---
type: "Bill"
title: "Liquid nicotine; Va. Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority, et al., to assess a licensing scheme."
description: "Liquid nicotine; Va. Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority, et al., to assess a licensing scheme."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 2296"
citation: "Virginia HB 2296 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hope"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 45
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2023-01-11"
last_action: "2023-04-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cfb39a7f-7ff5-4b8b-bd79-bf246f131e82"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HB2296"
source_hash: "d9269f8beed5c143d75c8c5b4107d5e21b97fea134e0d9c0bbb943450b264931"
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 2296 (2023) — Liquid nicotine; Va. Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority, et al., to assess a licensing scheme.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0795** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0795)
2. **Committee substitute printed 23105703D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2296H1)
3. **HB2296ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2296ER)
4. **HB2296ER2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2296ER2)
5. **Presented and ordered printed 23104226D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2296)

## Votes

- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Rules with amendments (14-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- VOTE: Adoption (90-Y 6-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- VOTE: Passage (95-Y 4-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed Senate with amendments — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- VOTE: Adoption (93-Y 3-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Finance with substitute (20-Y 1-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 1-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hope — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-11** Presented and ordered printed 23104226D `introduction`
- **2023-01-11** Referred to Committee on Finance `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-19** Assigned Finance sub: Subcommittee #3 `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-25** Impact statement from TAX (HB2296)
- **2023-01-27** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-01-27** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 1-N) `substitution`
- **2023-02-01** Reported from Finance with substitute (20-Y 1-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-01** Committee substitute printed 23105703D-H1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-03** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-06** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-06** Committee substitute agreed to 23105703D-H1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-06** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2296H1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-07** Read third time and passed House (95-Y 4-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-07** VOTE: Passage (95-Y 4-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-08** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2023-02-08** Referred to Committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-09** Impact statement from TAX (HB2296H1)
- **2023-02-17** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-02-17** Reported from Rules with amendments (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-20** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-21** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-21** Committee amendments agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-21** Engrossed by Senate as amended
- **2023-02-21** Passed Senate with amendments `passage`
- **2023-02-22** Senate amendments agreed to by House (90-Y 6-N) `amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-22** VOTE: Adoption (90-Y 6-N)
- **2023-02-25** Impact statement from TAX (HB2296ER)
- **2023-03-07** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-03-07** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2296ER) `passage`
- **2023-03-08** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-03-08** Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-03-13** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 13, 2023 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-13** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-27** Governor's recommendation received by House `executive-veto-line-item`
- **2023-04-12** Placed on Calendar
- **2023-04-12** House concurred in Governor's recommendation (93-Y 3-N)
- **2023-04-12** VOTE: Adoption (93-Y 3-N)
- **2023-04-12** Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N)
- **2023-04-12** Governor's recommendation adopted `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-12** Reenrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-04-12** Reenrolled bill text (HB2296ER2) `enrolled`
- **2023-04-12** Signed by Speaker as reenrolled `enrolled, passage`
- **2023-04-12** Signed by President as reenrolled `enrolled, passage`
- **2023-04-12** Enacted, Chapter 795 (effective 7/1/23) `became-law`
- **2023-04-12** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0795)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cfb39a7f-7ff5-4b8b-bd79-bf246f131e82`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).