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type: "Bill"
title: "Alcoholic beverage control; culinary lodging resort."
description: "Alcoholic beverage control; culinary lodging resorts. Allows culinary lodging resorts, as defined in the bill, to obtain a mixed beverage restaurant license, which authorizes such resorts to (i) sell alcoholic beverages for on-premises consumption, without regard to the amount of gross receipts from the sale of food prepared and consumed on the premises, in areas upon the licensed premises approved by the Board of Directors of the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority and other designated areas of the resort, including outdoor areas under the control of the licensee; and (ii) permit the possession and consumption of lawfully acquired alcoholic beverages by persons to whom overnight lodging is being provided in bedrooms and private guest rooms. The bill also allows culinary lodging resorts to obtain a combined mixed beverage restaurant and caterer's license, which authorizes the licensee to operate as both a mixed beverage restaurant and mixed beverage caterer at the same business premises designated in the license, with a common alcoholic beverage inventory for purposes of the restaurant and catering operations."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 496"
citation: "Virginia SB 496 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["John S. Edwards"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 29
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2020-01-07"
last_action: "2020-04-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/61cd35fc-443d-404b-aea2-e7a206dc29f1"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB496"
source_hash: "7cbd73450e1331faf2654821e9072e52024a108b6f5aba122fe63d26277834f9"
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 496 (2020) — Alcoholic beverage control; culinary lodging resort.
Alcoholic beverage control; culinary lodging resorts. Allows culinary lodging resorts, as defined in the bill, to obtain a mixed beverage restaurant license, which authorizes such resorts to (i) sell alcoholic beverages for on-premises consumption, without regard to the amount of gross receipts from the sale of food prepared and consumed on the premises, in areas upon the licensed premises approved by the Board of Directors of the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority and other designated areas of the resort, including outdoor areas under the control of the licensee; and (ii) permit the possession and consumption of lawfully acquired alcoholic beverages by persons to whom overnight lodging is being provided in bedrooms and private guest rooms. The bill also allows culinary lodging resorts to obtain a combined mixed beverage restaurant and caterer's license, which authorizes the licensee to operate as both a mixed beverage restaurant and mixed beverage caterer at the same business premises designated in the license, with a common alcoholic beverage inventory for purposes of the restaurant and catering operations.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1009)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP1009)
2. **Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB496ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB496ER)
3. **Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB496S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB496)
4. **Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB496S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB496S1)
## Votes
- VOTE: Passage (84-Y 15-N) — **8315** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 2-N) — **62** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **390** (pass) · upper
- Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **400** (pass) · upper
- Reported from General Laws (17-Y 4-N) — **174** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services with substitute (13-Y 0-N) — **130** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- John S. Edwards — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2020-01-07** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20105126D `introduction`
- **2020-01-07** Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-17** Assigned Rehab sub: Subcommittee #1 `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-24** Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services with substitute (13-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-01-24** Committee substitute printed 20106245D-S1 `substitution`
- **2020-01-27** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- **2020-01-28** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2020-01-28** Reading of substitute waived
- **2020-01-28** Committee substitute agreed to 20106245D-S1
- **2020-01-28** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB496S1
- **2020-01-29** Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-01-29** Impact statement from DPB (SB496S1)
- **2020-02-03** Placed on Calendar
- **2020-02-03** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-03** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-14** Assigned GL sub: ABC/Gaming `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-18** Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 2-N)
- **2020-02-20** Reported from General Laws (17-Y 4-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-24** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-25** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-25** Passed House (84-Y 15-N) `passage`
- **2020-02-25** VOTE: Passage (84-Y 15-N)
- **2020-03-02** Enrolled
- **2020-03-02** Impact statement from DPB (SB496ER)
- **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
- **2020-04-09** Approved by Governor-Chapter 1009 (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/61cd35fc-443d-404b-aea2-e7a206dc29f1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).