republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2017/hb-2029.md

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Bill	Alcoholic beverage control; privileges of licensed distillers appointed as agents of ABC Board.	Allows a licensed distiller who has been appointed by the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board as an agent to sell spirits manufactured by the distiller at a site of an event licensed by the Board and conducted for the purpose of featuring and educating the consuming public about spirits products. This bill is identical to	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2017	HB 2029	Virginia HB 2029 (2017)	bill	Alcoholic Beverage Control Act Commissions Boards and Institutions Generally	enacted	Nicholas J. Freitas	4	18	6	2017-01-10	2017-02-21	openstates	ocd-bill/6e0363c5-adbe-4bb3-858a-77d4ea63fa36	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB2029	2ba8035e549aa86119bfe70949308b2dab49709b62e6ab99983fdf84ae3a23f0	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 2029 (2017) — Alcoholic beverage control; privileges of licensed distillers appointed as agents of ABC Board.

Allows a licensed distiller who has been appointed by the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board as an agent to sell spirits manufactured by the distiller at a site of an event licensed by the Board and conducted for the purpose of featuring and educating the consuming public about spirits products. This bill is identical to

Version chain

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

1. Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0125) (committee substitute) — source
2. House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2029ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101206D (committee substitute) — source
4. House: Printed as engrossed 17101206D-E (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services — 15–0 (pass) · legislature
• Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — 98–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from General Laws with amendments — 22–0 (pass) · legislature
• Constitutional reading dispensed — 39–0 (pass) · legislature
• Passed Senate — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment — 7–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Nicholas J. Freitas — primary (person)
• Kaye Kory — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-01-10 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101206D introduction
• 2017-01-10 Referred to Committee on General Laws referral-committee
• 2017-01-16 Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #3 referral-committee
• 2017-01-30 Read first time reading-1
• 2017-01-31 Read second time reading-2
• 2017-01-31 Committee amendments agreed to
• 2017-01-31 Engrossed by House as amended HB2029E
• 2017-01-31 Printed as engrossed 17101206D-E
• 2017-02-01 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2017-02-02 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2017-02-02 Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services referral-committee
• 2017-02-14 Read third time reading-3
• 2017-02-16 Enrolled
• 2017-02-16 Signed by Speaker
• 2017-02-17 Signed by President
• 2017-02-17 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/17/17
• 2017-02-17 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 24, 2017
• 2017-02-21 Approved by Governor-Chapter 125 (effective 7/1/17) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6e0363c5-adbe-4bb3-858a-77d4ea63fa36. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).