---
type: "Bill"
title: "Alcoholic beverage control; disposable containers."
description: "Includes a single original metal can in the list of allowable disposable containers that a beer licensee, a wine and beer licensee, and certain mixed beverage licensees may use to sell alcoholic beverages. This bill is identical to"
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 1744"
citation: "Virginia HB 1744 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Alcoholic Beverage Control Act"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Nick Rush"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2017-01-08"
last_action: "2017-02-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5c21adff-d919-41ca-b741-e5cb2aee515f"
source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB1744"
source_hash: "dcbb90d49cd4f4a5a7b758f00f9ba05be8d78eb40ac2dcf4301ca1551e9f4c55"
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 1744 (2017) — Alcoholic beverage control; disposable containers.

Includes a single original metal can in the list of allowable disposable containers that a beer licensee, a wine and beer licensee, and certain mixed beverage licensees may use to sell alcoholic beverages. This bill is identical to

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0153)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0153)
2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1744ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1744ER)
3. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17103164D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1744)

## Votes

- Constitutional reading dispensed — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
- Passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
- Reported from General Laws — **22–0** (pass) · legislature
- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **99–0** (pass) · legislature
- Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services — **14–0** (pass) · legislature
- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **6–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Nick Rush — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-01-08** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17103164D `introduction`
- **2017-01-08** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-16** Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #3 `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-23** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2017-01-24** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2017-01-25** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-01-26** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2017-01-26** Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-14** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2017-02-16** Enrolled
- **2017-02-16** Signed by Speaker
- **2017-02-17** Signed by President
- **2017-02-17** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/17/17
- **2017-02-17** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 24, 2017
- **2017-02-23** Approved by Governor-Chapter 153 (effective 7/1/17) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5c21adff-d919-41ca-b741-e5cb2aee515f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).