republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2017/hb-2078.md

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Bill	Alcoholic beverage control; annual mixed beverage performing arts facility license.	Authorizes the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board to grant an annual mixed beverage performing arts facility license to persons operating food concessions at any performing arts facility located in the arts and cultural district of the City of Harrisonburg, provided that the performing arts facility (i) is occupied under a bona fide long-term lease or concession agreement, the original term of which was more than five years; (ii) has been rehabilitated in accordance with historic preservation standards; (iii) has monthly gross receipts from the sale of food cooked, or prepared, and consumed on the premises and nonalcoholic beverages served on the premises that meet or exceed the monthly minimum established by Board regulations for mixed beverage restaurants; and (iv) has a total capacity in excess of 900 patrons. Such license shall authorize the sale, on the dates of performances or private or special events, of alcoholic beverages for on-premises consumption in areas upon the licensed premises approved by the Board.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2017	HB 2078	Virginia HB 2078 (2017)	bill	Alcoholic Beverage Control Act Arts and Humanities Commissions Boards and Institutions Generally Counties Cities and Towns	enacted	Tony O. Wilt	4	19	6	2017-01-10	2017-02-23	openstates	ocd-bill/cb1768c2-f4c5-4b22-8b3a-74fa8c36eb2d	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB2078	1ea931b94c8f14ad14cb22aa5d0247939147230fc21f799628654a3f9d10678e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 2078 (2017) — Alcoholic beverage control; annual mixed beverage performing arts facility license.

Authorizes the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board to grant an annual mixed beverage performing arts facility license to persons operating food concessions at any performing arts facility located in the arts and cultural district of the City of Harrisonburg, provided that the performing arts facility (i) is occupied under a bona fide long-term lease or concession agreement, the original term of which was more than five years; (ii) has been rehabilitated in accordance with historic preservation standards; (iii) has monthly gross receipts from the sale of food cooked, or prepared, and consumed on the premises and nonalcoholic beverages served on the premises that meet or exceed the monthly minimum established by Board regulations for mixed beverage restaurants; and (iv) has a total capacity in excess of 900 patrons. Such license shall authorize the sale, on the dates of performances or private or special events, of alcoholic beverages for on-premises consumption in areas upon the licensed premises approved by the Board.

Version chain

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

1. Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0158) (committee substitute) — source
2. House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2078ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17103724D (committee substitute) — source
4. House: Printed as engrossed 17103724D-E (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment — 6–0 (pass) · legislature
• Read third time and passed House — 91–6 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from General Laws with amendment — 21–1 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services — 15–0 (pass) · legislature
• Constitutional reading dispensed — 39–0 (pass) · legislature
• Passed Senate — 37–3 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Tony O. Wilt — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-01-10 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17103724D introduction
• 2017-01-10 Referred to Committee on General Laws referral-committee
• 2017-01-16 Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #3 referral-committee
• 2017-01-23 Read first time reading-1
• 2017-01-24 Read second time reading-2
• 2017-01-24 Committee amendment agreed to
• 2017-01-24 Amendment by Delegate Wilt agreed to amendment-passage
• 2017-01-24 Engrossed by House as amended HB2078E
• 2017-01-24 Printed as engrossed 17103724D-E
• 2017-01-25 Read third time and passed House (91-Y 6-N) passage, reading-3
• 2017-01-26 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2017-01-26 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
• 2017-02-23 Approved by Governor-Chapter 158 (effective 7/1/17) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/cb1768c2-f4c5-4b22-8b3a-74fa8c36eb2d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).