republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2020/hb-731.md

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Bill	Hampton, City of; alcoholic beverage control licensees.	Zoning; City of Hampton; alcoholic beverage control licensees. Grants the City of Hampton authority to impose a condition upon any special exception or use permit relating to retail alcoholic beverage control licensees which provides that such special exception or use permit will automatically expire upon a change of ownership of the property, a change in possession, a change in the operation or management of a facility, or the passage of a specific period of time. This bill is identical to SB 676.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2020	HB 731	Virginia HB 731 (2020)	bill		enacted	Martha M. Mugler	3	28	8	2020-01-06	2020-03-25	openstates	ocd-bill/e31be8b8-0d0e-4c34-aa76-4dc2c44d7004	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB731	ddf6702eaee7c8f5c0fd5b5b78b2b1f18e0cec97626ea3632e8de3f16999c7e2	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 731 (2020) — Hampton, City of; alcoholic beverage control licensees.

Zoning; City of Hampton; alcoholic beverage control licensees. Grants the City of Hampton authority to impose a condition upon any special exception or use permit relating to retail alcoholic beverage control licensees which provides that such special exception or use permit will automatically expire upon a change of ownership of the property, a change in possession, a change in the operation or management of a facility, or the passage of a specific period of time. This bill is identical to SB 676.

Version chain

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

1. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0442) (committee substitute) — source
2. Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB731ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. Impact statement from DHCD (HB731) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (13-Y 9-N) — 13–9 (pass) · lower
• VOTE: DEFEATED (59-Y 41-N) — 58–41 (pass) · lower
• Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 2-N) — 6–2 (pass) · lower
• VOTE: Passage #2 (95-Y 4-N) — 94–4 (pass) · lower
• Referred from General Laws — 0–0 (fail) · lower
• Passed Senate (39-Y 1-N) — 39–1 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services (13-Y 0-N) — 13–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Martha M. Mugler — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-01-06 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102316D introduction
• 2020-01-06 Referred to Committee on General Laws referral-committee
• 2020-01-18 Impact statement from DHCD (HB731)
• 2020-01-21 Referred from General Laws
• 2020-01-21 Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns referral-committee
• 2020-01-29 Assigned CC & T sub: Charters referral-committee
• 2020-01-30 Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 2-N)
• 2020-02-07 Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (13-Y 9-N) committee-passage
• 2020-02-09 Read first time reading-1
• 2020-02-10 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
• 2020-02-11 Read third time and defeated by House (59-Y 41-N) failure
• 2020-02-11 VOTE: DEFEATED (59-Y 41-N)
• 2020-02-11 Requires 67 affirmative votes for passage
• 2020-02-11 Reconsideration of defeated action agreed to by House
• 2020-02-11 Passed House (95-Y 4-N) passage
• 2020-02-11 VOTE: Passage #2 (95-Y 4-N)
• 2020-02-12 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2020-02-12 Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services referral-committee
• 2020-02-21 Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services (13-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2020-02-24 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-25 Read third time reading-3
• 2020-02-25 Passed Senate (39-Y 1-N) passage
• 2020-03-02 Enrolled
• 2020-03-02 Signed by Speaker
• 2020-03-03 Signed by President
• 2020-03-12 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020
• 2020-03-12 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
• 2020-03-25 Approved by Governor-Chapter 442 (effective 7/1/20) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e31be8b8-0d0e-4c34-aa76-4dc2c44d7004. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).