republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2019/hb-1905.md

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Bill	Alcoholic beverage control; mixed beverage referendum, exception.	Provides that, notwithstanding the requirement for a referendum for liquor by the drink, the Board of Directors of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority may issue a mixed beverage license to establishments located (i) on property fronting Doe Creek Farm Road, located approximately 1,310 feet southeast of the intersection of State Route 613 and Doe Creek Farm Road, and listed on the National Registry of Historic Places, (ii) on property adjacent to the southeast side of the intersection of Route 58 Alternate and Skaggs Hill Road within the boundary of any town incorporated in 1891, (iii) on property along River Bend Drive and 805 feet directly north of Route 58 Alternate within the boundary of any town incorporated in 1891, and (iv) on property fronting the north side of Mullins Avenue to the west of the intersection of Mullins Avenue and Chase Street and located in a town incorporated in 1884.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2019	HB 1905	Virginia HB 1905 (2019)	bill	Alcoholic Beverage Control Act Authorities Elections	enacted	Chris L. Hurst	4	17	6	2019-01-04	2019-02-27	openstates	ocd-bill/cd56332e-fa33-4476-b215-bad6b8cadff5	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+HB1905	998c4657e1f535c6d816415cba1177967e8252918c4498d870aa83276ddb25f0	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 1905 (2019) — Alcoholic beverage control; mixed beverage referendum, exception.

Provides that, notwithstanding the requirement for a referendum for liquor by the drink, the Board of Directors of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority may issue a mixed beverage license to establishments located (i) on property fronting Doe Creek Farm Road, located approximately 1,310 feet southeast of the intersection of State Route 613 and Doe Creek Farm Road, and listed on the National Registry of Historic Places, (ii) on property adjacent to the southeast side of the intersection of Route 58 Alternate and Skaggs Hill Road within the boundary of any town incorporated in 1891, (iii) on property along River Bend Drive and 805 feet directly north of Route 58 Alternate within the boundary of any town incorporated in 1891, and (iv) on property fronting the north side of Mullins Avenue to the west of the intersection of Mullins Avenue and Chase Street and located in a town incorporated in 1884.

Version chain

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

1. Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0175) (committee substitute) — source
2. House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1905ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. House: Committee substitute printed 19105157D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
4. House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19101849D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passed Senate — 32–7 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Read third time and passed House — 89–6 (pass) · lower
• Reported from General Laws with substitute — 20–2 (pass) · lower
• Subcommittee recommends reporting — 7–1 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services — 13–2 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Chris L. Hurst — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-01-04 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19101849D introduction
• 2019-01-04 Referred to Committee on General Laws referral-committee
• 2019-01-14 Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #3 referral-committee
• 2019-01-21 Read first time reading-1
• 2019-01-22 Read second time reading-2
• 2019-01-22 Committee substitute agreed to 19105157D-H1
• 2019-01-22 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1905H1
• 2019-01-23 Read third time and passed House (89-Y 6-N) passage, reading-3
• 2019-01-24 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2019-01-24 Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services referral-committee
• 2019-02-12 Read third time reading-3
• 2019-02-14 Enrolled
• 2019-02-14 Signed by Speaker
• 2019-02-14 Signed by President
• 2019-02-18 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 18, 2019
• 2019-02-18 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019
• 2019-02-27 Approved by Governor-Chapter 175 (effective 7/1/19) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/cd56332e-fa33-4476-b215-bad6b8cadff5. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).