---
type: "Bill"
title: "Alcoholic beverage control; summary suspension, timeline."
description: "Alcoholic beverage control; summary suspension;timeline. Provides that when special agents of the Board of Directorsof the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority are conductingan initial investigation for purposes of summary suspension and the48-hour time limit for such initial investigation expires on a Saturday,Sunday, or legal holiday, the special agents may submit their findingsfrom such initial investigation any time prior to the close of businesson the next day that is not a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 658"
citation: "Virginia SB 658 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bryce E. Reeves"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 26
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-01-15"
last_action: "2024-03-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/745cd398-dcbf-4ca3-8e7b-137b1e6b725e"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+SB658"
source_hash: "f17db5413a5a10df950a27a1e0e83d49a9deb3335b3239daf2f79a18cbc33ac2"
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 658 (2024) — Alcoholic beverage control; summary suspension, timeline.

Alcoholic beverage control; summary suspension;timeline. Provides that when special agents of the Board of Directorsof the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority are conductingan initial investigation for purposes of summary suspension and the48-hour time limit for such initial investigation expires on a Saturday,Sunday, or legal holiday, the special agents may submit their findingsfrom such initial investigation any time prior to the close of businesson the next day that is not a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0256** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0256)
2. **Presented and ordered printed 24105066D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB658)
3. **SB658ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB658ER)

## Votes

- Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 1-N) — **6–1** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Passage (96-Y 1-N) — **95–1** (pass) · lower
- Reported from General Laws (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bryce E. Reeves — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-15** Presented and ordered printed 24105066D `introduction`
- **2024-01-15** Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-18** Impact statement from DPB (SB658)
- **2024-01-26** Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-01-29** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- **2024-01-30** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2024-01-31** Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-02-13** Placed on Calendar
- **2024-02-13** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2024-02-13** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-14** Assigned GL sub: ABC/Gaming `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-20** Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 1-N)
- **2024-02-22** Reported from General Laws (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-26** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-27** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2024-02-27** Passed House (96-Y 1-N) `passage`
- **2024-02-27** VOTE: Passage (96-Y 1-N) `passage`
- **2024-03-04** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2024-03-04** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB658ER) `passage`
- **2024-03-04** Impact statement from DPB (SB658ER)
- **2024-03-04** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2024-03-07** Signed by President `passage`
- **2024-03-11** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 `enrolled`
- **2024-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-28** Approved by Governor-Chapter 256 (effective 7/1/24) `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-28** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0256)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/745cd398-dcbf-4ca3-8e7b-137b1e6b725e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).