republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2026/hb-1343.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Alcoholic beverage control; banquet license, municipality or nonprofit organization."
description: "Alcoholic beverage control; banquet license; municipality or nonprofit organization. Allows a manufacturer, bottler, broker, importer, or wholesaler to sponsor or provide support, including equipment, staff, financial, and other support, for a special event for which a municipality or nonprofit organization has been issued a banquet license when such special event is to be held on the grounds of a museum or a government-registered national, state, or local historic site at which the municipality or nonprofit organization is licensed to operate a gift shop, provided that any retail license issued to the premises has been deactivated by the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority for the duration of such special event. The bill limits such municipalities or nonprofit organizations to no more than eight banquet licenses for such special events per year. This bill is identical to SB 532."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 1343"
citation: "Virginia HB 1343 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gretchen M. Bulova"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 27
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2026-01-19"
last_action: "2026-04-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2dfd43d8-eb32-4b9a-91cf-b53b8a7c1950"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB1343"
source_hash: "27e2e5610a29a1acb5fe5f34383d8ab34f9bfb7e8cfd1fb7c1b0c7a16d1398e5"
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 HB 1343 (2026) — Alcoholic beverage control; banquet license, municipality or nonprofit organization.

Alcoholic beverage control; banquet license; municipality or nonprofit organization. Allows a manufacturer, bottler, broker, importer, or wholesaler to sponsor or provide support, including equipment, staff, financial, and other support, for a special event for which a municipality or nonprofit organization has been issued a banquet license when such special event is to be held on the grounds of a museum or a government-registered national, state, or local historic site at which the municipality or nonprofit organization is licensed to operate a gift shop, provided that any retail license issued to the premises has been deactivated by the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority for the duration of such special event. The bill limits such municipalities or nonprofit organizations to no more than eight banquet licenses for such special events per year. This bill is identical to SB 532.

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1090177.PDF)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1179783.PDF)

## Votes

- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage R — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from General Laws — **21–0** (pass) · lower
- H VOTE: — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- H VOTE: — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — **37–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Gretchen M. Bulova — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-19** Presented and ordered printed 26102022D `introduction`
- **2026-01-19** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-26** Assigned HGL sub: ABC/Gaming `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-26** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1343)
- **2026-02-03** Subcommittee recommends reporting (9-Y 0-N)
- **2026-02-05** Reported from General Laws (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-09** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2026-02-10** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2026-02-11** Read third time and passed House (96-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-02-11** Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
- **2026-02-11** Passed House (98-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage`
- **2026-02-12** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- **2026-02-12** Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-20** Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-23** Rules suspended
- **2026-02-23** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (37-Y 0-N 0-A)
- **2026-02-23** Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
- **2026-02-24** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2026-02-24** Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage`
- **2026-02-26** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2026-02-26** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1343ER) `passage`
- **2026-02-26** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1343)
- **2026-02-26** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2026-02-26** Signed by President `passage`
- **2026-03-10** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 10, 2026 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-10** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-04-13** Approved by Governor-Chapter 805 (effective 7/1/2026) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2dfd43d8-eb32-4b9a-91cf-b53b8a7c1950`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).