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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Alcoholic beverage control; residency requirement for licensure."
+description: "Alcoholic beverage control; residency requirementfor licensure. Eliminates the provision that allows the Boardof Directors of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority to refuseto grant a retail license to any person who has not resided in theCommonwealth for at least one year immediately preceding applicationtherefor."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
+legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
+session: "2020"
+identifier: "SB 395"
+citation: "Virginia SB 395 (2020)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Jeremy S. McPike"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 24
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2020-01-06"
+last_action: "2020-03-31"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/39d35898-0bfd-4f5f-bbfd-790758b1fa94"
+source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB395"
+source_hash: "bae1118efbe0f676e38c1442c6078a47d70c8348fa960bae022205ed3c51c29c"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
+---
+
+# Virginia SB 395 (2020) — Alcoholic beverage control; residency requirement for licensure.
+
+Alcoholic beverage control; residency requirementfor licensure. Eliminates the provision that allows the Boardof Directors of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority to refuseto grant a retail license to any person who has not resided in theCommonwealth for at least one year immediately preceding applicationtherefor.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0534)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0534)
+2. **Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB395ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB395ER)
+3. **Impact statement from DPB (SB395)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB395)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services (14-Y 0-N) — **14–0** (pass) · upper
+- VOTE: Passage (90-Y 6-N) — **89–6** (pass) · lower
+- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
+- Reported from General Laws (21-Y 1-N) — **21–1** (pass) · lower
+- Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
+- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Jeremy S. McPike — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2020-01-06** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102826D `introduction`
+- **2020-01-06** Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services `referral-committee`
+- **2020-01-17** Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
+- **2020-01-20** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
+- **2020-01-21** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
+- **2020-01-22** Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
+- **2020-01-23** Impact statement from DPB (SB395)
+- **2020-02-18** Placed on Calendar
+- **2020-02-18** Read first time `reading-1`
+- **2020-02-18** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
+- **2020-02-21** Assigned GL sub: ABC/Gaming `referral-committee`
+- **2020-02-25** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
+- **2020-02-27** Reported from General Laws (21-Y 1-N) `committee-passage`
+- **2020-03-02** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2020-03-03** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2020-03-03** Passed House (90-Y 6-N) `passage`
+- **2020-03-03** VOTE: Passage (90-Y 6-N)
+- **2020-03-06** Enrolled
+- **2020-03-06** Impact statement from DPB (SB395ER)
+- **2020-03-07** Signed by President
+- **2020-03-07** Signed by Speaker
+- **2020-03-12** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020
+- **2020-03-12** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
+- **2020-03-31** Approved by Governor-Chapter 534 (effective 7/1/20) `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/39d35898-0bfd-4f5f-bbfd-790758b1fa94`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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