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type: "Bill"
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title: "Alcoholic beverage control; manufacture/sale of low alcohol beverage cooler."
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description: "Allows low alcohol beverage coolers to be manufactured by a licensed distiller or a distiller located outside of the Commonwealth. The bill also allows licensed distillers to use spirits manufactured by another licensed distiller in the manufacture of low alcohol beverage coolers. In addition, the bill allows (i) low alcohol beverage coolers to be sold in government stores and (ii) distillers to sell low alcohol beverage coolers that are manufactured or blended by such distillers at government stores established on their licensed premises."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2019"
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identifier: "HB 1960"
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citation: "Virginia HB 1960 (2019)"
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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: ["David J. Toscano"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 20
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vote_count: 8
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first_action: "2019-01-06"
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last_action: "2019-03-18"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7383d3ea-780c-40b8-8da8-323f5b6e764b"
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source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+HB1960"
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source_hash: "a846eacc5d7b8f6c41a3de41902257738bd9a966f4701d6fb21efc64529318e7"
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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 1960 (2019) — Alcoholic beverage control; manufacture/sale of low alcohol beverage cooler.
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Allows low alcohol beverage coolers to be manufactured by a licensed distiller or a distiller located outside of the Commonwealth. The bill also allows licensed distillers to use spirits manufactured by another licensed distiller in the manufacture of low alcohol beverage coolers. In addition, the bill allows (i) low alcohol beverage coolers to be sold in government stores and (ii) distillers to sell low alcohol beverage coolers that are manufactured or blended by such distillers at government stores established on their licensed premises.
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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 (CHAP0466)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+CHAP0466)
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2. **House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/subcommitteeaction.aspx?ses=191&bil=HB1960)
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3. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1960ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB1960ER)
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4. **House: Committee substitute printed 19104696D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB1960H1)
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5. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19102648D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB1960)
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## Votes
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- Reported from General Laws with substitute — **22–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Finance — **14–1** (pass) · upper
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — **8–0** (pass) · lower
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- Passed Senate — **38–1** (pass) · upper
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- Passed House BLOCK VOTE — **99–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **98–0** (pass) · lower
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- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- David J. Toscano — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-01-06** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19102648D `introduction`
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- **2019-01-06** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
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- **2019-01-14** Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #3 `referral-committee`
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- **2019-01-28** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2019-01-29** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2019-01-29** Committee substitute agreed to 19104696D-H1
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- **2019-01-29** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1960H1
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- **2019-01-30** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2019-01-30** Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
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- **2019-01-30** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2019-01-31** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2019-01-31** Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services `referral-committee`
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- **2019-02-08** Rereferred to Finance `referral-committee`
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- **2019-02-15** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2019-02-20** Enrolled
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- **2019-02-20** Signed by Speaker
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- **2019-02-20** Signed by President
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- **2019-02-27** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 27, 2019
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- **2019-02-27** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019
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- **2019-03-18** Approved by Governor-Chapter 466 (effective 7/1/19) `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/7383d3ea-780c-40b8-8da8-323f5b6e764b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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