republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2024/sb-26.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Alcoholic beverage control; public consumption on premises of certain campgrounds.	Alcoholic beverage control; public consumption;exemption. Provides that the prohibition on drinking or offeringto another an alcoholic beverage in public shall not apply when suchacts are conducted on the premises of a campground located on privateproperty at which a majority of the campers use travel or tent trailers,pickup campers, or motor homes or similar recreational vehicles.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2024	SB 26	Virginia SB 26 (2024)	bill		enacted	William M. Stanley, Jr.	3	27	6	2023-12-11	2024-04-04	openstates	ocd-bill/c45c24ae-9270-43e6-8b71-e853dbdec7a5	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+SB26	7efc3c7526845346824fa075d0f533ed88887903b219dee3394b77a7277aa10c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 26 (2024) — Alcoholic beverage control; public consumption on premises of certain campgrounds.

Alcoholic beverage control; public consumption;exemption. Provides that the prohibition on drinking or offeringto another an alcoholic beverage in public shall not apply when suchacts are conducted on the premises of a campground located on privateproperty at which a majority of the campers use travel or tent trailers,pickup campers, or motor homes or similar recreational vehicles.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0492 (committee substitute) — source
2. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24100486D (committee substitute) — source
3. SB26ER (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from General Laws (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Passage (91-Y 5-N) — 90–5 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• William M. Stanley, Jr. — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-12-11 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24100486D filing, introduction
• 2023-12-11 Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services referral-committee
• 2024-01-11 Impact statement from DPB (SB26)
• 2024-01-16 Assigned Rehab sub: ABC referral-committee
• 2024-01-19 Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-01-22 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 2024-01-23 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
• 2024-01-24 Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2024-02-13 Placed on Calendar
• 2024-02-13 Read first time reading-1
• 2024-02-13 Referred to Committee on General Laws referral-committee
• 2024-02-14 Assigned GL sub: ABC/Gaming referral-committee
• 2024-02-27 Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
• 2024-02-27 Reported from General Laws (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-29 Read second time reading-2
• 2024-03-01 Read third time reading-3
• 2024-03-01 Passed House (91-Y 5-N) passage
• 2024-03-01 VOTE: Passage (91-Y 5-N) passage
• 2024-03-06 Enrolled enrolled
• 2024-03-06 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB26ER) passage
• 2024-03-06 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2024-03-07 Impact statement from DPB (SB26ER)
• 2024-03-07 Signed by President passage
• 2024-03-11 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 enrolled
• 2024-03-11 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 executive-receipt
• 2024-04-04 Approved by Governor-Chapter 492 (effective 7/1/24) executive-signature
• 2024-04-04 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0492)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c45c24ae-9270-43e6-8b71-e853dbdec7a5. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).