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type: "Bill"
title: "Alcoholic beverage control; definitions, license and fee reform."
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 389"
citation: "Virginia SB 389 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jeremy S. McPike"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 39
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2020-01-06"
last_action: "2020-04-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/de9c455f-a876-4496-991e-1a1d24658507"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB389"
source_hash: "1889c20ab3f7337e217f08d45c7a3e2ab16efb38ea53f67cc3dd6e38834acdcd"
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 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](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP1114)
2. **Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB389ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB389ER)
3. **Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB389H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB389H1)
4. **Impact statement from DPB (SB389S1)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB389S1)
5. **Impact statement from DPB (SB389S1)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB389)
## Votes
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **400** (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **400** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — **150** (pass) · upper
- Reported from General Laws with substitute (21-Y 1-N) — **211** (pass) · lower
- House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **400** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **400** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N) — **160** (pass) · upper
- Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **400** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (91-Y 9-N) — **909** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate (39-Y 1-N) — **391** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/de9c455f-a876-4496-991e-1a1d24658507`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).