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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Alcoholic beverage control; privileges of local special events licensees.	Alcoholic beverage control; privileges of local special events licensees. Changes the provision limiting local special events licenses from 12 to 16 special events per year, and provides that the duration of any special event shall not exceed three consecutive days. This bill is identical to SB 689.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2020	HB 949	Virginia HB 949 (2020)	bill		enacted	Michael J. Webert	4	30	8	2020-01-07	2020-02-24	openstates	ocd-bill/c7ff5228-78a7-439c-a2ac-13a278056353	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB949	52318d5b04b6f54f96a89a5e92177e014740d0f0084b5c27cc46476192ae013d	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 949 (2020) — Alcoholic beverage control; privileges of local special events licensees.

Alcoholic beverage control; privileges of local special events licensees. Changes the provision limiting local special events licenses from 12 to 16 special events per year, and provides that the duration of any special event shall not exceed three consecutive days. This bill is identical to SB 689.

Version chain

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

1. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0016) (committee substitute) — source
2. Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB949ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB949H1 (committee substitute) — source
4. Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB949H1 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Passage (91-Y 7-N) — 90–7 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services (14-Y 0-N) — 14–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from General Laws with substitute (20-Y 2-N) — 20–2 (pass) · lower
• Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (33-Y 6-N) — 33–6 (pass) · upper
• Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (36-Y 0-N) — 36–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Michael J. Webert — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-01-07 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20103444D introduction
• 2020-01-07 Referred to Committee on General Laws referral-committee
• 2020-01-17 Assigned GL sub: ABC/Gaming referral-committee
• 2020-01-21 House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
• 2020-01-21 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N)
• 2020-01-23 Reported from General Laws with substitute (20-Y 2-N) committee-passage
• 2020-01-23 Committee substitute printed 20106228D-H1 substitution
• 2020-01-27 Read first time reading-1
• 2020-01-28 Passed by for the day
• 2020-01-29 Read second time reading-2
• 2020-01-29 Committee substitute agreed to 20106228D-H1
• 2020-01-29 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB949H1
• 2020-01-30 Read third time and passed House (91-Y 7-N) passage, reading-3
• 2020-01-30 VOTE: Passage (91-Y 7-N)
• 2020-01-31 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2020-01-31 Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services referral-committee
• 2020-02-06 Impact statement from DPB (HB949H1)
• 2020-02-07 Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services (14-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2020-02-10 Constitutional reading dispensed (36-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-11 Read third time reading-3
• 2020-02-11 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) passage
• 2020-02-11 Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (33-Y 6-N)
• 2020-02-11 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) passage
• 2020-02-13 Enrolled
• 2020-02-13 Impact statement from DPB (HB949ER)
• 2020-02-13 Signed by Speaker
• 2020-02-13 Signed by President
• 2020-02-17 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 17, 2020
• 2020-02-17 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., February 24, 2020
• 2020-02-24 Approved by Governor-Chapter 16 (effective 7/1/20) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c7ff5228-78a7-439c-a2ac-13a278056353. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).