Alcoholic beverage control; food-to-beverage ratio.
Summary
Alcoholic beverage control; food-to-beverageratio. Reduces the current 45 percent food-to-beverage ratiofor certain mixed beverage licensees. The bill requires that a mixedbeverage restaurant, caterer's, or limited caterer's licensee meetor exceed the following: (i) for such licensees with monthly foodsales of at least $4,000 but less than $10,000, the food-to-beverageratio shall be 35 percent and (ii) for such licensees with monthlyfood sales of at least $10,000, there shall be no food-to-beverage ratio requirement imposed.
Bill status
passed both
4 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2024
Committee Review
Mar 2024
Senate Passage
Jan 2024
House of Delegates Passage
Mar 2024
Governor
Introduced Jan 7, 2024
Last action Mar 6, 2024
Floor votes · Senate Jan 24, 2024
How they voted
40–0
Passed
Total votes 40
Jan 24, 2024
D
Democratic21
100% Yea
R
Republican19
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
22
Key actions
8
Committee
11
Mar 5, 2024
Committee
Rereferred to General Laws
lower
Mar 5, 2024
Committee
Motion to rerefer to committee agreed to
lower
Mar 4, 2024
Lower · Passed
Passed by for the day
lower
Mar 4, 2024
Lower · Passed
House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
lower
Mar 1, 2024
Lower · Passed
Passed by for the day
lower
Feb 27, 2024
Lower · Passed
Reported from General Laws with amendment(s) (17-Y 5-N)
lower
Feb 27, 2024
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (6-Y 1-N)
lower
Feb 27, 2024
Lower · Passed
House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
lower
Feb 14, 2024
Committee
Assigned GL sub: ABC/Gaming
lower
Feb 13, 2024
Committee
Referred to Committee on General Laws
lower
Jan 24, 2024
Upper · Passed
Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
upper
Jan 19, 2024
Upper · Passed
Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services (15-Y 0-N)
upper
Jan 16, 2024
Committee
Assigned Rehab sub: ABC
upper
Jan 7, 2024
Committee
Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Bryce Reeves
RRepublican
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