republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2020/hb-923.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Alcoholic beverage control; interdiction of intoxicated driver, etc."
description: "Alcoholic beverage control; interdiction; possessionor consumption of alcoholic beverages by interdicted persons; repeal.Repeals provisions allowing for a court to enter an order of interdictionprohibiting the sale of alcoholic beverages to any person who has(i) been convicted of driving any automobile, truck, motorcycle,engine, or train while intoxicated; (ii) shown himself to be a habitualdrunkard; (iii) been found guilty of the illegal manufacture, possession,transportation, or sale of alcoholic beverages; or (iv) been foundguilty of maintaining a common nuisance. The bill also repeals provisionsmaking it a Class 1 misdemeanor for (a) any person to sell alcoholic beverages to any individual when at the time of such sale he knowsor has reason to believe that the individual to whom the sale ismade is interdicted, (b) any person to purchase alcoholic beveragesfor another person when at the time of such purchase he knows orhas reason to believe that the person for whom the alcoholic beverageis purchased is interdicted, or (c) any person who has been interdictedto possess any alcoholic beverages or be drunk in public. The billcontains technical amendments."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 923"
citation: "Virginia HB 923 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jennifer Carroll Foy"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 26
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2020-01-07"
last_action: "2020-03-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4ded4195-7a22-4bc4-beec-0c48e1cd1b28"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB923"
source_hash: "e82ac1879856714783b3b5fbd1d999a83aaa8a9c4593ebb8e4981ec2c96dec8b"
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 HB 923 (2020) — Alcoholic beverage control; interdiction of intoxicated driver, etc.

Alcoholic beverage control; interdiction; possessionor consumption of alcoholic beverages by interdicted persons; repeal.Repeals provisions allowing for a court to enter an order of interdictionprohibiting the sale of alcoholic beverages to any person who has(i) been convicted of driving any automobile, truck, motorcycle,engine, or train while intoxicated; (ii) shown himself to be a habitualdrunkard; (iii) been found guilty of the illegal manufacture, possession,transportation, or sale of alcoholic beverages; or (iv) been foundguilty of maintaining a common nuisance. The bill also repeals provisionsmaking it a Class 1 misdemeanor for (a) any person to sell alcoholic beverages to any individual when at the time of such sale he knowsor has reason to believe that the individual to whom the sale ismade is interdicted, (b) any person to purchase alcoholic beveragesfor another person when at the time of such purchase he knows orhas reason to believe that the person for whom the alcoholic beverageis purchased is interdicted, or (c) any person who has been interdictedto possess any alcoholic beverages or be drunk in public. The billcontains technical amendments.

## Version chain

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

1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0150)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0150)
2. **Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB923ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB923ER)
3. **Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB923H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB923H1)
4. **Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB923H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB923)

## Votes

- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Judiciary (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from General Laws with substitute (19-Y 2-N) — **19–2** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate (36-Y 3-N) — **36–3** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (91-Y 7-N) — **90–7** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jennifer Carroll Foy — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-07** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20101131D `introduction`
- **2020-01-07** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-17** Assigned GL sub: ABC/Gaming `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-28** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N)
- **2020-01-30** Reported from General Laws with substitute (19-Y 2-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-01-30** Committee substitute printed 20106687D-H1 `substitution`
- **2020-02-03** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-04** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-04** Committee substitute agreed to 20106687D-H1
- **2020-02-04** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB923H1
- **2020-02-05** Read third time and passed House (91-Y 7-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-02-05** Impact statement from DPB (HB923H1)
- **2020-02-05** VOTE: Passage (91-Y 7-N)
- **2020-02-06** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2020-02-06** Referred to Committee on the Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-17** Reported from Judiciary (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-18** Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-19** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-19** Passed Senate (36-Y 3-N) `passage`
- **2020-02-21** Enrolled
- **2020-02-21** Impact statement from DPB (HB923ER)
- **2020-02-21** Signed by Speaker
- **2020-02-24** Signed by President
- **2020-02-26** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 26, 2020
- **2020-02-26** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 4, 2020
- **2020-03-04** Approved by Governor-Chapter 150 (effective 7/1/20) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4ded4195-7a22-4bc4-beec-0c48e1cd1b28`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).