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type: "Bill"
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title: "Va. Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority; eligibility of employees for Workforce Transition Act."
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description: "Eliminates the eligibility of employees of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board who elect not to become employees of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority for severance benefits under the Workforce Transition Act. Such severance benefits would remain available for a Board employee who is not offered a position with the Authority, is not offered a position for which the employee is qualified, or is offered a position that would require relocation or a reduction in salary. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2018."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2017"
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identifier: "HB 2247"
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citation: "Virginia HB 2247 (2017)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Administration of Government", "Alcoholic Beverage Control Act", "Authorities"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["S. Chris Jones"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 17
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vote_count: 7
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first_action: "2017-01-11"
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last_action: "2017-03-24"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bd423676-c8a2-4bda-9df0-d4e86b71b114"
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source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB2247"
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source_hash: "6cd1e5e251816c8455f71df233b66248b85141209ba1e99adff7eacac0e2faf3"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia HB 2247 (2017) — Va. Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority; eligibility of employees for Workforce Transition Act.
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Eliminates the eligibility of employees of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board who elect not to become employees of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority for severance benefits under the Workforce Transition Act. Such severance benefits would remain available for a Board employee who is not offered a position with the Authority, is not offered a position for which the employee is qualified, or is offered a position that would require relocation or a reduction in salary. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2018.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0742)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0742)
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2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2247ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB2247ER)
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3. **House: Committee substitute printed 17105012D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB2247H1)
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4. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101907D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB2247)
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## Votes
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- Reported from Finance — **16–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Constitutional reading dispensed — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Reported from Appropriations with substitute — **20–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **7–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **97–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — **5–2** (pass) · legislature
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## Sponsors
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- S. Chris Jones — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-01-11** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101907D `introduction`
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- **2017-01-11** Referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
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- **2017-01-16** Assigned App. sub: Compensation and Retirement `referral-committee`
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- **2017-02-04** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2017-02-06** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2017-02-06** Committee substitute agreed to 17105012D-H1
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- **2017-02-06** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2247H1
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- **2017-02-07** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2017-02-08** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2017-02-08** Referred to Committee on Finance `referral-committee`
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- **2017-02-17** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2017-02-21** Enrolled
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- **2017-02-21** Signed by Speaker
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- **2017-02-21** Signed by President
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- **2017-02-21** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/21/17
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- **2017-02-21** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
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- **2017-03-24** Approved by Governor-Chapter 742 (effective - see bill) `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bd423676-c8a2-4bda-9df0-d4e86b71b114`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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