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type: "Bill"
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title: "Alcoholic beverage control; neutral grain spirits or alcohol sold at government stores."
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description: "Increases from 101 to 151 the proof of neutral grain spirits or alcohol that is without distinctive character, aroma, taste, or color that may be sold at government stores. The bill has an expiration date of July 1, 2022."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2017"
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identifier: "HB 1842"
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citation: "Virginia HB 1842 (2017)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Alcoholic Beverage Control Act"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Barry D. Knight"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 15
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2017-01-10"
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last_action: "2017-02-23"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e6820670-23eb-4550-89d9-2d2e192b5bde"
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source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB1842"
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source_hash: "2c1b54c425c8fa9672be559e7a49a142ee5824594cd48f0223496a42f060a64d"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia HB 1842 (2017) — Alcoholic beverage control; neutral grain spirits or alcohol sold at government stores.
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Increases from 101 to 151 the proof of neutral grain spirits or alcohol that is without distinctive character, aroma, taste, or color that may be sold at government stores. The bill has an expiration date of July 1, 2022.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0155)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0155)
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2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1842ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1842ER)
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3. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101080D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1842)
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## Votes
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- Read third time and passed House — **83–14** (pass) · legislature
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- Passed Senate — **36–4** (pass) · legislature
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **6–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services — **14–1** (pass) · legislature
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- Constitutional reading dispensed — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Reported from General Laws — **19–3** (pass) · legislature
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## Sponsors
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- Barry D. Knight — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-01-10** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101080D `introduction`
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- **2017-01-10** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
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- **2017-01-16** Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #3 `referral-committee`
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- **2017-01-23** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2017-01-24** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2017-01-25** Read third time and passed House (83-Y 14-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2017-01-26** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2017-01-26** Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services `referral-committee`
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- **2017-02-14** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2017-02-16** Enrolled
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- **2017-02-16** Signed by Speaker
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- **2017-02-17** Signed by President
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- **2017-02-17** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/17/17
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- **2017-02-17** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 24, 2017
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- **2017-02-23** Approved by Governor-Chapter 155 (effective 7/1/17) `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e6820670-23eb-4550-89d9-2d2e192b5bde`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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