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Bill	Alcoholic beverage control; designated outdoor refreshment area license.	Alcoholic beverage control; local special events license. Allows the Board of Directors of the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority to increase the frequency, duration, and designated area of events held under a local special events license upon the request of a locality after adoption of an ordinance allowing such increases. Under current law, localities are limited to holding 16 events per year under such license, with each event lasting no more than three consecutive days, except during the effective dates of any rule, regulation, or order that is issued by the Governor or State Health Commissioner to meet a public health emergency and that effectively reduces allowable restaurant seating capacity. The bill also increases the state and local license fees for local special events licenses issued pursuant to a local ordinance.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2021	SB 1471	Virginia SB 1471 (2021)	bill		enacted	Siobhan S. Dunnavant	6	46	11	2021-01-22	2021-03-25	openstates	ocd-bill/304166e6-7bca-40e4-a2df-be71f49b30fd	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+sum+SB1471	bd570376d3bcf8d84e37b328f944ba160e882a315ba874e67f55c23a3a9fea61	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 1471 (2021) — Alcoholic beverage control; designated outdoor refreshment area license.

Alcoholic beverage control; local special events license. Allows the Board of Directors of the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority to increase the frequency, duration, and designated area of events held under a local special events license upon the request of a locality after adoption of an ordinance allowing such increases. Under current law, localities are limited to holding 16 events per year under such license, with each event lasting no more than three consecutive days, except during the effective dates of any rule, regulation, or order that is issued by the Governor or State Health Commissioner to meet a public health emergency and that effectively reduces allowable restaurant seating capacity. The bill also increases the state and local license fees for local special events licenses issued pursuant to a local ordinance.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0391 (committee substitute) — source
2. Committee substitute printed 21104068D-S1 (committee substitute) — source
3. Committee substitute printed 21200026D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
4. Conference substitute printed 21200686D-S2 (committee substitute) — source
5. Presented and ordered printed 21103589D (committee substitute) — source
6. SB1471ER (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services with substitute (11-Y 1-N 2-A) — 11–1 (pass) · upper
• Reported from General Laws with substitute (20-Y 2-N) — 20–2 (pass) · lower
• House substitute rejected by Senate (0-Y 39-N) — 0–39 (fail) · upper
• VOTE: Agreed To (92-Y 3-N) — 91–3 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N 2-A) — 14–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Passage (93-Y 4-N) — 92–4 (pass) · lower
• Senate acceded to request (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Continued to Special Session 1 in General Laws — 0–0 (fail) · lower
• Read third time and passed Senate (38-Y 0-N) — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• Conference report agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Siobhan S. Dunnavant — primary (person)
• Jennifer B. Boysko — cosponsor (person)
• Jeremy S. McPike — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-01-22 Presented and ordered printed 21103589D introduction
• 2021-01-22 Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services referral-committee
• 2021-01-25 Impact statement from DPB (SB1471)
• 2021-01-29 Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
• 2021-01-29 Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services with substitute (11-Y 1-N 2-A) committee-passage
• 2021-01-29 Committee substitute printed 21104068D-S1 substitution
• 2021-01-29 Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations referral-committee
• 2021-02-03 Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N 2-A) committee-passage
• 2021-02-03 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
• 2021-02-04 Read second time reading-2
• 2021-02-04 Committee substitute agreed to 21104068D-S1
• 2021-02-04 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1471S1
• 2021-02-05 Read third time and passed Senate (38-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2021-02-07 Placed on Calendar
• 2021-02-07 Read first time reading-1
• 2021-02-07 Referred to Committee on General Laws referral-committee
• 2021-02-08 Continued to Special Session 1 in General Laws
• 2021-02-08 Impact statement from DPB (SB1471S1)
• 2021-02-11 House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
• 2021-02-11 Reported from General Laws with substitute (20-Y 2-N) committee-passage
• 2021-02-11 Committee substitute printed 21200026D-H1 substitution
• 2021-02-12 Impact statement from DPB (SB1471H1)
• 2021-02-15 Read second time reading-2
• 2021-02-16 Read third time reading-3
• 2021-02-16 Committee substitute agreed to 21200026D-H1
• 2021-02-16 Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB1471H1
• 2021-02-16 Passed House with substitute (93-Y 4-N) passage
• 2021-02-16 VOTE: Passage (93-Y 4-N)
• 2021-02-18 House substitute rejected by Senate (0-Y 39-N)
• 2021-02-19 House insisted on substitute
• 2021-02-19 House requested conference committee
• 2021-02-23 Senate acceded to request (39-Y 0-N)
• 2021-02-23 Conferees appointed by Senate
• 2021-02-24 Conferees appointed by House
• 2021-02-27 Amended by conference committee
• 2021-02-27 Conference substitute printed 21200686D-S2
• 2021-02-27 Conference report agreed to by House (92-Y 3-N)
• 2021-02-27 VOTE: Agreed To (92-Y 3-N)
• 2021-02-27 Conference report agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
• 2021-03-09 Enrolled
• 2021-03-09 Signed by President
• 2021-03-10 Impact statement from DPB (SB1471ER)
• 2021-03-11 Signed by Speaker
• 2021-03-15 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 15, 2021
• 2021-03-15 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
• 2021-03-25 Approved by Governor-Chapter 391 (effective 7/1/21) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/304166e6-7bca-40e4-a2df-be71f49b30fd. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).