SB 657 Virginia Senate · 2024 Regular Session

Alcoholic beverage control; annual mixed beverage performing arts facility licenses.

Summary
Alcoholic beverage control; annual mixed beverage performing arts facility licenses; on-and-off premises wine and beer licenses. Defines performing arts facility and sports facility and standardizes the eligibility criteria for annual mixed beverage performing arts facility licenses and on-and-off-premises wine and beer licenses for performing arts food concessionaires. Under current law, the eligibility criteria for such licenses varies by location and includes inconsistent ownership, lease, capacity, and seating requirements. The bill also removes provisions that allow the Board of Directors of the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority to grant annual mixed beverage motor sports facility licenses and motor car sporting event facility licenses and creates an annual mixed beverage sports facility license, which may be granted to persons operating a sports facility or food concessions at a sports facility and would authorize the licensee to sell mixed beverages during any event and immediately subsequent thereto to patrons within all seating areas, concourses, walkways, concession areas, and additional locations designated by the Board (i) in closed containers for off-premises consumption or (ii) in paper, plastic, or similar disposable containers or in single original metal cans for on-premises consumption. This bill is identical to HB 1349, SB 180, SB 400, and SB 724.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2024
Committee Review
Mar 2024
Senate Passage
Mar 2024
House of Delegates Passage
Mar 2024
Signed into Law
Mar 2024
Introduced Jan 15, 2024 Signed Mar 28, 2024
Floor votes · Senate Jan 24, 2024 · House of Delegates Feb 27, 2024

How they voted

391
Passed
Total votes 40
Jan 24, 2024
D Democratic21
20 Yea 1 Nay
95% Yea
R Republican19
19 Yea
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
46
Key actions
14
Committee
10
Mar 28, 2024
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 255 (effective 7/1/24)
executive
Mar 26, 2024
Lower · Passed
Signed by Speaker
lower
Mar 25, 2024
Upper · Passed
Signed by President
upper
Mar 25, 2024
Upper · Passed
Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB657ER)
upper
Mar 7, 2024
Upper · Passed
Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
upper
Mar 6, 2024
Lower · Passed
Conference report agreed to by House (93-Y 4-N)
lower
Mar 6, 2024
Legislature · Passed
Amended by conference committee
legislature
Mar 4, 2024
Upper · Passed
Passed by for the day
upper
Mar 1, 2024
Committee
House requested conference committee
lower
Feb 27, 2024
Lower · Passed
VOTE: Passage (91-Y 5-N)
lower
Feb 27, 2024
Lower · Passed
Passed House with substitute (91-Y 5-N)
lower
Feb 22, 2024
Lower · Passed
Reported from General Laws with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
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
Passed Senate (38-Y 2-N)
upper
Jan 24, 2024
Upper · Passed
Read third time and passed Senate (38-Y 2-N)
upper
Jan 19, 2024
Upper · Passed
Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services (14-Y 0-N 1-A)
upper
Jan 16, 2024
Committee
Assigned Rehab sub: ABC
upper
Jan 15, 2024
Committee
Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services
upper
Jan 15, 2024
Introduced
Presented and ordered printed 24105205D
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
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Photo of Bryce Reeves
Bryce Reeves
RRepublican
VA
28