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type: "Bill"
title: "Alcoholic beverage control; residency requirement for licensure."
description: "Alcoholic beverage control; residency requirementfor licensure. Eliminates the provision that allows the Boardof Directors of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority to refuseto grant a retail license to any person who has not resided in theCommonwealth for at least one year immediately preceding applicationtherefor."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 395"
citation: "Virginia SB 395 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jeremy S. McPike"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 24
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2020-01-06"
last_action: "2020-03-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/39d35898-0bfd-4f5f-bbfd-790758b1fa94"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB395"
source_hash: "bae1118efbe0f676e38c1442c6078a47d70c8348fa960bae022205ed3c51c29c"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---
# Virginia SB 395 (2020) — Alcoholic beverage control; residency requirement for licensure.
Alcoholic beverage control; residency requirementfor licensure. Eliminates the provision that allows the Boardof Directors of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority to refuseto grant a retail license to any person who has not resided in theCommonwealth for at least one year immediately preceding applicationtherefor.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0534)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0534)
2. **Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB395ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB395ER)
3. **Impact statement from DPB (SB395)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB395)
## Votes
- Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services (14-Y 0-N) — **140** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (90-Y 6-N) — **896** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **80** (pass) · lower
- Reported from General Laws (21-Y 1-N) — **211** (pass) · lower
- Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **400** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **400** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Jeremy S. McPike — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2020-01-06** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102826D `introduction`
- **2020-01-06** Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-17** Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-01-20** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2020-01-21** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2020-01-22** Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-01-23** Impact statement from DPB (SB395)
- **2020-02-18** Placed on Calendar
- **2020-02-18** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-18** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-21** Assigned GL sub: ABC/Gaming `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-25** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-27** Reported from General Laws (21-Y 1-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-03-02** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2020-03-03** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2020-03-03** Passed House (90-Y 6-N) `passage`
- **2020-03-03** VOTE: Passage (90-Y 6-N)
- **2020-03-06** Enrolled
- **2020-03-06** Impact statement from DPB (SB395ER)
- **2020-03-07** Signed by President
- **2020-03-07** Signed by Speaker
- **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
- **2020-03-31** Approved by Governor-Chapter 534 (effective 7/1/20) `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/39d35898-0bfd-4f5f-bbfd-790758b1fa94`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).