and credited to the Fund. Any moneys remaining in the Fund, including interest thereon, at the end of each fiscal year shall not revert to the general fund but shall remain in the Fund.

B. Revenues from the Fund shall be apportioned by the Comptroller as follows:

1. The following amounts shall be distributed to the city in which they were collected by warrants of the Comptroller drawn on the Treasurer of Virginia on a quarterly basis:

a. An amount equal to a six percent tax on the first $200 million of adjusted gross receipts 33.33 percent of the revenues collected from the tax imposed pursuant to subdivision A 1 of § 58.1-4124;

b. An amount equal to a seven percent tax on the adjusted gross receipts that exceed $200 million but do not exceed $400 million 30.44 percent of the revenues collected from the tax imposed pursuant to subdivision A 2 of § 58.1-4124; and

c. An amount equal to an eight percent tax on the adjusted gross receipts that exceed $400 million 26.67 percent of the revenues collected from the tax imposed pursuant to subdivision A 3 of § 58.1-4124.

2. For any casino gaming establishment operated by a Virginia Indian tribe recognized in House Joint Resolution No. 54 (1983) and acknowledged by the Assistant Secretary-Indian Affairs of the U.S. Department of the Interior as an Indian tribe within the meaning of federal law that has the authority to conduct gaming activities as a matter of claimed inherent authority or under the authority of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (25 U.S.C. § 2701 et seq.), an amount equal to a tax of one percent on the of such establishment's adjusted gross receipts of such establishment shall be deposited in the Virginia Indigenous People's Trust Fund established pursuant to § 2.2-401.01.

3. Eight-tenths of one An amount equal to 0.8 percent of the Fund shall be deposited in the Problem Gambling Treatment and Support Fund established pursuant to § 37.2-314.2.

4. Two-tenths of one An amount equal to 0.2 percent of the Fund shall be deposited in the Family and Children's Trust Fund established pursuant to § 63.2-2100.

5. Any remaining revenues not apportioned pursuant to subdivisions 1 through 4 shall be deposited in the School Construction Fund established pursuant to § 22.1-140.1.