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type: "Bill"
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title: "George Washington's rye whiskey; designating as the state spirit."
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description: "George Washington's rye whiskey; designating as the state spirit."
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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: "SB 1261"
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citation: "Virginia SB 1261 (2017)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Boundaries", "Jurisdiction and Emblems of the Commonwealth", "General Provisions"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Adam P. Ebbin"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 16
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2017-01-10"
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last_action: "2017-03-16"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2e193103-fa52-44f4-abd8-5954bd3a4d6d"
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source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+SB1261"
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source_hash: "3f5d38d93b92565b0210765d7d9a110a23acd057b97d21c825f5f60e947ff13e"
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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 SB 1261 (2017) — George Washington's rye whiskey; designating as the state spirit.
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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 (CHAP0576)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0576)
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2. **Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1261ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB1261ER)
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3. **Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100771D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB1261)
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## Votes
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- Passed House BLOCK VOTE — **98–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Read third time and passed Senate — **31–8** (pass) · legislature
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- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Reported from General Laws and Technology — **14–1** (pass) · legislature
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **7–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Reported from General Laws — **22–0** (pass) · legislature
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## Sponsors
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- Adam P. Ebbin — primary (person)
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- Paul E. Krizek — cosponsor (person)
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- Scott A. Surovell — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-01-10** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100771D `introduction`
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- **2017-01-10** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
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- **2017-01-26** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2017-01-31** Placed on Calendar
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- **2017-01-31** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2017-01-31** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
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- **2017-02-06** Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #3 `referral-committee`
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- **2017-02-20** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2017-02-21** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2017-02-21** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2017-02-24** Enrolled
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- **2017-02-24** Signed by President
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- **2017-02-24** Signed by Speaker
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- **2017-02-28** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on 2/28/17
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- **2017-02-28** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
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- **2017-03-16** Approved by Governor-Chapter 576 (effective 7/1/17) `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/2e193103-fa52-44f4-abd8-5954bd3a4d6d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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