---
type: "Bill"
title: "Hampton, City of; alcoholic beverage control licensees."
description: "Zoning; City of Hampton; alcoholic beverage control licensees. Grants the City of Hampton authority to impose a condition upon any special exception or use permit relating to retail alcoholic beverage control licensees which provides that such special exception or use permit will automatically expire upon a change of ownership of the property, a change in possession, a change in the operation or management of a facility, or the passage of a specific period of time. This bill is identical to SB 676."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 731"
citation: "Virginia HB 731 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Martha M. Mugler"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 28
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2020-01-06"
last_action: "2020-03-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e31be8b8-0d0e-4c34-aa76-4dc2c44d7004"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB731"
source_hash: "ddf6702eaee7c8f5c0fd5b5b78b2b1f18e0cec97626ea3632e8de3f16999c7e2"
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 731 (2020) — Hampton, City of; alcoholic beverage control licensees.

Zoning; City of Hampton; alcoholic beverage control licensees. Grants the City of Hampton authority to impose a condition upon any special exception or use permit relating to retail alcoholic beverage control licensees which provides that such special exception or use permit will automatically expire upon a change of ownership of the property, a change in possession, a change in the operation or management of a facility, or the passage of a specific period of time. This bill is identical to SB 676.

## Version chain

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

1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0442)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0442)
2. **Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB731ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB731ER)
3. **Impact statement from DHCD (HB731)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB731)

## Votes

- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (13-Y 9-N) — **13–9** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: DEFEATED (59-Y 41-N) — **58–41** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 2-N) — **6–2** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Passage #2 (95-Y 4-N) — **94–4** (pass) · lower
- Referred from General Laws — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed Senate (39-Y 1-N) — **39–1** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services (13-Y 0-N) — **13–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Martha M. Mugler — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-06** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102316D `introduction`
- **2020-01-06** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-18** Impact statement from DHCD (HB731)
- **2020-01-21** Referred from General Laws
- **2020-01-21** Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-29** Assigned CC & T sub: Charters `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-30** Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 2-N)
- **2020-02-07** Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (13-Y 9-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-09** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-10** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2020-02-11** Read third time and defeated by House (59-Y 41-N) `failure`
- **2020-02-11** VOTE: DEFEATED (59-Y 41-N)
- **2020-02-11** Requires 67 affirmative votes for passage
- **2020-02-11** Reconsideration of defeated action agreed to by House
- **2020-02-11** Passed House (95-Y 4-N) `passage`
- **2020-02-11** VOTE: Passage #2 (95-Y 4-N)
- **2020-02-12** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2020-02-12** Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-21** Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services (13-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-24** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-25** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-25** Passed Senate (39-Y 1-N) `passage`
- **2020-03-02** Enrolled
- **2020-03-02** Signed by Speaker
- **2020-03-03** Signed by President
- **2020-03-12** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020
- **2020-03-12** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
- **2020-03-25** Approved by Governor-Chapter 442 (effective 7/1/20) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e31be8b8-0d0e-4c34-aa76-4dc2c44d7004`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).