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Bill	Alcoholic beverage control; local referendums.	Allows the sale of mixed beverages by licensed restaurants and the sale of alcoholic beverages by the Board of Directors of the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority in any county, town, or supervisor's election district unless a referendum is held and a majority of the voters voting in such referendum vote to prohibit such sales. Under current law, such sales are prohibited unless they have been approved through the referendum process. The bill includes a grandfathering provision that allows the granting of a mixed beverage license to any establishment described in § 4.1-126, as it was in effect prior to the effective date of this bill, notwithstanding the provisions of the bill related to local referendums but subject to other applicable laws and regulations. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2020, but allows localities to hold anticipatory referendums between July 1, 2019, and June 30, 2020, and provides that the results of such referendums shall become valid and enforceable on July 1, 2020. The bill provides that the result of any referendum held prior to July 1, 2019, shall remain valid and enforceable for a period of five years. This bill is identical to	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2019	HB 2634	Virginia HB 2634 (2019)	bill	Alcoholic Beverage Control Act Authorities Counties Cities and Towns Elections Hotels Restaurants Summer Camps and Campgrounds	enacted	Chris L. Hurst	4	17	6	2019-01-10	2019-02-27	openstates	ocd-bill/46bd374c-3ed9-45fe-a27f-bce8b8346f7b	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+HB2634	01975a332dbbd50ff9cdf9c7f53fb676e2eea7ae465446f9cc8f9cdcc0cbf2f4	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 2634 (2019) — Alcoholic beverage control; local referendums.

Allows the sale of mixed beverages by licensed restaurants and the sale of alcoholic beverages by the Board of Directors of the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority in any county, town, or supervisor's election district unless a referendum is held and a majority of the voters voting in such referendum vote to prohibit such sales. Under current law, such sales are prohibited unless they have been approved through the referendum process. The bill includes a grandfathering provision that allows the granting of a mixed beverage license to any establishment described in § 4.1-126, as it was in effect prior to the effective date of this bill, notwithstanding the provisions of the bill related to local referendums but subject to other applicable laws and regulations. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2020, but allows localities to hold anticipatory referendums between July 1, 2019, and June 30, 2020, and provides that the results of such referendums shall become valid and enforceable on July 1, 2020. The bill provides that the result of any referendum held prior to July 1, 2019, shall remain valid and enforceable for a period of five years. This bill is identical to

Version chain

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

1. Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0178) (committee substitute) — source
2. House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2634ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. House: Committee substitute printed 19105774D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
4. House: Presented and ordered printed 19104143D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Subcommittee recommends reporting — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Passed Senate — 26–14 (pass) · upper
• Reported from General Laws with substitute — 16–6 (pass) · lower
• Read third time and passed House — 67–30 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services — 12–3 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Chris L. Hurst — primary (person)
• James W. Morefield — cosponsor (person)
• Jason S. Miyares — cosponsor (person)
• Jerrauld C. "Jay" Jones — cosponsor (person)
• Lashrecse D. Aird — cosponsor (person)
• Terry G. Kilgore — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-01-10 Presented and ordered printed 19104143D introduction
• 2019-01-10 Referred to Committee on General Laws referral-committee
• 2019-01-16 Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #3 referral-committee
• 2019-01-28 Read first time reading-1
• 2019-01-29 Read second time reading-2
• 2019-01-29 Committee substitute agreed to 19105774D-H1
• 2019-01-29 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2634H1
• 2019-01-30 Read third time and passed House (67-Y 30-N 1-A) passage, reading-3
• 2019-01-31 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2019-01-31 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 178 (effective - see bill) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/46bd374c-3ed9-45fe-a27f-bce8b8346f7b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).