republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2017/hb-1926.md

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Bill	ABC; definition of municipal golf course, food sales exemptions.	Defines "municipal golf course" and provides that for mixed beverage restaurant licensees located on the premises of and operated by municipal golf courses, the ABC Board shall recognize the seasonal nature of the business and waive any applicable monthly food sales requirements for those months when weather conditions may reduce patronage of the golf course, provided that prepared food, including meals, is available to patrons during the same months. The bill provides that the gross receipts from the sale of food cooked, or prepared, and consumed on the premises and nonalcoholic beverages served on the premises, after the issuance of such license, shall amount to at least 45 percent of the gross receipts from the sale of mixed beverages and food on an annualized basis.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2017	HB 1926	Virginia HB 1926 (2017)	bill	Alcoholic Beverage Control Act Commissions Boards and Institutions Generally Counties Cities and Towns Hotels Restaurants Summer Camps and Campgrounds	enacted	Jeffrey L. Campbell	4	29	10	2017-01-10	2017-03-16	openstates	ocd-bill/5cea0c58-4f4e-4a77-9dad-a80373476d88	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB1926	616b769ad45f09a00d5ad7338a71ab9611d0c6e4908db698177f90e1cfe4bc64	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 1926 (2017) — ABC; definition of municipal golf course, food sales exemptions.

Defines "municipal golf course" and provides that for mixed beverage restaurant licensees located on the premises of and operated by municipal golf courses, the ABC Board shall recognize the seasonal nature of the business and waive any applicable monthly food sales requirements for those months when weather conditions may reduce patronage of the golf course, provided that prepared food, including meals, is available to patrons during the same months. The bill provides that the gross receipts from the sale of food cooked, or prepared, and consumed on the premises and nonalcoholic beverages served on the premises, after the issuance of such license, shall amount to at least 45 percent of the gross receipts from the sale of mixed beverages and food on an annualized basis.

Version chain

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

1. Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0585) (committee substitute) — source
2. House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1926ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. House: Committee substitute printed 17104790D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
4. House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101169D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Senate insisted on amendment — 38–0 (pass) · legislature
• Passed Senate with amendment — 35–5 (pass) · legislature
• Read third time and passed House — 87–9 (pass) · legislature
• Conference report agreed to by House — 85–9 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from General Laws with substitute — 18–2 (pass) · legislature
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — 7–0 (pass) · legislature
• Senate amendment rejected by House — 0–96 (fail) · legislature
• Constitutional reading dispensed — 39–0 (pass) · legislature
• Conference report agreed to by Senate — 35–5 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services with amendment — 14–1 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Jeffrey L. Campbell — primary (person)
• C. Matthew Fariss — cosponsor (person)
• Israel D. O'Quinn — cosponsor (person)
• Joseph C. Lindsey — cosponsor (person)
• Mark H. Levine — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-01-10 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101169D introduction
• 2017-01-10 Referred to Committee on General Laws referral-committee
• 2017-01-16 Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #3 referral-committee
• 2017-02-04 Read first time reading-1
• 2017-02-06 Read second time reading-2
• 2017-02-06 Committee substitute agreed to 17104790D-H1
• 2017-02-06 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1926H1
• 2017-02-07 Read third time and passed House (87-Y 9-N) passage, reading-3
• 2017-02-08 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2017-02-08 Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services referral-committee
• 2017-02-14 Read third time reading-3
• 2017-02-14 Reading of amendment waived
• 2017-02-14 Committee amendment agreed to
• 2017-02-14 Engrossed by Senate as amended
• 2017-02-16 Placed on Calendar
• 2017-02-16 Senate amendment rejected by House (0-Y 96-N)
• 2017-02-20 Senate requested conference committee
• 2017-02-21 House acceded to request
• 2017-02-22 Conferees appointed by Senate
• 2017-02-23 Conferees appointed by House
• 2017-02-24 Amended by conference committee
• 2017-02-24 Passed by temporarily
• 2017-02-24 Conference report agreed to by House (85-Y 9-N)
• 2017-03-07 Enrolled
• 2017-03-07 Signed by Speaker
• 2017-03-10 Signed by President
• 2017-03-13 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 3/13/17
• 2017-03-13 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
• 2017-03-16 Approved by Governor-Chapter 585 (effective 7/1/17) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5cea0c58-4f4e-4a77-9dad-a80373476d88. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).