republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2020/hb-1088.md

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Bill	Alcoholic beverage control; walking tour permit.	Alcoholic beverage control; walking tour permit. Removes the requirement that food cooked or prepared on the premises be served at each retail on-premises licensee visited by a tour company guiding individuals for compensation pursuant to a walking tour permit. Under current law, food cooked or prepared on the premises is required to be served at each establishment visited by the tour. The bill adds requirements that the tour company ensure that (i) each tour includes no more than 15 guests per tour guide and no more than three tour guides, (ii) a tour guide is present with guests throughout the duration of the tour, and (iii) all participants are persons to whom alcoholic beverages may be lawfully sold. The bill contains technical amendments.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2020	HB 1088	Virginia HB 1088 (2020)	bill		enacted	Betsy B. Carr	4	28	6	2020-01-07	2020-04-07	openstates	ocd-bill/706f91f6-bac9-482b-ad35-ad1b496b6e28	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB1088	c29a737acfda4c715cc40b7ed32623492c30214672ea94056426c74ed2e0376d	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 1088 (2020) — Alcoholic beverage control; walking tour permit.

Alcoholic beverage control; walking tour permit. Removes the requirement that food cooked or prepared on the premises be served at each retail on-premises licensee visited by a tour company guiding individuals for compensation pursuant to a walking tour permit. Under current law, food cooked or prepared on the premises is required to be served at each establishment visited by the tour. The bill adds requirements that the tour company ensure that (i) each tour includes no more than 15 guests per tour guide and no more than three tour guides, (ii) a tour guide is present with guests throughout the duration of the tour, and (iii) all participants are persons to whom alcoholic beverages may be lawfully sold. The bill contains technical amendments.

Version chain

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

1. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0816) (committee substitute) — source
2. Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1088ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1088H1 (committee substitute) — source
4. Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1088H1 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• VOTE: Passage (91-Y 7-N) — 90–7 (pass) · lower
• 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
• Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services (14-Y 0-N) — 14–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from General Laws with substitute (20-Y 2-N) — 20–2 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Betsy B. Carr — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-01-07 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20100107D introduction
• 2020-01-07 Referred to Committee on General Laws referral-committee
• 2020-01-17 Assigned GL sub: ABC/Gaming referral-committee
• 2020-01-21 House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
• 2020-01-21 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N)
• 2020-01-23 Reported from General Laws with substitute (20-Y 2-N) committee-passage
• 2020-01-23 Committee substitute printed 20106087D-H1 substitution
• 2020-01-27 Read first time reading-1
• 2020-01-28 Read second time reading-2
• 2020-01-28 Committee substitute agreed to 20106087D-H1
• 2020-01-28 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1088H1
• 2020-01-29 Read third time and passed House (91-Y 7-N) passage, reading-3
• 2020-01-29 VOTE: Passage (91-Y 7-N)
• 2020-01-30 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2020-01-30 Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services referral-committee
• 2020-02-06 Assigned Rehab sub: ABC referral-committee
• 2020-02-06 Impact statement from DPB (HB1088H1)
• 2020-02-21 Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services (14-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2020-02-24 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-25 Read third time reading-3
• 2020-02-25 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) passage
• 2020-03-02 Enrolled
• 2020-03-02 Impact statement from DPB (HB1088ER)
• 2020-03-02 Signed by Speaker
• 2020-03-03 Signed by President
• 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
• 2020-04-07 Approved by Governor-Chapter 816 (effective 7/1/20) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/706f91f6-bac9-482b-ad35-ad1b496b6e28. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).