republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2018/sb-174.md

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Bill	Alcoholic beverage control; wine wholesaler, primary area of responsibility.	Removes the provision that describes the "primary area of responsibility" of a wine wholesaler that enters into an agreement with a winery to sell its wine in a certain sales territory. The bill provides that its provisions shall not render valid the provision of any contract that was entered into prior to July 1, 2018, and that was void under the law in effect prior to July 1, 2018. This bill is identical to	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2018	SB 174	Virginia SB 174 (2018)	bill	Alcoholic Beverage Control Act Contracts	enacted	William M. Stanley, Jr.	3	19	5	2017-12-28	2018-03-05	openstates	ocd-bill/c73d9a72-5f85-435c-9d75-75393fbec1fc	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+sum+SB174	8d0b5ee2660bc18d5635ad18402142e1df88ff0b75cdaa65cdbda148bfffdd16	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 174 (2018) — Alcoholic beverage control; wine wholesaler, primary area of responsibility.

Removes the provision that describes the "primary area of responsibility" of a wine wholesaler that enters into an agreement with a winery to sell its wine in a certain sales territory. The bill provides that its provisions shall not render valid the provision of any contract that was entered into prior to July 1, 2018, and that was void under the law in effect prior to July 1, 2018. This bill is identical to

Version chain

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

1. Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB174ER) (committee substitute) — source
2. Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18101253D (committee substitute) — source
3. Senate: Printed as engrossed 18101253D-E (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from General Laws — 22–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services with amendment — 15–0 (pass) · legislature
• Passed House BLOCK VOTE — 100–0 (pass) · legislature
• Constitutional reading dispensed — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Read third time and passed Senate — 40–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• William M. Stanley, Jr. — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-12-28 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18101253D introduction
• 2017-12-28 Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services referral-committee
• 2018-01-16 Read second time reading-2
• 2018-01-16 Reading of amendment waived
• 2018-01-16 Committee amendment agreed to
• 2018-01-16 Engrossed by Senate as amended SB174E
• 2018-01-16 Printed as engrossed 18101253D-E
• 2018-01-23 Placed on Calendar
• 2018-01-23 Read first time reading-1
• 2018-01-23 Referred to Committee on General Laws referral-committee
• 2018-02-19 Read second time reading-2
• 2018-02-20 Read third time reading-3
• 2018-02-20 Passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) passage
• 2018-02-22 Enrolled
• 2018-02-22 Signed by Speaker
• 2018-02-23 Signed by President
• 2018-02-26 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on February 26, 2018
• 2018-02-26 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 5, 2018
• 2018-03-05 Approved by Governor-Chapter 169 (effective - see bill) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c73d9a72-5f85-435c-9d75-75393fbec1fc. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).