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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Alcoholic beverage control; displays of wine and beer, report."
+description: "Alcoholic beverage control; displays of wine and beer, report."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
+legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
+session: "2023"
+identifier: "HB 1979"
+citation: "Virginia HB 1979 (2023)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Leftwich"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 37
+vote_count: 7
+first_action: "2023-01-10"
+last_action: "2023-03-22"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/30528ac5-391d-4e87-95a5-9ae8107b4079"
+source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HB1979"
+source_hash: "0eb5ffc999be78cb7286e37dcfc953e825822e38cb5e15a69aea34b7906e7aba"
+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 HB 1979 (2023) — Alcoholic beverage control; displays of wine and beer, report.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **CHAP0213** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0213)
+2. **HB1979ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1979ER)
+3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23101924D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1979)
+4. **Printed as engrossed 23101924D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1979E)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
+- VOTE: Adoption (98-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
+- Reported from General Laws with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
+- Passed Senate with amendments (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
+- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
+- VOTE: Passage (99-Y 1-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
+- Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services with amendments (15-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Leftwich — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-01-10** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23101924D `filing, introduction`
+- **2023-01-10** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
+- **2023-01-23** Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #3 `referral-committee`
+- **2023-01-24** Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N)
+- **2023-01-25** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
+- **2023-01-25** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
+- **2023-01-26** Reported from General Laws with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
+- **2023-01-30** Read first time `reading-1`
+- **2023-01-31** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2023-01-31** Committee amendment agreed to `amendment-passage`
+- **2023-01-31** Engrossed by House as amended HB1979E
+- **2023-01-31** Printed as engrossed 23101924D-E
+- **2023-02-01** Passed by temporarily
+- **2023-02-01** Read third time and passed House (99-Y 1-N) `passage, reading-3`
+- **2023-02-01** VOTE: Passage (99-Y 1-N) `passage`
+- **2023-02-02** Constitutional reading dispensed
+- **2023-02-02** Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services `referral-committee`
+- **2023-02-03** Impact statement from DPB (HB1979E)
+- **2023-02-10** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
+- **2023-02-10** Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services with amendments (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
+- **2023-02-13** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
+- **2023-02-14** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2023-02-14** Reading of amendments waived
+- **2023-02-14** Committee amendments agreed to `amendment-passage`
+- **2023-02-14** Engrossed by Senate as amended
+- **2023-02-14** Passed Senate with amendments (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
+- **2023-02-16** Senate amendments agreed to by House (98-Y 0-N) `amendment-passage`
+- **2023-02-16** VOTE: Adoption (98-Y 0-N)
+- **2023-02-21** Enrolled `enrolled`
+- **2023-02-21** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1979ER) `passage`
+- **2023-02-21** Impact statement from DPB (HB1979ER)
+- **2023-02-21** Signed by Speaker `passage`
+- **2023-02-23** Signed by President `passage`
+- **2023-03-02** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 2, 2023 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
+- **2023-03-02** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023 `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-03-22** Approved by Governor-Chapter 213 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
+- **2023-03-22** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0213)
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/30528ac5-391d-4e87-95a5-9ae8107b4079`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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