HB 2073 Virginia House of Delegates · 2019 Regular Session

Alcoholic beverage control; happy hour advertising.

Summary

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

Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2019

Committee Review

Feb 2019

House of Delegates Passage

Jan 2019

Senate Passage

Feb 2019

Signed into Law

Feb 2019

Introduced Jan 7, 2019 Signed Feb 15, 2019

Floor votes · Senate Feb 5, 2019

How they voted

34–3

Passed

Total votes 37

Feb 5, 2019

D Democratic17

17 Yea

100% Yea

R Republican20

17 Yea 3 Nay

85% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

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Committee

Amendments

Feb 15, 2019

Signed into law

Approved by Governor-Chapter 29 (effective 7/1/19)

executive

Feb 7, 2019

Introduced

Senate amendment agreed to by House (95-Y 3-N)

lower

Feb 5, 2019

Introduced

Engrossed by Senate as amended

upper

Feb 5, 2019

Upper · Passed

Committee amendment agreed to

upper

Feb 5, 2019

Introduced

Reading of amendment waived

upper

Feb 5, 2019

Senate · Passed

Senate Vote: pass (34-3)

senate

Jan 24, 2019

Committee

Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services

upper

Jan 23, 2019

Lower · Passed

Read third time and passed House (90-Y 4-N)

lower

Jan 22, 2019

Lower · Passed

Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2073H1

lower

Jan 22, 2019

Lower · Passed

Committee substitute agreed to 19104490D-H1

lower

Jan 14, 2019

Committee

Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #3

lower

Jan 7, 2019

Committee

Referred to Committee on General Laws

lower

Jan 7, 2019

Introduced

Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19102576D

lower

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors