---
type: "Bill"
title: "Alcoholic beverage control; granting of mixed beverage licenses to Meadows Golf and Swim Club, etc."
description: "Provides that, notwithstanding the requirement for a referendum for liquor by the drink, the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board may issue a mixed beverage license to establishments located on property (i) 2,135 feet north of the intersection of State Routes 1223 and 661 (Meadows Golf and Swim Club); (ii) on State Route 685 approximately 1,128 feet west of the intersection of State Routes 652 and 685; and (iii) adjacent to State Route 697 and operated as a country club in the Powell Valley section of Wise County."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 2185"
citation: "Virginia HB 2185 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Alcoholic Beverage Control Act"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Joseph R. Yost"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 22
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2017-01-11"
last_action: "2017-03-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a4407f8d-871d-4287-b892-93f33bfc2e29"
source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB2185"
source_hash: "0ec8e9fe987f21f41153b9d2396488de49da36f05b5599f8a510c3f088d09273"
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 2185 (2017) — Alcoholic beverage control; granting of mixed beverage licenses to Meadows Golf and Swim Club, etc.

Provides that, notwithstanding the requirement for a referendum for liquor by the drink, the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board may issue a mixed beverage license to establishments located on property (i) 2,135 feet north of the intersection of State Routes 1223 and 661 (Meadows Golf and Swim Club); (ii) on State Route 685 approximately 1,128 feet west of the intersection of State Routes 652 and 685; and (iii) adjacent to State Route 697 and operated as a country club in the Powell Valley section of Wise County.

## Version chain

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

1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0589)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0589)
2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2185ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB2185ER)
3. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17103165D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB2185)
4. **House: Printed as engrossed 17103165D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB2185E)

## Votes

- Constitutional reading dispensed — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment — **4–2** (pass) · legislature
- Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services with amendments — **14–1** (pass) · legislature
- Senate amendments agreed to by House — **83–14** (pass) · legislature
- Reported from General Laws with amendments — **16–6** (pass) · legislature
- Read third time and passed House — **82–16** (pass) · legislature
- Passed Senate with amendments — **35–5** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Joseph R. Yost — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-11** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17103165D `introduction`
- **2017-01-11** 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 `reading-2`
- **2017-01-24** Committee amendments agreed to
- **2017-01-24** Engrossed by House as amended HB2185E
- **2017-01-24** Printed as engrossed 17103165D-E
- **2017-01-25** Read third time and passed House (82-Y 16-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`
- **2017-02-14** Reading of amendments waived
- **2017-02-14** Committee amendments agreed to
- **2017-02-16** Placed on Calendar
- **2017-02-16** Senate amendments agreed to by House (83-Y 14-N)
- **2017-02-20** Enrolled
- **2017-02-20** Signed by Speaker
- **2017-02-21** Signed by President
- **2017-02-21** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/21/17
- **2017-02-21** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
- **2017-03-16** Approved by Governor-Chapter 589 (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/a4407f8d-871d-4287-b892-93f33bfc2e29`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).