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type: "Bill"
title: "Alcoholic beverage control; tax allocation for funding the Virginia Spirits Promotion Fund, report."
description: "Alcoholic beverage control; tax allocation; funding for Virginia Spirits Promotion Fund. Requires that 20 percent of the 20 percent tax levied on alcoholic beverages sold by the Board of Directors of the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority that is attributable to the sale of spirits produced by a distiller licensee be deposited in the Virginia Spirits Promotion Fund. The bill requires the Virginia Spirits Board to submit an annual report to the Governor and General Assembly by October 1 regarding its activities and use of moneys in the Virginia Spirits Promotion Fund. This bill is identical to SB 196."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 20"
citation: "Virginia HB 20 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hyland F. \"Buddy\" Fowler, Jr."]
version_count: 4
action_count: 44
vote_count: 12
first_action: "2021-12-23"
last_action: "2022-04-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c6a89639-cb08-44fa-a1b2-a180e6af46fb"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+HB20"
source_hash: "72a00c18c273d15faf5ee37336100d0d20b632ed52538d2326298517fb3b7454"
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 20 (2022) — Alcoholic beverage control; tax allocation for funding the Virginia Spirits Promotion Fund, report.
Alcoholic beverage control; tax allocation; funding for Virginia Spirits Promotion Fund. Requires that 20 percent of the 20 percent tax levied on alcoholic beverages sold by the Board of Directors of the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority that is attributable to the sale of spirits produced by a distiller licensee be deposited in the Virginia Spirits Promotion Fund. The bill requires the Virginia Spirits Board to submit an annual report to the Governor and General Assembly by October 1 regarding its activities and use of moneys in the Virginia Spirits Promotion Fund. This bill is identical to SB 196.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **CHAP0085** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+CHAP0085)
2. **Committee substitute printed 22106556D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB20S1)
3. **HB20ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB20ER)
4. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101248D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB20)
## Votes
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) — **970** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Adoption #2 (86-Y 11-N) — **8511** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **400** (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate with substitute (39-Y 0-N) — **390** (pass) · upper
- Reported from General Laws (22-Y 0-N) — **220** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage #2 (99-Y 0-N) — **980** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Adoption (88-Y 6-N) — **876** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N) — **140** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **80** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) — **220** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **80** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — **150** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Hyland F. "Buddy" Fowler, Jr. — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-12-23** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101248D `introduction`
- **2021-12-23** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-17** Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #3 `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-18** Impact statement from DPB (HB20)
- **2022-01-25** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- **2022-01-25** Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
- **2022-01-27** Reported from General Laws (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-01-27** Referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-28** Assigned App. sub: Commerce Agriculture & Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-02** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- **2022-02-02** Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-04** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2022-02-07** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2022-02-08** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-08** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N)
- **2022-02-08** Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
- **2022-02-08** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2022-02-08** VOTE: Block Vote Passage #2 (99-Y 0-N)
- **2022-02-09** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2022-02-09** Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-18** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2022-02-18** Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services with substitute (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-18** Committee substitute printed 22106556D-S1 `substitution`
- **2022-02-18** Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-22** Impact statement from DPB (HB20S1)
- **2022-03-01** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-02** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2022-03-03** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2022-03-03** Reading of substitute waived
- **2022-03-03** Committee substitute agreed to 22106556D-S1
- **2022-03-03** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB20S1
- **2022-03-03** Passed Senate with substitute (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2022-03-07** Senate substitute agreed to by House 22106556D-S1 (88-Y 6-N)
- **2022-03-07** VOTE: Adoption (88-Y 6-N)
- **2022-03-07** Reconsideration of Senate substitute agreed to by House
- **2022-03-07** Senate substitute agreed to by House (86-Y 11-N)
- **2022-03-07** VOTE: Adoption #2 (86-Y 11-N)
- **2022-03-10** Enrolled
- **2022-03-10** Signed by Speaker
- **2022-03-10** Signed by President
- **2022-03-22** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 22, 2022
- **2022-03-22** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
- **2022-04-01** Impact statement from DPB (HB20ER)
- **2022-04-05** Approved by Governor-Chapter 85 (effective 7/1/22) `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c6a89639-cb08-44fa-a1b2-a180e6af46fb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).