---
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: "SB 1448"
citation: "Virginia SB 1448 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["R. Creigh Deeds"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 19
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2017-01-16"
last_action: "2017-02-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e1c67e83-fe4b-49d2-ad84-8d3c20bf8e8f"
source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+SB1448"
source_hash: "5d5ea8471f39eeabd8077b22bca21f78c12df0b9a49ef8a0ec4e7030807ba57e"
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 SB 1448 (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 (CHAP0075)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0075)
2. **Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1448ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB1448ER)
3. **Senate: Presented and ordered printed 17103309D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB1448)
4. **Senate: Printed as engrossed 17103309D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB1448E)

## Votes

- Reported from General Laws — **22–0** (pass) · legislature
- Passed House BLOCK VOTE — **95–0** (pass) · legislature
- Read third time and passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
- Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services with amendments — **13–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- R. Creigh Deeds — primary (person)
- Kaye Kory — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-16** Presented and ordered printed 17103309D `introduction`
- **2017-01-16** Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-24** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2017-01-24** Reading of amendments waived
- **2017-01-24** Committee amendments agreed to
- **2017-01-24** Engrossed by Senate as amended SB1448E
- **2017-01-24** Printed as engrossed 17103309D-E
- **2017-01-31** Placed on Calendar
- **2017-01-31** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2017-01-31** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-09** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2017-02-10** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2017-02-10** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (95-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2017-02-13** Enrolled
- **2017-02-13** Signed by President
- **2017-02-13** Signed by Speaker
- **2017-02-14** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on 2/14/17
- **2017-02-14** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 21, 2017
- **2017-02-20** Approved by Governor-Chapter 75 (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/e1c67e83-fe4b-49d2-ad84-8d3c20bf8e8f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).