---
type: "Bill"
title: "Alcoholic beverage control; gourmet shop license, distiller participation in tastings."
description: "Alcoholic beverage control; gourmet shop license;distiller participation in tastings. Allows distillers to participatein tastings held by gourmet shop licensees."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 1029"
citation: "Virginia SB 1029 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["T. Montgomery \"Monty\" Mason"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 32
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2020-01-16"
last_action: "2020-04-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/75c01047-97f8-4669-84a0-47922ff517bc"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB1029"
source_hash: "2e02a9bf0ba0ad68d5d1acfe01600fa032e566906055e8d1c314659cb3695d70"
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 SB 1029 (2020) — Alcoholic beverage control; gourmet shop license, distiller participation in tastings.

Alcoholic beverage control; gourmet shop license;distiller participation in tastings. Allows distillers to participatein tastings held by gourmet shop licensees.

## Version chain

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

1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1179)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP1179)
2. **Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1029ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB1029ER)
3. **Engrossed by Senate as amended SB1029E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB1029E)
4. **Engrossed by Senate as amended SB1029E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB1029)

## Votes

- Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services with amendment (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Referred from Health, Welfare and Institutions — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (91-Y 3-N 1-A) — **90–3** (pass) · lower
- Reported from General Laws (21-Y 1-N) — **21–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- T. Montgomery "Monty" Mason — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-16** Presented and ordered printed 20105624D `introduction`
- **2020-01-16** Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-17** Introduced bill reprinted 20105624D
- **2020-01-27** Assigned Rehab sub: ABC `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-31** Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services with amendment (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-03** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-04** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-04** Reading of amendment waived
- **2020-02-04** Committee amendment agreed to
- **2020-02-04** Engrossed by Senate as amended SB1029E
- **2020-02-04** Printed as engrossed 20105624D-E
- **2020-02-05** Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-02-06** Impact statement from DPB (SB1029E)
- **2020-02-13** Placed on Calendar
- **2020-02-13** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-13** Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-18** Referred from Health, Welfare and Institutions
- **2020-02-18** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-21** Assigned GL sub: ABC/Gaming `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-25** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-27** Reported from General Laws (21-Y 1-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-03-02** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2020-03-03** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2020-03-03** Passed House (91-Y 3-N 1-A) `passage`
- **2020-03-03** VOTE: Passage (91-Y 3-N 1-A)
- **2020-03-06** Enrolled
- **2020-03-07** Signed by President
- **2020-03-07** Signed by Speaker
- **2020-03-10** Impact statement from DPB (SB1029ER)
- **2020-03-12** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020
- **2020-03-12** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
- **2020-04-11** Approved by Governor-Chapter 1179 (effective 7/1/20) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/75c01047-97f8-4669-84a0-47922ff517bc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).