republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2019/sb-1110.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Alcoholic beverage control; local referendums."
description: "Allows the sale of mixed beverages by licensed restaurants and the sale of alcoholic beverages by the Board of Directors of the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority in any county, town, or supervisor's election district unless a referendum is held and a majority of the voters voting in such referendum vote to prohibit such sales. Under current law, such sales are prohibited unless they have been approved through the referendum process. The bill includes a grandfathering provision that allows the granting of a mixed beverage license to any establishment described in § 4.1-126, as it was in effect prior to the effective date of this bill, notwithstanding the provisions of the bill related to local referendums but subject to other applicable laws and regulations. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2020, but allows localities to hold anticipatory referendums between July 1, 2019, and June 30, 2020, and provides that the results of such referendums shall become valid and enforceable on July 1, 2020. The bill provides that the result of any referendum held prior to July 1, 2019, shall remain valid and enforceable for a period of five years. This bill is identical to"
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 1110"
citation: "Virginia SB 1110 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Alcoholic Beverage Control Act", "Authorities", "Counties", "Cities and Towns", "Hotels", "Restaurants", "Summer Camps", "and Campgrounds"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bryce E. Reeves"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 18
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2018-12-21"
last_action: "2019-02-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1ab80f04-83f3-4633-863f-2cb13ce3ef0a"
source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+SB1110"
source_hash: "018a99365a464280451ddac2524c3f11280f82872c1594353ff1fac8ddc79157"
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 1110 (2019) — Alcoholic beverage control; local referendums.

Allows the sale of mixed beverages by licensed restaurants and the sale of alcoholic beverages by the Board of Directors of the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority in any county, town, or supervisor's election district unless a referendum is held and a majority of the voters voting in such referendum vote to prohibit such sales. Under current law, such sales are prohibited unless they have been approved through the referendum process. The bill includes a grandfathering provision that allows the granting of a mixed beverage license to any establishment described in § 4.1-126, as it was in effect prior to the effective date of this bill, notwithstanding the provisions of the bill related to local referendums but subject to other applicable laws and regulations. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2020, but allows localities to hold anticipatory referendums between July 1, 2019, and June 30, 2020, and provides that the results of such referendums shall become valid and enforceable on July 1, 2020. The bill provides that the result of any referendum held prior to July 1, 2019, shall remain valid and enforceable for a period of five years. This bill is identical to

## Version chain

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

1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0037)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+CHAP0037)
2. **Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1110ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+SB1110ER)
3. **Senate: Committee substitute printed 19104915D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+SB1110S1)
4. **Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19100982D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+SB1110)

## Votes

- Constitutional reading dispensed — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services with substitute — **11–3** (pass) · upper
- Reported from General Laws — **15–6** (pass) · lower
- Passed House — **66–32** (pass) · lower
- Read third time and passed Senate — **23–17** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bryce E. Reeves — primary (person)
- Bill R. DeSteph, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Jeremy S. McPike — cosponsor (person)
- Lionell Spruill, Sr. — cosponsor (person)
- T. Montgomery "Monty" Mason — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-12-21** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19100982D `introduction`
- **2018-12-21** Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-22** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2019-01-22** Reading of substitute waived
- **2019-01-22** Committee substitute agreed to 19104915D-S1
- **2019-01-22** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1110S1
- **2019-01-29** Placed on Calendar
- **2019-01-29** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2019-01-29** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-07** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2019-02-08** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2019-02-08** Passed House (66-Y 32-N) `passage`
- **2019-02-11** Enrolled
- **2019-02-11** Signed by President
- **2019-02-11** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-02-12** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on February 12, 2019
- **2019-02-12** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 19, 2019
- **2019-02-19** Approved by Governor-Chapter 37 (effective - see bill) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1ab80f04-83f3-4633-863f-2cb13ce3ef0a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).