republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2017/sb-1287.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority; changes effective date for creation of Authority."
description: "Changes the effective date for the creation of the ABC Authority from July 1, 2018, to January 15, 2018. The bill creates a transition period from January 15, 2018, until December 31, 2018, during which time the current Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control will coexist with the ABC Authority to facilitate an orderly and efficient transition and to ensure the continuation of operations during the transition. The bill provides that during the transition period the current ABC Board will be the Board of Directors of the ABC Authority. The bill grants to the ABC Authority the authority to implement and maintain independent payroll and nonpayroll disbursement systems, which are subject to review and approval by the State Comptroller and which include travel reimbursements, revenue refunds, disbursements for vendor payments, petty cash, and interagency payments. The bill also (i) streamlines the suspension and revocation process to encourage settlement of cases before reaching the appeal level to the Board of Directors, (ii) exempts the ABC Authority from mandatory procurement provisions, and (iii) authorizes the Board of Directors to delegate or assign to any officer or employee of the ABC Authority any duties or tasks required to be performed by the ABC Authority but provides that the Board of Directors remains responsible for the performance of any such duties or tasks. The bill contains numerous technical amendments."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 1287"
citation: "Virginia SB 1287 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Alcoholic Beverage Control Act", "Authorities", "Commissions", "Boards and Institutions Generally", "Study Commissions", "Committees and Reports"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ryan T. McDougle"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 24
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2017-01-10"
last_action: "2017-03-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d2b11bb4-3cac-4f2d-98a6-110014dcbb2f"
source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+SB1287"
source_hash: "0a9d9efc59bf88145179331713acc3334316edcaa265196e43511d095f57a752"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---

# Virginia SB 1287 (2017) — Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority; changes effective date for creation of Authority.

Changes the effective date for the creation of the ABC Authority from July 1, 2018, to January 15, 2018. The bill creates a transition period from January 15, 2018, until December 31, 2018, during which time the current Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control will coexist with the ABC Authority to facilitate an orderly and efficient transition and to ensure the continuation of operations during the transition. The bill provides that during the transition period the current ABC Board will be the Board of Directors of the ABC Authority. The bill grants to the ABC Authority the authority to implement and maintain independent payroll and nonpayroll disbursement systems, which are subject to review and approval by the State Comptroller and which include travel reimbursements, revenue refunds, disbursements for vendor payments, petty cash, and interagency payments. The bill also (i) streamlines the suspension and revocation process to encourage settlement of cases before reaching the appeal level to the Board of Directors, (ii) exempts the ABC Authority from mandatory procurement provisions, and (iii) authorizes the Board of Directors to delegate or assign to any officer or employee of the ABC Authority any duties or tasks required to be performed by the ABC Authority but provides that the Board of Directors remains responsible for the performance of any such duties or tasks. The bill contains numerous technical amendments.

## Version chain

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

1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0707)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0707)
2. **Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1287ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB1287ER)
3. **Senate: Committee substitute printed 17104827D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB1287S1)
4. **Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17103657D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB1287)
5. **Senate: Printed as engrossed 17104827D-ES1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB1287ES1)

## Votes

- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
- Passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
- Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services with substitute — **15–0** (pass) · legislature
- Reported from General Laws with amendments — **21–0** (pass) · legislature
- House amendments agreed to by Senate — **38–2** (pass) · legislature
- Passed House with amendments — **99–0** (pass) · legislature
- Reported from Finance with amendments — **16–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Ryan T. McDougle — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-10** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17103657D `introduction`
- **2017-01-10** Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-27** Rereferred to Finance `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-03** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2017-02-03** Reading of substitute waived
- **2017-02-03** Committee substitute agreed to 17104827D-S1
- **2017-02-03** Reading of amendments waived
- **2017-02-03** Committee amendments agreed to
- **2017-02-03** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute with amendments SB1287ES1
- **2017-02-03** Printed as engrossed 17104827D-ES1
- **2017-02-08** Placed on Calendar
- **2017-02-08** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2017-02-08** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-16** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2017-02-17** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2017-02-17** Committee amendments agreed to
- **2017-02-17** Engrossed by House as amended
- **2017-02-17** Passed House with amendments (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2017-02-24** Enrolled
- **2017-02-24** Signed by President
- **2017-02-24** Signed by Speaker
- **2017-02-28** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on 2/28/17
- **2017-02-28** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
- **2017-03-24** Approved by Governor-Chapter 707 (effective -see bill) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d2b11bb4-3cac-4f2d-98a6-110014dcbb2f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).