The Virginia House of Delegates voted 55 to 41 on Saturday to adopt a second conference report on the Fairfax County casino bill, stripping the requirement for a temporary casino and keeping the proposed location of the casino in Tysons.
On Friday night, the Virginia Senate approved a first conference report on Senate Bill 756, introducing significant new oversight mechanisms, specific regional financial structures, and temporary licensing processes.
On Saturday, the two houses of the General Assembly went into conference and produced a new bill which was adopted by the House shortly before 6 p.m.
The newly adopted version follows the enacted legislation that currently affects Virginia’s five existing casinos in terms of the parameters for operation and for enacting or passing a referendum, according to Del. Rodney Willett (D-Henrico), who presented the report to the house.
