Alcoholic beverage control; distiller licenses, monthly revenue transfers.
Summary
Alcoholic beverage control; distiller licenses;monthly revenue transfers. Allows the Board of Directors of theVirginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority to include in any agreementit enters into with a licensed distiller for the sale of alcoholicbeverages provisions that allow monthly revenue transfers from thedistiller to the Board to be submitted electronically and to be limitedto the amount due to the Board in applicable taxes and markups. Underlaw that is set to become effective on July 1, 2020, the Board isrequired to allow such electronic submission and to limit such monthlyrevenue transfers to the amount due to the Board in applicable taxes and markups. The bill also removes the provision, which would otherwisebecome effective on July 1, 2020, that requires the Board to waiveany case fee charged to a licensed distiller for moving spirits whensuch spirits are moved by employees of the distiller.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2020
Committee Review
Feb 2020
Senate Passage
Feb 2020
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2020
Signed into Law
Apr 2020
Introduced Jan 7, 2020
Signed Apr 9, 2020
Floor votes · Senate Feb 3, 2020 · House of Delegates Feb 25, 2020
How they voted
27–13
Passed
Total votes 40
Feb 3, 2020
D
Democratic21
95% Yea
R
Republican19
63% Nay
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
34
Key actions
11
Committee
12
Amendments
2
Apr 9, 2020
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 1017 (effective 7/1/20)
executive
Feb 27, 2020
Introduced
House amendments agreed to by Senate (35-Y 5-N)
upper
Feb 25, 2020
Lower · Passed
Passed House with amendments (82-Y 17-N)
lower
Feb 25, 2020
Introduced
Engrossed by House as amended
lower
Feb 25, 2020
Lower · Passed
Committee amendments agreed to
lower
Feb 20, 2020
Lower · Passed
Reported from General Laws with amendments (20-Y 1-N)
lower
Feb 18, 2020
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 18, 2020
Committee
Assigned GL sub: ABC/Gaming
lower
Feb 18, 2020
Committee
Referred to Committee on General Laws
lower
Feb 18, 2020
Lower · Passed
House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
lower
Feb 3, 2020
Upper · Passed
Read third time and passed Senate (27-Y 13-N)
upper
Jan 31, 2020
Upper · Passed
Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB698S1
upper
Jan 31, 2020
Upper · Passed
Committee substitute agreed to 20107002D-S1
upper
Jan 29, 2020
Upper · Passed
Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (11-Y 3-N 1-A)
upper
Jan 17, 2020
Committee
Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
upper
Jan 17, 2020
Upper · Passed
Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services (14-Y 0-N)
upper
Jan 7, 2020
Committee
Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services
upper
Jan 7, 2020
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20104995D
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
MM
Monty Mason
DDemocratic
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