Alcoholic Beverage Control Act

Passed

P HB805

Alcoholic beverage control; prohibited acts by mixed beverage licensees; exception. Allows a mixed beverage licensee to serve or deliver, or both, "soju" (a Korean alcoholic beverage) to a consumer in its original bottle. The bill defines "soju."
Patron - Petersen

P HB1309

Community-based probation for underage alcohol offenders. Provides that a person convicted of underage possession of alcohol may, as a condition of deferral and dismissal, be sent to community-based probation as an alternative to an alcohol safety action program.
Patron - Hurt

P HB1314

Alcoholic beverage control (ABC); operation of government stores. Provides that certain government stores, as determined by the ABC Board, in any county having the urban county executive form of government (Fairfax County), in any city adjacent to or completely surrounded by any such county, in any county contiguous to any such county, in any city adjacent to or completely surrounded by any such contiguous county, or in any city having a population in excess of 200,000, may be open on Sunday for the sale of alcoholic beverages after 1:00 p.m. The bill requires the ABC Board to adopt regulations to implement these provisions.
Patron - Albo

P HB1316

Alcoholic beverage control; conduct not prohibited by licensed wineries and farm wineries. Allows, among other things, licensed wineries and farm wineries to receive deliveries and shipments of wine in closed containers from other wineries or farm wineries located inside or outside the Commonwealth; receive deliveries and shipments of spirits distilled from fruit or fruit juices in closed containers from distilleries located inside or outside of the Commonwealth to be used only for the fortification of wine produced by the licensee in accordance with Board regulations. Currently this privilege is limited to licensed wineries located in Virginia.
Patron - Dudley

P HB1394

Alcoholic beverage control (ABC); application for licenses; shippers' licenses. Exempts applicants for a wine or beer shipper's or a wine and beer shipper's license from the requirement of having a background investigation conducted by the ABC Board. The bill also provides for such license application that the ABC Board does not need to notify local governing bodies of the pending application.
Patron - Abbitt

P HB1448

Alcoholic beverage control; taxes on local licenses. Authorizes the imposition of a local license tax on wine shipper's, beer shipper's and wine and beer shipper's licenses of not more than $10 per license. The bill also authorizes a local license tax on farm winery licenses of not more than $50, and decreases the current local license tax on winery licenses from $1,000 to $50.
Patron - Scott, E.T.

Failed

F HB567

Alcoholic beverage control (ABC); operation of government stores. Provides an exception to the general rule that ABC stores are not to be open on Sunday. The bill provides that certain government stores, as determined by the Board, may be kept open on Sunday for the sale of alcoholic beverages during hours designated by the Board. The bill requires the Board to adopt regulations to implement the provisions of the bill.
Patron - Albo

F HB995

Alcoholic beverage control; annual banquet and annual mixed beverage banquet licenses. Creates a new annual banquet license for wine and beer and an annual mixed beverage banquet license for mixed beverages. Both licenses are limited to certain organizations and their guests and to no more than 12 events per calendar year. The provisions set out the application fee and the state and local taxes for these new licenses. The bill contains technical amendments.
Patron - Hugo

F HB1151

Juvenile alcohol offenses. Makes it clear that it is illegal for an underage person to consume alcoholic beverages as well as to purchase or possess them. This bill is incorporated into HB 668.
Patron - McDonnell

F HB1225

Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Board; Youth Smoking Penalty Act and Fund. Establishes the Youth Smoking Penalty Fund to develop and implement programs that enhance enforcement efforts to identify and prosecute violations of laws prohibiting retail sales to minors and to enforce access restrictions on minors for the possession or use of tobacco. Moneys in the Fund shall consist of an annual assessment made by the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board on each tobacco manufacturer of $1 for every estimated pack of cigarettes manufactured by such tobacco product manufacturer and sold to a minor in the Commonwealth.
Patron - Hogan

Carried Over

C HB142

Alcoholic beverage control (ABC); retail franchising of new government stores by the ABC Board. Provides for the granting of retail franchises by the ABC Board for the sale of spirits, vermouth, and mixers by retail franchisees. Mixed beverage licensees may purchase alcoholic beverages from the retail franchisees. The bill provides that no new government stores may be owned or operated by the ABC Board on or after July 1, 2004. Instead, the ABC Board shall enter into franchise agreements for the ownership and operation of retail franchised establishments in such counties, cities, and towns considered advisable by the Board, subject to the provisions of any local referendum. The bill provides that the Retail Franchising Act shall not apply to retail franchises granted by the ABC Board. The bill contains an emergency clause. The bill contains numerous technical amendments to achieve the retail franchising of new government stores.
Patron - Louderback

C SB622

Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) Board; summary suspension of licenses. Authorizes the ABC Board to suspend any license other than a brewery license, in which case the Board may impose penalties as provided in § 4.1-227, without a hearing, simultaneously with the institution of proceedings for a hearing, if it finds that there is substantial danger to the public safety which warrants such action. Institution of proceeding for a hearing shall be provided simultaneously with the summary suspension. The hearing shall be scheduled within a reasonable time of the date of the summary suspension, not to exceed 96 hours.
Patron - Stolle

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