VirginiaAlcoholic beverage control; food-to-beverage ratio, sunset.
What it does
Alcoholic beverage control; food-to-beverage ratio. Reduces the current 45 percent food-to-beverage ratio for certain mixed beverage licensees. The bill requires a mixed beverage restaurant, caterer's, or limited caterer's licensee with monthly food sales of at least $4,000 to have a food-to-beverage ratio that meets or exceeds 30 percent.
More detail
The bill also requires that restaurants have at least as many seats at tables as at counters and prohibits mixed beverage licensees from serving mixed beverages once food is no longer being sold for on-premises consumption. The bill sunsets on July 1, 2027, and requires the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority to collect data regarding the compliance of mixed beverage licensees with the provisions of the bill and the impact of the change to the food-to-beverage ratio on the gross amount of food consumed on a licensee's premises. The bill requires the Authority to report such data to the Chairmen of the House Committee on General Laws and the Senate Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services by November 1, 2026.
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed Senate
- Passed House
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2025
- Feb 18Left in General LawsLatest
- Feb 7Referred to Committee on General LawsMinor
- Feb 7Read first timeMinor
- Feb 7Placed on Calendar
- Feb 4Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1163)
- Vote recorded Passed Senate (36-Y 4-N). Result: pass.Upper
- Vote recorded Constitutional reading dispensed (on 3rd reading) (40-Y 0-N). Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 4Passed Senate (36-Y 4-N)Passed Senate
- Feb 4Rules suspended
- Feb 4Constitutional reading dispensed (on 3rd reading) (40-Y 0-N)
- Feb 4Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute-SB1163S1Major
- Feb 4Rehabilitation and Social Services Substitute agreed to
- Feb 4Reading of substitute waived
- Feb 4Read second timeMinor
- Feb 3Passed by for the day
- Vote recorded Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N). Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 3Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N)
- Feb 3Rules suspended
- Jan 31Committee substitute printed 25104842D-S1Major
- Vote recorded Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services with substitute (14-Y 1-N). Result: pass.Upper
- Jan 31Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services with substitute (14-Y 1-N)Minor
- Jan 20Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1163)
- Jan 7Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social ServicesMinor
- Jan 7Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25102428DIntroduced