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type: "Bill"
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title: "Alcoholic beverage control; stills or distilling apparatuses, permit requirement."
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description: "Alcoholic beverage control; stills or distilling apparatuses; permit requirement. Narrows the requirement that a permit be obtained from the Board of Directors of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority in order to keep, store, or possess any still or distilling apparatus to include only instances in which a still or distilling apparatus is kept, stored, or possessed for the purpose of distilling alcohol."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2020"
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identifier: "HB 37"
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citation: "Virginia HB 37 (2020)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Mark L. Cole"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 24
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2019-11-19"
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last_action: "2020-03-23"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ffa3c085-fbbe-4e5d-b26d-01e8ca75df58"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB37"
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source_hash: "598f6e7da2f2c2d757c6a6ec7115318dd6a767e60f3209cee6284951854dea29"
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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 HB 37 (2020) — Alcoholic beverage control; stills or distilling apparatuses, permit requirement.
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Alcoholic beverage control; stills or distilling apparatuses; permit requirement. Narrows the requirement that a permit be obtained from the Board of Directors of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority in order to keep, store, or possess any still or distilling apparatus to include only instances in which a still or distilling apparatus is kept, stored, or possessed for the purpose of distilling alcohol.
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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. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0386)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0386)
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2. **Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB37ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB37ER)
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3. **Impact statement from DPB (HB37)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB37)
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## Votes
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services (14-Y 0-N) — **14–0** (pass) · upper
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 1-N) — **6–1** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from General Laws (20-Y 2-N) — **20–2** (pass) · lower
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- VOTE: Passage (88-Y 10-N) — **87–10** (pass) · lower
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- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Mark L. Cole — primary (person)
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- Michael J. Webert — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-11-19** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20100989D `introduction`
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- **2019-11-19** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
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- **2020-01-17** Assigned GL sub: ABC/Gaming `referral-committee`
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- **2020-01-21** Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 1-N)
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- **2020-01-23** Reported from General Laws (20-Y 2-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-01-27** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2020-01-28** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2020-01-29** Read third time and passed House (88-Y 10-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2020-01-29** VOTE: Passage (88-Y 10-N)
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- **2020-01-30** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2020-01-30** Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services `referral-committee`
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- **2020-02-05** Impact statement from DPB (HB37)
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- **2020-02-06** Assigned Rehab sub: ABC `referral-committee`
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- **2020-02-21** Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-02-24** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-02-25** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2020-02-25** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2020-03-02** Enrolled
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- **2020-03-02** Impact statement from DPB (HB37ER)
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- **2020-03-02** Signed by Speaker
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- **2020-03-03** Signed by President
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- **2020-03-12** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020
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- **2020-03-12** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
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- **2020-03-23** Approved by Governor-Chapter 386 (effective 7/1/20) `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/ffa3c085-fbbe-4e5d-b26d-01e8ca75df58`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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