republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2022/sb-196.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Alcoholic beverage control; tax allocation for funding the Virginia Spirits Promotion Fund, report."
description: "Alcoholic beverage control; tax allocation; funding for Virginia Spirits Promotion Fund. Requires that 20 percent of the 20 percent tax levied on alcoholic beverages sold by the Board of Directors of the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority that is attributable to the sale of spirits produced by a distiller licensee be deposited in the Virginia Spirits Promotion Fund. The bill requires the Virginia Spirits Board to submit an annual report to the Governor and General Assembly by October 1 regarding its activities and use of moneys in the Virginia Spirits Promotion Fund. This bill is identical to HB 20."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 196"
citation: "Virginia SB 196 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["T. Montgomery \"Monty\" Mason"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 31
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-01-10"
last_action: "2022-04-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5d0b1552-9146-49ca-82ef-d2a9fd53d15e"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+SB196"
source_hash: "ead32b42837a01e113fc771b02ea2d037a2db796054ca2edbc27e4a001ecea27"
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 196 (2022) — Alcoholic beverage control; tax allocation for funding the Virginia Spirits Promotion Fund, report.

Alcoholic beverage control; tax allocation; funding for Virginia Spirits Promotion Fund. Requires that 20 percent of the 20 percent tax levied on alcoholic beverages sold by the Board of Directors of the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority that is attributable to the sale of spirits produced by a distiller licensee be deposited in the Virginia Spirits Promotion Fund. The bill requires the Virginia Spirits Board to submit an annual report to the Governor and General Assembly by October 1 regarding its activities and use of moneys in the Virginia Spirits Promotion Fund. This bill is identical to HB 20.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0084** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+CHAP0084)
2. **Committee substitute printed 22104617D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB196S1)
3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101349D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB196)
4. **SB196ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB196ER)

## Votes

- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 1-N) — **14–1** (pass) · upper
- Reported from General Laws (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Passage (83-Y 16-N) — **83–15** (pass) · lower
- Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-10** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101349D `introduction`
- **2022-01-10** Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-17** Assigned Rehab sub: ABC `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-20** Senate subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2022-01-21** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2022-01-21** Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services with substitute (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-01-21** Committee substitute printed 22104617D-S1 `substitution`
- **2022-01-21** Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-24** Impact statement from DPB (SB196S1)
- **2022-02-02** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 1-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-03** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2022-02-04** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2022-02-04** Reading of substitute waived
- **2022-02-04** Committee substitute agreed to 22104617D-S1
- **2022-02-04** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB196S1
- **2022-02-07** Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-22** Placed on Calendar
- **2022-02-22** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2022-02-22** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-24** Reported from General Laws (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-28** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2022-03-01** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2022-03-01** Passed House (83-Y 16-N) `passage`
- **2022-03-01** VOTE: Passage (83-Y 16-N)
- **2022-03-03** Enrolled
- **2022-03-03** Signed by Speaker
- **2022-03-04** Impact statement from DPB (SB196ER)
- **2022-03-04** Signed by President
- **2022-03-11** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2022
- **2022-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
- **2022-04-05** Approved by Governor-Chapter 84 (effective 7/1/22) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5d0b1552-9146-49ca-82ef-d2a9fd53d15e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).