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type: "Bill"
title: "Alcoholic beverage control; distiller licenses, monthly revenue transfers."
description: "Alcoholic beverage control; distiller licenses;monthly revenue transfers. Allows the Board of Directors of theVirginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority to include in any agreementit enters into with a licensed distiller for the sale of alcoholicbeverages provisions that allow monthly revenue transfers from thedistiller to the Board to be submitted electronically and to be limitedto the amount due to the Board in applicable taxes and markups. Underlaw that is set to become effective on July 1, 2020, the Board isrequired to allow such electronic submission and to limit such monthlyrevenue transfers to the amount due to the Board in applicable taxes and markups. The bill also removes the provision, which would otherwisebecome effective on July 1, 2020, that requires the Board to waiveany case fee charged to a licensed distiller for moving spirits whensuch spirits are moved by employees of the distiller."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 698"
citation: "Virginia SB 698 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["T. Montgomery \"Monty\" Mason"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 34
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2020-01-07"
last_action: "2020-04-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/06297b70-85cc-48c3-a564-73b531612c76"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB698"
source_hash: "c144bb37b8cf1c8c735df353f010c48a23633b6d439f2ed2872bfb687212a0d0"
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 698 (2020) — Alcoholic beverage control; distiller licenses, monthly revenue transfers.
Alcoholic beverage control; distiller licenses;monthly revenue transfers. Allows the Board of Directors of theVirginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority to include in any agreementit enters into with a licensed distiller for the sale of alcoholicbeverages provisions that allow monthly revenue transfers from thedistiller to the Board to be submitted electronically and to be limitedto the amount due to the Board in applicable taxes and markups. Underlaw that is set to become effective on July 1, 2020, the Board isrequired to allow such electronic submission and to limit such monthlyrevenue transfers to the amount due to the Board in applicable taxes and markups. The bill also removes the provision, which would otherwisebecome effective on July 1, 2020, that requires the Board to waiveany case fee charged to a licensed distiller for moving spirits whensuch spirits are moved by employees of the distiller.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1017)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP1017)
2. **Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB698ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB698ER)
3. **Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB698S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB698S1)
4. **Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB698S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB698)
## Votes
- House amendments agreed to by Senate (35-Y 5-N) — **355** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services (14-Y 0-N) — **140** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (82-Y 17-N) — **8117** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N) — **80** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) — **370** (pass) · upper
- Reported from General Laws with amendments (20-Y 1-N) — **201** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (11-Y 3-N 1-A) — **113** (pass) · upper
- Read third time and passed Senate (27-Y 13-N) — **2713** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- T. Montgomery "Monty" Mason — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2020-01-07** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20104995D `introduction`
- **2020-01-07** Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-17** Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-01-17** Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-29** Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (11-Y 3-N 1-A) `committee-passage`
- **2020-01-29** Committee substitute printed 20107002D-S1 `substitution`
- **2020-01-30** Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
- **2020-01-31** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2020-01-31** Reading of substitute waived
- **2020-01-31** Committee substitute agreed to 20107002D-S1
- **2020-01-31** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB698S1
- **2020-02-03** Read third time and passed Senate (27-Y 13-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-02-06** Impact statement from DPB (SB698S1)
- **2020-02-18** Placed on Calendar
- **2020-02-18** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2020-02-18** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-18** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-18** Assigned GL sub: ABC/Gaming `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-18** Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-20** Reported from General Laws with amendments (20-Y 1-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-24** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-25** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-25** Committee amendments agreed to
- **2020-02-25** Engrossed by House as amended
- **2020-02-25** Passed House with amendments (82-Y 17-N) `passage`
- **2020-02-25** VOTE: Passage (82-Y 17-N)
- **2020-02-27** House amendments agreed to by Senate (35-Y 5-N)
- **2020-03-04** Enrolled
- **2020-03-05** Impact statement from DPB (SB698ER)
- **2020-03-05** Signed by President
- **2020-03-05** Signed by Speaker
- **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 1017 (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/06297b70-85cc-48c3-a564-73b531612c76`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).