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type: "Bill"
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title: "Alcoholic beverage control; mixed beverage restaurant license, mini bottles."
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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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2020"
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identifier: "SB 497"
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citation: "Virginia SB 497 (2020)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["John S. Edwards"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 25
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2020-01-07"
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last_action: "2020-03-23"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/535117fe-f9dc-445c-b6f8-95a665b31a92"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB497"
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source_hash: "3b712b10ccecc511082b1da07400f25e4294eb6be9d2fb9ff39036f118c0497f"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia SB 497 (2020) — Alcoholic beverage control; mixed beverage restaurant license, mini bottles.
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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.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0400)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0400)
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2. **Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB497ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB497ER)
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3. **Impact statement from DPB (SB497)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB497)
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## Votes
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 3-N) — **5–3** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services (13-Y 0-N) — **13–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from General Laws (12-Y 9-N) — **12–9** (pass) · lower
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- VOTE: Passage (66-Y 33-N) — **65–33** (pass) · lower
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- Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- John S. Edwards — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2020-01-07** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20105125D `introduction`
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- **2020-01-07** Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services `referral-committee`
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- **2020-01-17** Assigned Rehab sub: Subcommittee #1 `referral-committee`
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- **2020-01-24** Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services (13-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-01-27** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-01-28** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2020-01-29** Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2020-02-03** Placed on Calendar
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- **2020-02-03** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2020-02-03** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
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- **2020-02-06** Impact statement from DPB (SB497)
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- **2020-02-14** Assigned GL sub: ABC/Gaming `referral-committee`
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- **2020-02-18** Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 3-N)
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- **2020-02-20** Reported from General Laws (12-Y 9-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-02-24** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2020-02-25** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2020-02-25** Passed House (66-Y 33-N) `passage`
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- **2020-02-25** VOTE: Passage (66-Y 33-N)
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- **2020-03-02** Enrolled
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- **2020-03-02** Impact statement from DPB (SB497ER)
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- **2020-03-02** Signed by Speaker
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- **2020-03-03** Signed by President
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- **2020-03-12** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020
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- **2020-03-12** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
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- **2020-03-23** Approved by Governor-Chapter 400 (effective 7/1/20) `executive-signature`
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## Source
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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).
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