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 HB 1343.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2026
Committee Review
Feb 2026
Senate Passage
Feb 2026
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2026
Signed into Law
Apr 2026
Introduced Jan 13, 2026
Signed Apr 13, 2026
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What changed between versions
Rehabilitation and Social Services Substitute
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Enrolled
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3 edits
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Feb 26, 2026
MINOR
The bill was finalized and enrolled for the 2026 session, removing draft committee markings. The substantive policy content remains largely unchanged, with only minor formatting updates to section headers and legal citations (e.g., adding spaces before section symbols). No new eligibility criteria, funding amounts, dates, or enforcement mechanisms were introduced.
TECHNICAL
Updated the bill header to reflect its enrolled status for the 2026 session and removed draft committee language.
Added spaces before section symbols (e.g., changed '§4.1-103' to '§ 4.1-103') throughout the text for consistency.
Standardized the formatting of legal citations by adding spaces before section symbols within the text.
Floor votes · Senate Feb 2, 2026 · House of Delegates Feb 24, 2026
How they voted
39–0
Passed
Total votes 39
Feb 2, 2026
D
Democratic20
100% Yea
R
Republican19
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
30
Key actions
11
Committee
5
Apr 13, 2026
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 825 (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
Upper · Passed
Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB532ER)
upper
Feb 24, 2026
Lower · Passed
Passed House (98-Y 0-N 0-A)
lower
Feb 19, 2026
Lower · Passed
Reported from General Laws (21-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 9, 2026
Committee
Referred to Committee on General Laws
lower
Feb 4, 2026
Upper · Passed
Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
upper
Feb 2, 2026
Upper · Passed
Passed by for the day
upper
Feb 2, 2026
Upper · Passed
Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
upper
Jan 30, 2026
Upper · Passed
Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
upper
Jan 30, 2026
Upper · Passed
Senate committee offered
upper
Jan 13, 2026
Committee
Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Richard Stuart
RRepublican
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