Alcoholic beverage control; banquet license, municipality or nonprofit organization.
Summary
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.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2026
Committee Review
Feb 2026
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2026
Senate Passage
Feb 2026
Signed into Law
Apr 2026
Introduced Jan 19, 2026
Signed Apr 13, 2026
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Feb 26, 2026
MINOR
The bill text was converted from a legislative draft to an enrolled, approved final version. No substantive policy changes were made to the law itself; the content regarding the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority's powers and the rules for banquet licenses remains identical.
TECHNICAL
The document format was updated from a draft introduction to an enrolled act, including the addition of approval dates, bill numbers, and page headers/footers.
Floor votes · Senate Feb 24, 2026 · House of Delegates Feb 11, 2026
How they voted
38–0
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 39
Feb 24, 2026
D
Democratic20
100% Yea
R
Republican19
94% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
27
Key actions
11
Committee
6
Apr 13, 2026
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 805 (effective 7/1/2026)
executive
Feb 26, 2026
Upper · Passed
Signed by President
upper
Feb 26, 2026
Lower · Passed
Signed by Speaker
lower
Feb 26, 2026
Lower · Passed
Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1343ER)
lower
Feb 24, 2026
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
upper
Feb 23, 2026
Upper · Passed
Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
upper
Feb 20, 2026
Upper · Passed
Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services (15-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 12, 2026
Committee
Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services
upper
Feb 11, 2026
Lower · Passed
Passed House (98-Y 0-N 0-A)
lower
Feb 11, 2026
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House (96-Y 0-N 0-A)
lower
Feb 5, 2026
Lower · Passed
Reported from General Laws (21-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 3, 2026
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting (9-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 26, 2026
Committee
Assigned HGL sub: ABC/Gaming
lower
Jan 19, 2026
Committee
Referred to Committee on General Laws
lower
Jan 19, 2026
Introduced
Presented and ordered printed 26102022D
lower
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
No sponsor information available.
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