---
type: "Bill"
title: "Alcoholic beverage control; grounds for suspension or revocation of license, exception."
description: "Alcoholic beverage control; grounds for suspension or revocation of license, exception."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1730"
citation: "Virginia HB 1730 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bennett-Parker"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 50
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2023-01-09"
last_action: "2023-04-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/828a8549-5a72-4fc8-8573-4c343eae611b"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HB1730"
source_hash: "81a48d6496999fa2319fbfb98037406b2cbd60bb36053f8149b57c6a91a2dc60"
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 1730 (2023) — Alcoholic beverage control; grounds for suspension or revocation of license, exception.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0774** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0774)
2. **Committee substitute printed 23106020D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1730H1)
3. **Committee substitute printed 23107158D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1730S1)
4. **HB1730ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1730ER)
5. **HB1730ER2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1730ER2)
6. **HB1730S2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1730S2)

## Votes

- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (5-Y 3-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from General Laws with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Adoption (95-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services with substitute (14-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- VOTE: Adoption (97-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bennett-Parker — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-09** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23100223D `filing, introduction`
- **2023-01-09** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-23** Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #3 `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-23** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-01-24** Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (5-Y 3-N)
- **2023-01-31** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-01-31** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-01-31** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) `substitution`
- **2023-02-02** Reported from General Laws with substitute (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-02** Committee substitute printed 23106020D-H1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-03** Impact statement from DPB (HB1730H1)
- **2023-02-05** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-06** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-06** Committee substitute agreed to 23106020D-H1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-06** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1730H1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-07** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-07** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-08** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2023-02-08** Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-17** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-02-17** Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services with substitute (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-17** Committee substitute printed 23107158D-S1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-20** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-21** Floor substitute printed 23107269D-S2 (Surovell)
- **2023-02-21** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-21** Rehabilitation and Social Services Committee substitute rejected 23107158D-S1
- **2023-02-21** Reading of substitute waived
- **2023-02-21** Substitute by Senator Surovell agreed to 23107269D-S2
- **2023-02-21** Engrossed by Senate - floor substitute HB1730S2
- **2023-02-21** Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-22** Senate substitute agreed to by House 23107269D-S2 (97-Y 0-N) `substitution`
- **2023-02-22** VOTE: Adoption (97-Y 0-N)
- **2023-03-07** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-03-07** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1730ER) `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`
- **2023-03-23** 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 BLOCK VOTE (95-Y 0-N)
- **2023-04-12** VOTE: Block Vote Adoption (95-Y 0-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 (HB1730ER2) `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 774 (effective 7/1/23) `became-law`
- **2023-04-12** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0774)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/828a8549-5a72-4fc8-8573-4c343eae611b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).