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type: "Bill"
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title: "Alcoholic beverage control; happy hour advertising."
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description: "Expands the ability of retail on-premises licensees to advertise happy hours by allowing them to advertise the prices of featured alcoholic beverages and to use creative marketing techniques, provided that such techniques do not tend to induce overconsumption or consumption by minors. This bill is identical to"
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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 2073"
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citation: "Virginia HB 2073 (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: ["John J. Bell"]
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version_count: 6
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action_count: 23
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2019-01-07"
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last_action: "2019-02-15"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/eac9b9aa-b6d5-4c28-9650-3b4303b3ab7f"
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source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+HB2073"
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source_hash: "0ae32693e8378cd5cb161422c79703ddc1629337716a08b462a9f12d77b1c377"
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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 2073 (2019) — Alcoholic beverage control; happy hour advertising.
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Expands the ability of retail on-premises licensees to advertise happy hours by allowing them to advertise the prices of featured alcoholic beverages and to use creative marketing techniques, provided that such techniques do not tend to induce overconsumption or consumption by minors. This bill is identical to
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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 (CHAP0029)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+CHAP0029)
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2. **House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/subcommitteeaction.aspx?ses=191&bil=HB2073)
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3. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2073ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2073ER)
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4. **House: Committee substitute printed 19104490D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2073H1)
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5. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19102576D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2073)
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6. **Senate amendments engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+amd+HB2073ASE)
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## Votes
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- Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services with amendment — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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- Read third time and passed House — **90–4** (pass) · lower
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — **8–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from General Laws with substitute — **21–1** (pass) · lower
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- Passed Senate with amendment — **37–3** (pass) · upper
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- Senate amendment agreed to by House — **95–3** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- John J. Bell — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-01-07** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19102576D `introduction`
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- **2019-01-07** 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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- **2019-01-21** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2019-01-22** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2019-01-22** Committee substitute agreed to 19104490D-H1
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- **2019-01-22** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2073H1
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- **2019-01-23** Read third time and passed House (90-Y 4-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2019-01-24** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2019-01-24** Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services `referral-committee`
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- **2019-02-04** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2019-02-05** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2019-02-05** Reading of amendment waived
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- **2019-02-05** Committee amendment agreed to
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- **2019-02-05** Engrossed by Senate as amended
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- **2019-02-07** Placed on Calendar
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- **2019-02-07** Senate amendment agreed to by House (95-Y 3-N)
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- **2019-02-11** Enrolled
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- **2019-02-11** Signed by Speaker
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- **2019-02-11** Signed by President
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- **2019-02-12** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 12, 2019
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- **2019-02-12** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 19, 2019
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- **2019-02-15** Approved by Governor-Chapter 29 (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/eac9b9aa-b6d5-4c28-9650-3b4303b3ab7f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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