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type: "Bill"
title: "Alcoholic beverage control; public consumption on premises of certain campgrounds."
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 26"
citation: "Virginia SB 26 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["William M. Stanley, Jr."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 27
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2023-12-11"
last_action: "2024-04-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c45c24ae-9270-43e6-8b71-e853dbdec7a5"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+SB26"
source_hash: "7efc3c7526845346824fa075d0f533ed88887903b219dee3394b77a7277aa10c"
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 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](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0492)
2. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24100486D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB26)
3. **SB26ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB26ER)
## Votes
- Reported from General Laws (22-Y 0-N) — **220** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **400** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **80** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services (15-Y 0-N) — **150** (pass) · upper
- Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **400** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (91-Y 5-N) — **905** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c45c24ae-9270-43e6-8b71-e853dbdec7a5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).