Alcoholic beverage control; sale and delivery of mixed beverages and pre-mixed wine.
Summary
Alcoholic beverage control; sale and deliveryof mixed beverages and pre-mixed wine for off-premises consumption.Allows distillers that have been appointed as agents of the Board of Directors (the Board) of the Virginia Alcoholic BeverageControl Authority (the Authority), mixed beverage restaurant licensees,and limited mixed beverage restaurant licensees to sell mixed beveragesfor off-premises consumption and deliver such mixed beverages toconsumers subject to requirements set forth in the bill. The billallows the Board to summarily revoke a licensee's privileges to selland deliver mixed beverages for off-premises consumption for noncompliancewith the requirements set forth in the bill or applicable provisionsof current law. The bill also allows farm winery licensees to sellpre-mixed wine for off-premises consumption. The bill directs theAuthority to convene a work group to study the sale and delivery of mixed beverages and pre-mixed wine for off-premises consumption andreport its findings to the Chairmen of the House Committee on GeneralLaws and the Senate Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Servicesby November 1, 2021. The provisions of the bill sunset on July 1,2022.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2021
Committee Review
Feb 2021
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2021
Senate Passage
Feb 2021
Signed into Law
Mar 2021
Introduced Jan 8, 2021
Signed Mar 18, 2021
Floor votes · Senate Feb 15, 2021 · House of Delegates Feb 3, 2021
How they voted
33–0
Passed
Total votes 33
Feb 15, 2021
D
Democratic17
100% Yea
R
Republican16
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
25
Key actions
7
Committee
6
Mar 18, 2021
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 281 (effective 7/1/21)
executive
Feb 16, 2021
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 15, 2021
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (33-0)
senate
Feb 12, 2021
Upper · Passed
Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services (14-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 4, 2021
Committee
Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services
upper
Feb 3, 2021
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House (90-Y 8-N)
lower
Jan 28, 2021
Lower · Passed
Reported from General Laws (20-Y 2-N)
lower
Jan 26, 2021
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 12, 2021
Committee
Assigned GL sub: ABC/Gaming
lower
Jan 8, 2021
Committee
Referred to Committee on General Laws
lower
Jan 8, 2021
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102643D
lower
1 primary · 4 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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