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Bill Alcoholic beverage control; license application, locality input. Alcoholic beverage control; license application;locality input; corrective action. Adds the chief administrativeofficer of a locality to the list of persons who may be sent noticeof certain license applications by the Board of Directors (the Board)of the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority. The bill allowslocalities to submit conditional recommendations for the granting of a license and allows the locality to request a 15-day extensionto the 30-day period during which an objection to or recommendationfor a license must be submitted. The bill requires the Board to givereasonable consideration to any objection or recommendation submittedby the locality. The bill also expands the definition of criminalblight, for which the locality may require a property owner to takecorrective action, to include a condition existing on real propertythat endangers public health or safety and is caused by (i) the regularpresence on the property of persons in possession of controlled substances,(ii) the discharge of a firearm under certain conditions, and (iii)repeated violations of state laws or local ordinances involving actsthat pose a risk of danger to persons or private property. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2021 HB 2131 Virginia HB 2131 (2021)
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Virginia HB 2131 (2021) — Alcoholic beverage control; license application, locality input.

Alcoholic beverage control; license application;locality input; corrective action. Adds the chief administrativeofficer of a locality to the list of persons who may be sent noticeof certain license applications by the Board of Directors (the Board)of the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority. The bill allowslocalities to submit conditional recommendations for the granting of a license and allows the locality to request a 15-day extensionto the 30-day period during which an objection to or recommendationfor a license must be submitted. The bill requires the Board to givereasonable consideration to any objection or recommendation submittedby the locality. The bill also expands the definition of criminalblight, for which the locality may require a property owner to takecorrective action, to include a condition existing on real propertythat endangers public health or safety and is caused by (i) the regularpresence on the property of persons in possession of controlled substances,(ii) the discharge of a firearm under certain conditions, and (iii)repeated violations of state laws or local ordinances involving actsthat pose a risk of danger to persons or private property.

Version chain

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

  1. CHAP0186 (committee substitute) — source
  2. Committee substitute printed 21103770D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
  3. HB2131ER (committee substitute) — source
  4. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101639D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Rehabilitation and Social Services (14-Y 0-N) — 140 (pass) · upper
  • VOTE: Block Vote Passage #2 (99-Y 0-N) — 980 (pass) · lower
  • Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 390 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from General Laws with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — 220 (pass) · lower
  • Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) — 80 (pass) · lower
  • Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 390 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services (14-Y 0-N) — 140 (pass) · upper
  • VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N 1-A) — 970 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Alfonso H. Lopez — primary (person)
  • Kaye Kory — cosponsor (person)
  • Mark H. Levine — cosponsor (person)
  • Patrick A. Hope — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2021-01-12 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101639D introduction
  • 2021-01-12 Referred to Committee on General Laws referral-committee
  • 2021-01-24 Assigned GL sub: ABC/Gaming referral-committee
  • 2021-01-26 House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
  • 2021-01-26 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N)
  • 2021-01-26 Impact statement from DPB (HB2131)
  • 2021-01-28 Reported from General Laws with substitute (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2021-01-28 House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
  • 2021-01-28 Committee substitute printed 21103770D-H1 substitution
  • 2021-02-01 Read first time reading-1
  • 2021-02-02 Read second time reading-2
  • 2021-02-02 Committee substitute agreed to 21103770D-H1
  • 2021-02-02 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2131H1
  • 2021-02-03 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N 1-A) passage, reading-3
  • 2021-02-03 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N 1-A)
  • 2021-02-03 Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
  • 2021-02-03 Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) passage
  • 2021-02-03 VOTE: Block Vote Passage #2 (99-Y 0-N)
  • 2021-02-04 Constitutional reading dispensed
  • 2021-02-04 Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services referral-committee
  • 2021-02-05 Impact statement from DPB (HB2131H1)
  • 2021-02-05 Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Rehabilitation and Social Services (14-Y 0-N)
  • 2021-02-12 Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services (14-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2021-02-15 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
  • 2021-02-16 Read third time reading-3
  • 2021-02-16 Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) passage
  • 2021-02-19 Enrolled
  • 2021-02-19 Impact statement from DPB (HB2131ER)
  • 2021-02-19 Signed by Speaker
  • 2021-02-22 Signed by President
  • 2021-02-24 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 24, 2021
  • 2021-02-24 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
  • 2021-03-18 Approved by Governor-Chapter 186 (effective 7/1/21) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/7b8dd32c-0551-4415-aa89-57eb1799c713. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).