Alcoholic Beverage Control Act

Passed

P HB1721

Alcoholic beverage control; limitations on manufacturers; exception. Allows a manufacturer of beer or wine to obtain only one banquet license for a special event lasting no more than three consecutive days. Current law provides that a banquet license is required for each day of an event. The bill increases the state and local license tax for the three-day banquet license to $100 and $20 respectively. The bill contains technical amendments.
Patron - Albo

P HB1822

Alcoholic beverage control; wine and license for day spas. Creates a day spa license that allows the licensee to give no more than two-five ounce glasses of wine or one 12-ounce glass of beer to customers of the day spa for on-premises consumption. The bill also defines day spa and sets the amount of state and local license taxes. The bill contains technical amendments.
Patron - Suit

P HB2255

Underage drinking and provision of alcohol; penalties. The bill criminalizes underage consumption and punishes anyone who aids or assists in providing alcohol to an underage person with a Class 1 misdemeanor.
Patron - Bell

P HB2582

Alcoholic beverage control; mixed beverage licenses for certain properties. Authorizes the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board to grant mixed beverage licenses to establishments to be located (i) on property fronting U.S. Route 11, with portions fronting Route 659, adjoining a city with a population between 17,000 and 18,000 and located approximately 2,700 feet north of mile marker 7.7 on Interstate 81; and (ii) on property bounded on the north by U.S. Route 11 and to the south by Interstate 81, and located between mile markers 8.1 and 8.5 of Interstate 81. Both properties are located in Washington County. The bill contains technical amendments and is identical to SB 1151.
Patron - Kilgore

P HB2710

Alcoholic Beverage Control Board; regulations; purchases by certain licensees. Provides that the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board shall provide notice to licensees on Board policies relating to the assignment of government stores from which licensees may purchase products and any procedure for the licensee to elect to make purchases from an alternative government store.
Patron - Sickles

P HB2740

Alcoholic beverage control; wine and beer licenses. Authorizes the granting of a retail on-premises wine and beer license to persons operating food concessions at any outdoor performing arts amphitheater, arena or similar facility which has capacity for more than 9,500 persons and is located in any county operated under the county manager form of government (Henrico County).
Patron - Reid

P HB2791

Purchase of alcohol for others; penalties. Allows the court to suspend for up to one year the driver's license of someone who purchases alcohol for someone who is underage, intoxicated, or interdicted. A restricted permit is allowed.
Patron - Albo

P SB1151

Alcoholic beverage control; mixed beverage licenses for certain properties. Authorizes the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board to grant mixed beverage licenses to establishments to be located (i) on property fronting U.S. Route 11, with portions fronting Route 659, adjoining a city with a population between 17,000 and 18,000 and located approximately 2,700 feet north of mile marker 7.7 on Interstate 81; and (ii) on property bounded on the north by U.S. Route 11 and on the south by Interstate 81, and located between mile markers 8.1 and 8.5 of Interstate 81. Both properties are located in Washington County. The bill contains technical amendments and is identical to HB 2582.
Patron - Stolle

P SB1309

Alcoholic beverage control; applications for licenses; criminal history checks. Provides that the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board may waive, for good cause shown, the requirement for a criminal history records search and completed personal data form for officers, directors, nonmanaging members, or limited partners of any applicant corporation, limited liability company, or limited partnership.
Patron - Williams

Failed

F HB1498

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, 2005. 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

F HB2015

Alcoholic Beverage Control Board; membership. Requires one member of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board to be a representative of the restaurant industry. The bill provides that it does not apply to the current Alcoholic Beverage Control Board, unless there is a vacancy.
Patron - Hall

F HB2024

Alcoholic beverage licensees; prohibiting loaded firearms on premises. Requires the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board to provide notice to persons licensed to sell and serve alcoholic beverages for on-premise consumption of their right to prohibit the carrying of loaded firearms at the location for which the license was issued, if such location is on private property.
Patron - Amundson

F SB859

Alcoholic Beverage Control Board; conditions to refuse licenses. Requires the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board (ABC) to refuse to grant a mixed beverage license if the ABC Board determines that in the licensed establishment there are customers, who are not law enforcement officers, that the licensee knows or should know are carrying firearms and who are served alcoholic beverages.
Patron - Howell

F SB1181

Alcoholic beverage control; mixed beverage nightclub license. Creates a new license, the mixed beverage nightclub license, and sets out the privileges of this new license. The bill defines "nightclub" as an establishment of at least 4,000 square feet, including kitchen facilities, with an occupant load density of less than 15 square feet per person, that provides entertainment at night, where, in consideration of payment, meals or other foods prepared on the premises are regularly sold, and that has a floor show or provides music and space for dancing. The bill provides for the state and local taxes on this new license. The bill also contains technical amendments.
Patron - Rerras

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