---
type: "Bill"
title: "Alcoholic beverage control; displays of wine and beer, report."
description: "Alcoholic beverage control; displays of wine and beer, report."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 809"
citation: "Virginia SB 809 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Favola"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 29
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2022-12-12"
last_action: "2023-03-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2e2bdc29-0940-48c4-a86e-62306ba312fb"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+SB809"
source_hash: "b3daa787de9051975cbf0e282de2212d03d2a661c3ac115c6a5106e904a5e237"
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 809 (2023) — Alcoholic beverage control; displays of wine and beer, report.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0214** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0214)
2. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23103455D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB809)
3. **Printed as engrossed 23103455D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB809E)
4. **SB809ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB809ER)

## Votes

- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Read third time and passed Senate (37-Y 1-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services with amendments (13-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from General Laws (22-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Favola — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-12-12** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23103455D `filing, introduction`
- **2022-12-12** Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-13** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-01-13** Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services with amendments (13-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-16** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- **2023-01-17** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-01-17** Reading of amendments waived
- **2023-01-17** Committee amendments agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2023-01-17** Engrossed by Senate as amended SB809E
- **2023-01-17** Printed as engrossed 23103455D-E
- **2023-01-18** Read third time and passed Senate (37-Y 1-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-04** Impact statement from DPB (SB809E)
- **2023-02-09** Placed on Calendar
- **2023-02-09** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-09** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-09** Reported from General Laws (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-13** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-14** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-14** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-14** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-16** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-02-16** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB809ER) `passage`
- **2023-02-16** Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-02-16** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-02-17** Impact statement from DPB (SB809ER)
- **2023-03-02** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 2, 2023 `enrolled`
- **2023-03-02** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-22** Approved by Governor-Chapter 214 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-22** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0214)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2e2bdc29-0940-48c4-a86e-62306ba312fb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).