republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2018/hb-820.md

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Bill	Alcoholic beverage control; delivery of wine or beer to retail, wholesaler requirement.	Requires that before any wine or beer may be delivered to a retail licensee for resale, such wine or beer first be delivered to the licensed premises of a wine or beer wholesaler, unloaded from the transporting vehicle, kept on the licensed premises of the wholesaler for not less than four hours prior to reloading on a vehicle, and recorded in the wholesaler's inventory. The bill exempts any holder of a restricted wholesale wine license issued pursuant to § 4.1-207.1 from the requirement to keep the wine or beer on the licensed premises of the wholesaler for not less than four hours prior to reloading on a vehicle. This bill is identical to	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2018	HB 820	Virginia HB 820 (2018)	bill	Alcoholic Beverage Control Act	enacted	Barry D. Knight	3	17	8	2018-01-09	2018-03-05	openstates	ocd-bill/63a0c63d-5786-4511-8942-2401b64da37a	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+sum+HB820	ffeb612ba958efb4b50c71efebf3f95b65f13a0cb20940e3742a06a12602b0aa	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 820 (2018) — Alcoholic beverage control; delivery of wine or beer to retail, wholesaler requirement.

Requires that before any wine or beer may be delivered to a retail licensee for resale, such wine or beer first be delivered to the licensed premises of a wine or beer wholesaler, unloaded from the transporting vehicle, kept on the licensed premises of the wholesaler for not less than four hours prior to reloading on a vehicle, and recorded in the wholesaler's inventory. The bill exempts any holder of a restricted wholesale wine license issued pursuant to § 4.1-207.1 from the requirement to keep the wine or beer on the licensed premises of the wholesaler for not less than four hours prior to reloading on a vehicle. This bill is identical to

Version chain

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

1. House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB820ER) (committee substitute) — source
2. House: Committee substitute printed 18105724D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
3. House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18101429D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from General Laws with substitute — 22–0 (pass) · legislature
• Passed Senate — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — 98–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services — 15–0 (pass) · legislature
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — 8–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Constitutional reading dispensed — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Passed Senate — 40–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Barry D. Knight — primary (person)
• Debra H. Rodman — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-01-09 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18101429D introduction
• 2018-01-09 Referred to Committee on General Laws referral-committee
• 2018-01-19 Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #3 referral-committee
• 2018-02-05 Read first time reading-1
• 2018-02-06 Read second time reading-2
• 2018-02-06 Committee substitute agreed to 18105724D-H1
• 2018-02-06 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB820H1
• 2018-02-07 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2018-02-08 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2018-02-08 Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services referral-committee
• 2018-02-20 Read third time reading-3
• 2018-02-22 Enrolled
• 2018-02-22 Signed by Speaker
• 2018-02-23 Signed by President
• 2018-02-26 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 26, 2018
• 2018-02-26 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 5, 2018
• 2018-03-05 Approved by Governor-Chapter 166 (effective 7/1/18) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/63a0c63d-5786-4511-8942-2401b64da37a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).