VirginiaAlcoholic beverage control; requirements for restaurant retail licensees.
What it does
Alcoholic beverage control; requirements for restaurant retail licensees; provision of free potable water. Requires persons licensed to sell alcoholic beverages at retail for on-premises consumption to ensure that free potable water is available upon request to customers who have placed an order, with some exceptions specified in the bill. The bill provides that any person determined to have violated such provisions shall be subject to a (i) written warning for a first offense and (ii) civil penalty for any second or subsequent offense that occurs within three years of the first offense.
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2025
- Apr 2House sustained Governor's vetoLatest
- Mar 24Vetoed by Governor Glenn YoungkinMajor
- Mar 3Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025To Governor
- Mar 3Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 3, 2025Minor
- Feb 22Signed by PresidentMajor
- Feb 20Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1994)
- Feb 19Signed by SpeakerMajor
- Feb 19Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1994ER)Major
- Feb 19EnrolledMinor
- Feb 14Senate substitute agreed to by House (59-Y 35-N)Major
- Vote recorded Senate substitute agreed to by House (59-Y 35-N). Result: pass.Lower
- Feb 14Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1994)
- Feb 12Passed Senate with substitute (38-Y 1-N)Passed Senate
- Vote recorded Passed Senate with substitute (38-Y 1-N). Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 12Engrossed by Senate - committee substituteMajor
- Feb 12Rehabilitation and Social Services Substitute agreed to
- Feb 12Reading of substitute waived
- Feb 12Read third timeMinor
- Feb 11Passed by for the day
- Feb 10Passed by for the day
- Vote recorded Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N). Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 10Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N)
- Feb 10Rules suspended
- Feb 7Committee substitute printed 25106648D-S1Major
- Vote recorded Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services with substitute (14-Y 0-N 1-A). Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 7Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services with substitute (14-Y 0-N 1-A)Minor
- Jan 30Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social ServicesMinor
- Jan 30Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- Jan 29Read third time and passed House (62-Y 34-N)Passed House
- Vote recorded Read third time and passed House (62-Y 34-N). Result: pass.Lower
- Jan 28Read second time and engrossedMinor
- Jan 27Read first timeMinor
- Jan 23Reported from General Laws (15-Y 6-N)Minor
- Vote recorded Reported from General Laws (15-Y 6-N). Result: pass.Lower
- Jan 21Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 1-N)
- Vote recorded Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 1-N). Result: pass.Lower
- Jan 17Assigned GL sub: ABC/GamingMinor
- Jan 15Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1994)
- Jan 7Referred to Committee on General LawsMinor
- Jan 7Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-13-2025 25100061DIntroduced