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Votes at a glance: what the Virginia Senate subcommittee reported, carried over and cleared

Senate of Virginia - Senate Committee · February 10, 2026

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Summary

The subcommittee reported multiple bills (with committee substitutes in several cases), carried several bills over for interim consideration, and cleared the docket; this roundup lists actions the committee recorded on the transcript.

The following summarizes motions, substitutes and recorded outcomes from the Senate committee docket as reflected in the transcript.

Reported with substitutes or reported: - SB 7756 (entertainment district in Fairfax County) — committee substitute agreed and bill reported with substitute (motion by Sen. Deeds; voice vote reported). - SB 609 (rename Virginia Lottery and expand gaming oversight) — committee substitute explained and the bill was reported with the substitute; record notes one abstention. - Skill-games committee substitute (regulatory and tax scheme for skill games at lottery retailers) — substitute agreed; committee voted to report (25% monthly tax on gross revenue, distribution defined in staff explanation). - SB 288 (standards and implementation plan) — committee substitute agreed and reported. - SB 197 (Hampton Roads recurrent flooding) — reported as a committee-sponsored regional priority. - SB 499 (Chesapeake Bay pay-for-outcomes fund) — committee substitute reported; substitute adds reporting and guardrails. - SB 138 (PFAS monitoring) — reported. - SB 665 and SB 666 (housing reporting updates and centralized DHCD database) — both reported as recorded.

Carried over for interim review or later consideration: - SB 393 (data center square-footage tax) — motion to carry the bill over was approved. - SB 604 (bingo exemption for 55+ communities) — motion to carry over for interim review was approved. - SB 629 (first-time homebuyer savings program changes) — carried over for housing commission review and tax department consultation. - SB 422 (tribal conservation easements) — carried over after members expressed concerns about uniformity with other easement law. - SB 417 and other patron-requested bills — placed on carryover or "go by" for the year as requested by patrons.

Committee closure: - The committee cleared the docket and rose; the chair closed the broadcast.

Notes and context: All actions and vote outcomes are reported as recorded in the committee transcript. Where the transcript records a voice vote or repeated "aye" responses, the committee recorded the outcome without a detailed roll-call tally in the transcript. Several items were explicitly carried for interim work or to be incorporated "in concept" into other bills; committee staff were asked to return with clarified language where necessary.