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Bill	Alcoholic beverage control; definitions, license and fee reform.	Alcoholic beverage control; license and fee reform. Reorganizes all alcoholic beverage control licenses pursuant to the three-tier structure and license privileges, consolidates many licenses with common privileges, aligns license fee amounts with enforcement demands, and standardizes quantity limits on alcohol samples. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2021. This bill incorporates SB 447 and is identical to HB 390.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2020	SB 389	Virginia SB 389 (2020)	bill		enacted	Jeremy S. McPike	5	39	10	2020-01-06	2020-04-10	openstates	ocd-bill/de9c455f-a876-4496-991e-1a1d24658507	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB389	1889c20ab3f7337e217f08d45c7a3e2ab16efb38ea53f67cc3dd6e38834acdcd	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 389 (2020) — Alcoholic beverage control; definitions, license and fee reform.

Alcoholic beverage control; license and fee reform. Reorganizes all alcoholic beverage control licenses pursuant to the three-tier structure and license privileges, consolidates many licenses with common privileges, aligns license fee amounts with enforcement demands, and standardizes quantity limits on alcohol samples. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2021. This bill incorporates SB 447 and is identical to HB 390.

Version chain

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

1. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1114) (committee substitute) — source
2. Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB389ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB389H1 (committee substitute) — source
4. Impact statement from DPB (SB389S1) (committee substitute) — source
5. Impact statement from DPB (SB389S1) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from General Laws with substitute (21-Y 1-N) — 21–1 (pass) · lower
• House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N) — 16–0 (pass) · upper
• Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Passage (91-Y 9-N) — 90–9 (pass) · lower
• Passed Senate (39-Y 1-N) — 39–1 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Jeremy S. McPike — primary (person)
• Bryce E. Reeves — cosponsor (person)
• T. Montgomery "Monty" Mason — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-01-06 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20101743D introduction
• 2020-01-06 Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services referral-committee
• 2020-01-10 Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services with substitute (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2020-01-10 Incorporates SB447 (Reeves)
• 2020-01-10 Committee substitute printed 20105539D-S1 substitution
• 2020-01-10 Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations referral-committee
• 2020-01-29 Impact statement from DPB (SB389S1)
• 2020-02-04 Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2020-02-05 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-06 Read second time reading-2
• 2020-02-06 Reading of substitute waived
• 2020-02-06 Committee substitute agreed to 20105539D-S1
• 2020-02-06 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB389S1
• 2020-02-06 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-06 Passed Senate (39-Y 1-N) passage
• 2020-02-06 Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-06 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) passage
• 2020-02-13 Placed on Calendar
• 2020-02-13 House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
• 2020-02-13 Read first time reading-1
• 2020-02-13 Referred to Committee on General Laws referral-committee
• 2020-02-13 Reported from General Laws with substitute (21-Y 1-N) committee-passage
• 2020-02-13 Committee substitute printed 20108236D-H1 substitution
• 2020-02-17 Read second time reading-2
• 2020-02-18 Read third time reading-3
• 2020-02-18 Committee substitute agreed to 20108236D-H1
• 2020-02-18 Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB389H1
• 2020-02-18 Passed House with substitute (91-Y 9-N) passage
• 2020-02-18 VOTE: Passage (91-Y 9-N)
• 2020-02-20 House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-20 Title replaced 20108236D-H1
• 2020-02-21 Impact statement from DPB (SB389H1)
• 2020-03-12 Enrolled
• 2020-03-12 Impact statement from DPB (SB389ER)
• 2020-03-12 Signed by President
• 2020-03-12 Signed by Speaker
• 2020-03-17 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 17, 2020
• 2020-03-17 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
• 2020-04-10 Approved by Governor-Chapter 1114 (effective - see bill) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/de9c455f-a876-4496-991e-1a1d24658507. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).