---
type: "Bill"
title: "Alcoholic beverage control; commercial lifestyle center licenses."
description: "Alcoholic beverage control; retail licenses; commercial lifestyle center licenses. Allows the Board of Directors of the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority to grant a commercial lifestyle center license and a performing arts facility license for the same designated area in any municipality with a population in excess of 450,000 and an annual tourism fiscal impact in excess of $3.5 billion provided that (i) the performing arts facility license is limited to prescheduled events and (ii) such licenses shall not be used simultaneously."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 14"
citation: "Virginia SB 14 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bill DeSteph"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 30
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2025-11-17"
last_action: "2026-04-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0ef339b2-3e57-4b9b-8579-58670b8c8175"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/SB14"
source_hash: "f0cc9cb8412785e2b004000faff3ed38d6382dbffce37b2f0f7b2ecc6e7206f3"
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 14 (2026) — Alcoholic beverage control; commercial lifestyle center licenses.

Alcoholic beverage control; retail licenses; commercial lifestyle center licenses. Allows the Board of Directors of the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority to grant a commercial lifestyle center license and a performing arts facility license for the same designated area in any municipality with a population in excess of 450,000 and an annual tourism fiscal impact in excess of $3.5 billion provided that (i) the performing arts facility license is limited to prescheduled events and (ii) such licenses shall not be used simultaneously.

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1081273.PDF)
2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1217494.PDF)
3. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1108629.PDF)
4. **Rehabilitation and Social Services Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1104926.HTML)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1187960.PDF)

## Votes

- Reported from General Laws — **19–1** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed R — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- H VOTE: — **90–4** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services with amendments — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage R — **40–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bill DeSteph — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-11-17** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26100014D `filing, introduction`
- **2025-11-17** Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-15** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB14)
- **2026-01-30** Senate committee amendments offered
- **2026-01-30** Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services with amendments (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-02** Rules suspended
- **2026-02-02** Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
- **2026-02-02** Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- **2026-02-02** Passed by for the day
- **2026-02-03** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2026-02-03** Rehabilitation and Social Services Amendment agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2026-02-03** Engrossed by Senate as amended Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- **2026-02-04** Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-02-06** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB14)
- **2026-02-09** Placed on Calendar
- **2026-02-09** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2026-02-09** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-24** Reported from General Laws (19-Y 1-N) `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-26** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2026-02-27** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2026-02-27** Passed House (90-Y 4-N 0-A) `passage`
- **2026-03-04** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2026-03-04** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB14ER) `passage`
- **2026-03-04** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB14)
- **2026-03-04** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2026-03-04** Signed by President `passage`
- **2026-03-10** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 10, 2026 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-10** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-04-06** Approved by Governor-Chapter 327 (effective 7/1/2026) `executive-signature`
- **2026-04-06** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0327)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0ef339b2-3e57-4b9b-8579-58670b8c8175`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).