---
type: "Bill"
title: "Alcoholic beverage control; winery license privileges."
description: "Alcoholic beverage control; winery license privileges. Allows winery licensees to sell at retail the brands of wine thatthe winery owns (i) at premises described in the winery license foron-premises consumption or in closed containers for off-premisesconsumption or (ii) in approved areas at four special events peryear for on-premises consumption or in closed containers for off-premisesconsumption, provided that not less than 20 percent of the volumeof wine sold for on-premises consumption in any calendar year ismanufactured on the licensed premises."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 441"
citation: "Virginia SB 441 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Scott A. Surovell"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 35
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2020-01-07"
last_action: "2020-04-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2dd92354-0a67-4542-92ba-0abd7fd91657"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB441"
source_hash: "820ed3aa22a2f84c5b82e84261c6db419ab4797ae22f2be2d4df0ae7030e5a1c"
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 441 (2020) — Alcoholic beverage control; winery license privileges.

Alcoholic beverage control; winery license privileges. Allows winery licensees to sell at retail the brands of wine thatthe winery owns (i) at premises described in the winery license foron-premises consumption or in closed containers for off-premisesconsumption or (ii) in approved areas at four special events peryear for on-premises consumption or in closed containers for off-premisesconsumption, provided that not less than 20 percent of the volumeof wine sold for on-premises consumption in any calendar year ismanufactured on the licensed premises.

## Version chain

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

1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1008)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP1008)
2. **Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB441ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB441ER)
3. **Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB441H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB441H1)
4. **Engrossed by Senate as amended SB441E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB441E)
5. **Engrossed by Senate as amended SB441E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB441)

## Votes

- VOTE: Passage (92-Y 4-N) — **91–4** (pass) · lower
- Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services with amendments (14-Y 0-N) — **14–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from General Laws with substitute (21-Y 1-N) — **21–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Scott A. Surovell — primary (person)
- Alex Q. Askew — cosponsor (person)
- Kelly K. Convirs-Fowler — cosponsor (person)
- Mark D. Sickles — cosponsor (person)
- Paul E. Krizek — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-07** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20100875D `introduction`
- **2020-01-07** Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-17** Assigned Rehab sub: Subcommittee #1 `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-31** Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services with amendments (14-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 amendments waived
- **2020-02-04** Committee amendments agreed to
- **2020-02-04** Engrossed by Senate as amended SB441E
- **2020-02-04** Printed as engrossed 20100875D-E
- **2020-02-05** Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-02-14** Impact statement from DPB (SB441E)
- **2020-02-18** Placed on Calendar
- **2020-02-18** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-18** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-21** Assigned GL sub: ABC/Gaming `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-25** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2020-02-25** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-27** Reported from General Laws with substitute (21-Y 1-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-27** Committee substitute printed 20108905D-H1 `substitution`
- **2020-03-02** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2020-03-03** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2020-03-03** Committee substitute agreed to 20108905D-H1
- **2020-03-03** Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB441H1
- **2020-03-03** Passed House with substitute (92-Y 4-N) `passage`
- **2020-03-03** VOTE: Passage (92-Y 4-N)
- **2020-03-04** House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- **2020-03-04** Title replaced 20108905D-H1
- **2020-03-07** Enrolled
- **2020-03-07** Signed by President
- **2020-03-08** Signed by Speaker
- **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
- **2020-03-20** Impact statement from DPB (SB441ER)
- **2020-04-09** Approved by Governor-Chapter 1008 (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/2dd92354-0a67-4542-92ba-0abd7fd91657`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).