republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2020/sb-833.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Alcoholic beverage control; limitation of tasting licenses.	Alcoholic beverage control; cocktail supplyshop license. Creates a cocktail supply shop license, which (i)may be granted to a retail establishment in which at least 75 percentof its annual sales come from the sale of cocktail-related suppliesother than spirits and (ii) authorizes the licensee to sell or givesamples of spirits, subject to quantity limits set forth in the bill.The bill establishes state and local license fees for such license.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2020	SB 833	Virginia SB 833 (2020)	bill		enacted	Adam P. Ebbin	4	29	6	2020-01-08	2020-04-11	openstates	ocd-bill/a51df662-3631-479f-85f8-1db81459d11f	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB833	22e00e7078b441ebe3a08dd4de675bd1c6e70589fb8ababfa6cb8f154890417d	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 833 (2020) — Alcoholic beverage control; limitation of tasting licenses.

Alcoholic beverage control; cocktail supplyshop license. Creates a cocktail supply shop license, which (i)may be granted to a retail establishment in which at least 75 percentof its annual sales come from the sale of cocktail-related suppliesother than spirits and (ii) authorizes the licensee to sell or givesamples of spirits, subject to quantity limits set forth in the bill.The bill establishes state and local license fees for such license.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1177) (committee substitute) — source
2. Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB833ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB833S1 (committee substitute) — source
4. Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB833S1 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Passage (94-Y 5-N 1-A) — 93–5 (pass) · lower
• Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from General Laws (19-Y 2-N) — 19–2 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Adam P. Ebbin — primary (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2020-01-08 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102452D introduction
• 2020-01-08 Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services referral-committee
• 2020-01-17 Assigned Rehab sub: Subcommittee #1 referral-committee
• 2020-01-31 Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services with substitute (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2020-01-31 Committee substitute printed 20107021D-S1 substitution
• 2020-02-03 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-04 Read second time reading-2
• 2020-02-04 Reading of substitute waived
• 2020-02-04 Committee substitute agreed to 20107021D-S1
• 2020-02-04 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB833S1
• 2020-02-05 Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2020-02-11 Impact statement from DPB (SB833S1)
• 2020-02-13 Placed on Calendar
• 2020-02-13 Read first time reading-1
• 2020-02-13 Referred to Committee on General Laws referral-committee
• 2020-02-14 Assigned GL sub: ABC/Gaming referral-committee
• 2020-02-18 Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-20 Reported from General Laws (19-Y 2-N) committee-passage
• 2020-02-24 Read second time reading-2
• 2020-02-25 Read third time reading-3
• 2020-02-25 Passed House (94-Y 5-N 1-A) passage
• 2020-02-25 VOTE: Passage (94-Y 5-N 1-A)
• 2020-03-02 Enrolled
• 2020-03-02 Impact statement from DPB (SB833ER)
• 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
• 2020-04-11 Approved by Governor-Chapter 1177 (effective 7/1/20) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a51df662-3631-479f-85f8-1db81459d11f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).