---
type: "Bill"
title: "Alcoholic beverage control; transportation of alcoholic beverages purchased."
description: "Alcoholic beverage control; transportation of alcoholic beverages. Increases from one gallon to three gallons the amount of alcoholic beverages that a person may transport into the Commonwealth and consolidates current law regarding the transportation of alcoholic beverages into or within the Commonwealth. The bill contains technical amendments."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 325"
citation: "Virginia SB 325 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bryce E. Reeves"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 36
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2022-01-11"
last_action: "2022-04-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3368ecb5-26d4-4042-9628-3d428950135c"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+SB325"
source_hash: "24a608fc9217cd18c398d58bd874d362c3845b7b9f5f710662c12d70de55cbc9"
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 325 (2022) — Alcoholic beverage control; transportation of alcoholic beverages purchased.

Alcoholic beverage control; transportation of alcoholic beverages. Increases from one gallon to three gallons the amount of alcoholic beverages that a person may transport into the Commonwealth and consolidates current law regarding the transportation of alcoholic beverages into or within the Commonwealth. The bill contains technical amendments.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0201** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+CHAP0201)
2. **Committee substitute printed 22104821D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB325S1)
3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101959D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB325)
4. **SB325ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB325ER)

## Votes

- Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- House amendment agreed to by Senate (38-Y 1-N) — **38–1** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (92-Y 4-N) — **91–4** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from General Laws with amendment(s) (21-Y 1-N) — **21–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bryce E. Reeves — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-11** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101959D `introduction`
- **2022-01-11** Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-17** Assigned Rehab sub: ABC `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-20** Senate subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2022-01-21** Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services with substitute (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-01-21** Committee substitute printed 22104821D-S1 `substitution`
- **2022-01-21** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2022-01-24** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2022-01-24** Impact statement from DPB (SB325S1)
- **2022-01-25** Passed by for the day
- **2022-01-26** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2022-01-26** Reading of substitute waived
- **2022-01-26** Committee substitute agreed to 22104821D-S1
- **2022-01-26** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB325S1
- **2022-01-27** Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-22** Placed on Calendar
- **2022-02-22** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2022-02-22** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-23** Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #3 `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-01** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2022-03-01** Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N)
- **2022-03-03** Reported from General Laws with amendment(s) (21-Y 1-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-07** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2022-03-08** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2022-03-08** Committee amendment agreed to
- **2022-03-08** Engrossed by House as amended
- **2022-03-08** Passed House with amendment (92-Y 4-N) `passage`
- **2022-03-08** VOTE: Passage (92-Y 4-N)
- **2022-03-09** House amendment agreed to by Senate (38-Y 1-N)
- **2022-03-11** Enrolled
- **2022-03-11** Signed by President
- **2022-03-11** Signed by Speaker
- **2022-03-22** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 22, 2022
- **2022-03-22** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
- **2022-04-01** Impact statement from DPB (SB325ER)
- **2022-04-07** Approved by Governor-Chapter 201 (effective 7/1/22) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3368ecb5-26d4-4042-9628-3d428950135c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).