---
type: "Bill"
title: "Alcoholic beverage control; privileges of licensed distillers appointed as agents of ABC Board."
description: "Allows a licensed distiller who has been appointed by the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board as an agent to sell spirits manufactured by the distiller at a site of an event licensed by the Board and conducted for the purpose of featuring and educating the consuming public about spirits products. This bill is identical to"
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 2029"
citation: "Virginia HB 2029 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Alcoholic Beverage Control Act", "Commissions", "Boards and Institutions Generally"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Nicholas J. Freitas"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 18
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2017-01-10"
last_action: "2017-02-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6e0363c5-adbe-4bb3-858a-77d4ea63fa36"
source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB2029"
source_hash: "2ba8035e549aa86119bfe70949308b2dab49709b62e6ab99983fdf84ae3a23f0"
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 2029 (2017) — Alcoholic beverage control; privileges of licensed distillers appointed as agents of ABC Board.

Allows a licensed distiller who has been appointed by the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board as an agent to sell spirits manufactured by the distiller at a site of an event licensed by the Board and conducted for the purpose of featuring and educating the consuming public about spirits products. 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 (CHAP0125)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0125)
2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2029ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB2029ER)
3. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101206D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB2029)
4. **House: Printed as engrossed 17101206D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB2029E)

## Votes

- Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services — **15–0** (pass) · legislature
- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **98–0** (pass) · legislature
- Reported from General Laws with amendments — **22–0** (pass) · legislature
- Constitutional reading dispensed — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
- Passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment — **7–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Nicholas J. Freitas — primary (person)
- Kaye Kory — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-10** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101206D `introduction`
- **2017-01-10** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-16** Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #3 `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-30** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2017-01-31** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2017-01-31** Committee amendments agreed to
- **2017-01-31** Engrossed by House as amended HB2029E
- **2017-01-31** Printed as engrossed 17101206D-E
- **2017-02-01** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-02-02** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2017-02-02** 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
- **2017-02-21** Approved by Governor-Chapter 125 (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/6e0363c5-adbe-4bb3-858a-77d4ea63fa36`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).