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type: "Bill"
title: "Alcoholic beverage control; mixed beverage restaurant license, mini bottles."
description: "Alcoholic beverage control; mixed beveragerestaurant license; mini bottles. Allows mixed beverage restaurant licensees located on the premises of and operated by a private, nonprofit,or profit club to sell spirits packaged in original closed containerswith a maximum capacity of two fluid ounces or 50 milliliters foron-premises consumption."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 497"
citation: "Virginia SB 497 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["John S. Edwards"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 25
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2020-01-07"
last_action: "2020-03-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/535117fe-f9dc-445c-b6f8-95a665b31a92"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB497"
source_hash: "3b712b10ccecc511082b1da07400f25e4294eb6be9d2fb9ff39036f118c0497f"
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 497 (2020) — Alcoholic beverage control; mixed beverage restaurant license, mini bottles.
Alcoholic beverage control; mixed beveragerestaurant license; mini bottles. Allows mixed beverage restaurant licensees located on the premises of and operated by a private, nonprofit,or profit club to sell spirits packaged in original closed containerswith a maximum capacity of two fluid ounces or 50 milliliters foron-premises consumption.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0400)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0400)
2. **Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB497ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB497ER)
3. **Impact statement from DPB (SB497)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB497)
## Votes
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 3-N) — **53** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services (13-Y 0-N) — **130** (pass) · upper
- Reported from General Laws (12-Y 9-N) — **129** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **390** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (66-Y 33-N) — **6533** (pass) · lower
- Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **400** (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 20105125D `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 (13-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-01-27** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- **2020-01-28** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2020-01-29** Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **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`
- **2020-02-06** Impact statement from DPB (SB497)
- **2020-02-14** Assigned GL sub: ABC/Gaming `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-18** Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 3-N)
- **2020-02-20** Reported from General Laws (12-Y 9-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-24** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-25** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-25** Passed House (66-Y 33-N) `passage`
- **2020-02-25** VOTE: Passage (66-Y 33-N)
- **2020-03-02** Enrolled
- **2020-03-02** Impact statement from DPB (SB497ER)
- **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
- **2020-03-23** Approved by Governor-Chapter 400 (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/535117fe-f9dc-445c-b6f8-95a665b31a92`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).