---
type: "Bill"
title: "Alcoholic beverage control; operation of government stores, sale of nonalcoholic spirit alternative."
description: "Alcoholic beverage control; operation of government stores; sale of nonalcoholic spirit alternatives. Allows government stores of the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority to sell nonalcoholic spirit alternatives."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 1251"
citation: "Virginia HB 1251 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hyland F. \"Buddy\" Fowler, Jr."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 29
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2022-01-20"
last_action: "2022-04-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bd2749f4-8e43-4266-b214-29f3c63d9114"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+HB1251"
source_hash: "589c4dc0d8c652d4199294c8dcc77231961c9eeefd1ce98d49a43ce821bdaeb8"
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 1251 (2022) — Alcoholic beverage control; operation of government stores, sale of nonalcoholic spirit alternative.

Alcoholic beverage control; operation of government stores; sale of nonalcoholic spirit alternatives. Allows government stores of the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority to sell nonalcoholic spirit alternatives.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0194** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+CHAP0194)
2. **HB1251ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB1251ER)
3. **Presented and ordered printed 22104483D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB1251)

## Votes

- VOTE: Adoption (98-Y 0-N) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services with amendments (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from General Laws (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate with amendments (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hyland F. "Buddy" Fowler, Jr. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-20** Presented and ordered printed 22104483D `introduction`
- **2022-01-20** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-21** Impact statement from DPB (HB1251)
- **2022-01-24** Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #3 `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-25** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- **2022-01-27** Reported from General Laws (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-01-31** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2022-02-01** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2022-02-02** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-02** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N)
- **2022-02-03** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2022-02-03** Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-18** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2022-02-18** Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services with amendments (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-21** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- **2022-02-22** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2022-02-22** Reading of amendments waived
- **2022-02-22** Committee amendments agreed to
- **2022-02-22** Engrossed by Senate as amended
- **2022-02-22** Passed Senate with amendments (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2022-02-24** Senate amendments agreed to by House (98-Y 0-N)
- **2022-02-24** VOTE: Adoption (98-Y 0-N)
- **2022-02-28** Enrolled
- **2022-02-28** Impact statement from DPB (HB1251ER)
- **2022-02-28** Signed by Speaker
- **2022-02-28** Signed by President
- **2022-03-11** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2022
- **2022-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
- **2022-04-07** Approved by Governor-Chapter 194 (effective 7/1/22) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bd2749f4-8e43-4266-b214-29f3c63d9114`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).