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type: "Bill"
title: "Alcoholic beverage control; privileges of local special events licensees."
description: "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 HB 949."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 689"
citation: "Virginia SB 689 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jill Holtzman Vogel"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 26
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2020-01-07"
last_action: "2020-03-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5a672e43-4c7b-497c-beca-dd469f993ae6"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB689"
source_hash: "45c4d4977077fe44ee63e1ad5795841f18ff5e4f80530708248043a3a9fce429"
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 689 (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 HB 949.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0034)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0034)
2. **Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB689ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB689ER)
3. **Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB689S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB689S1)
4. **Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB689S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB689)
## Votes
- VOTE: Passage (93-Y 6-N) — **926** (pass) · lower
- Reported from General Laws (19-Y 3-N) — **193** (pass) · lower
- Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **400** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services with substitute (13-Y 0-N) — **130** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **390** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Jill Holtzman Vogel — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2020-01-07** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20103887D `introduction`
- **2020-01-07** Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-17** Assigned Rehab sub: Subcommittee #1 `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-24** Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services with substitute (13-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-01-24** Committee substitute printed 20106224D-S1 `substitution`
- **2020-01-27** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- **2020-01-28** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2020-01-28** Reading of substitute waived
- **2020-01-28** Committee substitute agreed to 20106224D-S1
- **2020-01-28** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB689S1
- **2020-01-29** Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-02-03** Placed on Calendar
- **2020-02-03** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-03** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-13** Reported from General Laws (19-Y 3-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-17** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-18** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-18** Passed House (93-Y 6-N) `passage`
- **2020-02-18** VOTE: Passage (93-Y 6-N)
- **2020-02-20** Enrolled
- **2020-02-20** Signed by Speaker
- **2020-02-21** Signed by President
- **2020-02-25** Impact statement from DPB (SB689ER)
- **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 34 (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/5a672e43-4c7b-497c-beca-dd469f993ae6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).