republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2020/sb-583.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Virginia Spirits Board and Virginia Spirits Promotion Fund; established, report."
description: "Virginia Spirits Board. Establishes the Virginia Spirits Board, within the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, and the Virginia Spirits Promotion Fund. The Board is composed of the Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services, the Chief Executive Officer of the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority, and nine gubernatorial-appointed nonlegislative citizens who represent coopers or maltsters and owners or operators of distilleries. Among its powers and duties, the Board is authorized to contract for research services to improve farming practices related to the growing of ingredients necessary for alcohol distillation in Virginia; enter into contracts with private and public entities to market, advertise, and promote the industry; and engage in revenue-producing activities. The Fund consists of general fund appropriations, fees from services rendered, and payments received for products, equipment, or goods supplied. The bill exempts contracts for advertising, marketing, or publishing that are entered into by the Board from certain provisions of the Virginia Public Procurement Act. This bill is identical to HB 1436."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 583"
citation: "Virginia SB 583 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["T. Montgomery \"Monty\" Mason"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 22
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2020-01-07"
last_action: "2020-03-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6ec75c20-9fe9-4c81-ad0a-cea35620a5d3"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB583"
source_hash: "9d74ebb818705cbdea582dc52e27b034eab4c5c8722c0a5734aa0f0675e4ffba"
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 583 (2020) — Virginia Spirits Board and Virginia Spirits Promotion Fund; established, report.

Virginia Spirits Board. Establishes the Virginia Spirits Board, within the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, and the Virginia Spirits Promotion Fund. The Board is composed of the Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services, the Chief Executive Officer of the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority, and nine gubernatorial-appointed nonlegislative citizens who represent coopers or maltsters and owners or operators of distilleries. Among its powers and duties, the Board is authorized to contract for research services to improve farming practices related to the growing of ingredients necessary for alcohol distillation in Virginia; enter into contracts with private and public entities to market, advertise, and promote the industry; and engage in revenue-producing activities. The Fund consists of general fund appropriations, fees from services rendered, and payments received for products, equipment, or goods supplied. The bill exempts contracts for advertising, marketing, or publishing that are entered into by the Board from certain provisions of the Virginia Public Procurement Act. This bill is identical to HB 1436.

## Version chain

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

1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0085)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0085)
2. **Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB583ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB583ER)
3. **Impact statement from DPB (SB583)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB583)

## Votes

- VOTE: Passage (85-Y 15-N) — **84–15** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N) — **16–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from General Laws (20-Y 2-N) — **20–2** (pass) · lower
- Read third time and passed Senate (35-Y 4-N) — **35–4** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- T. Montgomery "Monty" Mason — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-07** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20104861D `introduction`
- **2020-01-07** Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-22** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-01-23** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- **2020-01-24** Impact statement from DPB (SB583)
- **2020-01-24** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2020-01-27** Read third time and passed Senate (35-Y 4-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-02-13** Placed on Calendar
- **2020-02-13** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-13** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-13** Reported from General Laws (20-Y 2-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-17** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-18** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-18** Passed House (85-Y 15-N) `passage`
- **2020-02-18** VOTE: Passage (85-Y 15-N)
- **2020-02-20** Enrolled
- **2020-02-20** Signed by Speaker
- **2020-02-21** Impact statement from DPB (SB583ER)
- **2020-02-21** Signed by President
- **2020-02-25** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on February 25, 2020
- **2020-02-25** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 3, 2020
- **2020-03-02** Approved by Governor-Chapter 85 (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/6ec75c20-9fe9-4c81-ad0a-cea35620a5d3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).