---
type: "Bill"
title: "Alcoholic beverage control; cider shall be treated as wine for all purposes of ABC law."
description: "Alcoholic beverage control; cider shall be treated as wine for all purposes of ABC law."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 2433"
citation: "Virginia HB 2433 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Alcoholic Beverage Control Act"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David L. Bulova"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2017-01-19"
last_action: "2017-02-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cfae8595-4b23-4d9b-a027-52dbfed8a5d5"
source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB2433"
source_hash: "0042a300e97bffebf6fae92ebce4e213795d02aa4b4aaffbac7852639753b4f4"
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 2433 (2017) — Alcoholic beverage control; cider shall be treated as wine for all purposes of ABC law.

## Version chain

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

1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0160)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0160)
2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2433ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB2433ER)
3. **House: Presented and ordered printed 17104226D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB2433)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- David L. Bulova — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-19** Presented and ordered printed 17104226D `introduction`
- **2017-01-19** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-23** Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #3 `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-30** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2017-01-31** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **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
- **2017-02-23** Approved by Governor-Chapter 160 (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/cfae8595-4b23-4d9b-a027-52dbfed8a5d5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).