---
type: "Bill"
title: "Alcoholic beverage control; definitions, license and fee reform."
description: "Alcoholic beverage control; license and fee reform. Reorganizes all alcoholic beverage control licenses pursuant to the three-tier structure and license privileges, consolidates many licenses with common privileges, aligns license fee amounts with enforcement demands, and standardizes quantity limits on alcohol samples. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2021. This bill is identical to SB 389."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 390"
citation: "Virginia HB 390 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barry D. Knight"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 34
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2020-01-02"
last_action: "2020-04-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9096f8f4-23a3-4b21-ab51-22fe60f8ba12"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB390"
source_hash: "83ed6f44d8f9cc71736953b882db21921d20ec04526c420d17b87bc7ac175355"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---

# Virginia HB 390 (2020) — Alcoholic beverage control; definitions, license and fee reform.

Alcoholic beverage control; license and fee reform. Reorganizes all alcoholic beverage control licenses pursuant to the three-tier structure and license privileges, consolidates many licenses with common privileges, aligns license fee amounts with enforcement demands, and standardizes quantity limits on alcohol samples. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2021. This bill is identical to SB 389.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1113)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP1113)
2. **Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB390ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB390ER)
3. **Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB390H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB390)
4. **Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB390H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB390H1)

## Votes

- Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services with amendments (14-Y 0-N) — **14–0** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate with amendments (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Adoption (84-Y 9-N) — **83–9** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (89-Y 11-N) — **88–11** (pass) · lower
- Reported from General Laws with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Barry D. Knight — primary (person)
- David L. Bulova — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2020-01-02** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20101854D `introduction`
- **2020-01-02** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-17** Assigned GL sub: ABC/Gaming `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-21** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N)
- **2020-01-23** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2020-01-23** Reported from General Laws with substitute (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-01-23** Committee substitute printed 20105671D-H1 `substitution`
- **2020-01-27** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2020-01-28** Passed by for the day
- **2020-01-29** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2020-01-29** Committee substitute agreed to 20105671D-H1
- **2020-01-29** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB390H1
- **2020-01-30** Read third time and passed House (89-Y 11-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-01-30** VOTE: Passage (89-Y 11-N)
- **2020-01-31** Impact statement from DPB (HB390H1)
- **2020-01-31** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2020-01-31** Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-06** Assigned Rehab sub: ABC `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-21** Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services with amendments (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-24** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-25** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-25** Reading of amendments waived
- **2020-02-25** Committee amendments agreed to
- **2020-02-25** Engrossed by Senate as amended
- **2020-02-25** Passed Senate with amendments (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2020-02-26** VOTE: Adoption (84-Y 9-N)
- **2020-02-26** Senate amendments agreed to by House (84-Y 9-N)
- **2020-03-12** Enrolled
- **2020-03-12** Impact statement from DPB (HB390ER)
- **2020-03-12** Signed by Speaker
- **2020-03-12** Signed by President
- **2020-03-17** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 17, 2020
- **2020-03-17** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
- **2020-04-10** Approved by Governor-Chapter 1113 (effective - see bill) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9096f8f4-23a3-4b21-ab51-22fe60f8ba12`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).