Gov. Glenn Youngkin has sent back to the General Assembly legislation that would set up Petersburg as the fifth casino-host city in Virginia with the recommendation that the vote does not need a do-over.
Senate Bill 628 was one of 11 bills amended by the governor’s office Friday.
Youngkin recommended pulling a re-enactment clause on the bill that would have required it to be run through the Capitol a second time after both the House of Delegates and Senate already approved it in the 2024 regular session that ended in March. That clause was unexpectedly tacked on to the bill before the House passed it, and the Senate agreed to it with apparent hope that Youngkin would ask for it to be stripped.
