republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2021/hb-2266.md

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Bill	Alcoholic beverage control; designated outdoor refreshment area license.	Alcoholic beverage control; local outdoor refreshment areas. Renames the "local special events" license as the "outdoor refreshment area" license. The bill allows the Board of Directors of the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority to increase the frequency and duration of events held under such license after adoption of an ordinance by a locality requesting such increase in frequency and duration. Under current law, localities are limited to holding 16 events per year under such license, with each event lasting no more than three consecutive days, except during the effective dates of any rule, regulation, or order that is issued by the Governor or State Health Commissioner to meet a public health emergency and that effectively reduces allowable restaurant seating capacity. The bill also increases the state and local license fees for outdoor refreshment area licenses issued pursuant to a local ordinance. This bill incorporates HB 2051.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2021	HB 2266	Virginia HB 2266 (2021)	bill		enacted	Hala S. Ayala	6	50	11	2021-01-13	2021-03-25	openstates	ocd-bill/5f729d44-9dbb-49bc-bd2e-0f93cedb899e	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+sum+HB2266	bee22610f64b40c3ae7b74c6b9928f3ea2b30a0ad14cc561d09f7aac9b9d4237	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 2266 (2021) — Alcoholic beverage control; designated outdoor refreshment area license.

Alcoholic beverage control; local outdoor refreshment areas. Renames the "local special events" license as the "outdoor refreshment area" license. The bill allows the Board of Directors of the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority to increase the frequency and duration of events held under such license after adoption of an ordinance by a locality requesting such increase in frequency and duration. Under current law, localities are limited to holding 16 events per year under such license, with each event lasting no more than three consecutive days, except during the effective dates of any rule, regulation, or order that is issued by the Governor or State Health Commissioner to meet a public health emergency and that effectively reduces allowable restaurant seating capacity. The bill also increases the state and local license fees for outdoor refreshment area licenses issued pursuant to a local ordinance. This bill incorporates HB 2051.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0390 (committee substitute) — source
2. Committee substitute printed 21103823D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
3. Committee substitute printed 21104446D-S1 (committee substitute) — source
4. Conference substitute printed 21200688D-H2 (committee substitute) — source
5. HB2266ER (committee substitute) — source
6. Presented and ordered printed 21102661D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from General Laws with substitute (20-Y 2-N) — 20–2 (pass) · lower
• Passed Senate with substitute (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Senate insisted on substitute (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Agreed To (85-Y 4-N) — 84–4 (pass) · lower
• Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Rehabilitation and Social Services (14-Y 0-N) — 14–0 (pass) · upper
• Conference report agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services with substitute (14-Y 0-N) — 14–0 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 1-N) — 7–1 (pass) · lower
• VOTE: REJECTED (0-Y 100-N) — 0–99 (fail) · lower
• VOTE: Passage (91-Y 5-N) — 90–5 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Hala S. Ayala — primary (person)
• Betsy B. Carr — cosponsor (person)
• Charniele L. Herring — cosponsor (person)
• Dan I. Helmer — cosponsor (person)
• David A. Reid — cosponsor (person)
• Jeffrey M. Bourne — cosponsor (person)
• Kelly K. Convirs-Fowler — cosponsor (person)
• Lamont Bagby — cosponsor (person)
• Marcus B. Simon — cosponsor (person)
• Mark H. Levine — cosponsor (person)
• Martha M. Mugler — cosponsor (person)
• Rodney T. Willett — cosponsor (person)
• Sally L. Hudson — cosponsor (person)
• Shelly A. Simonds — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-01-13 Presented and ordered printed 21102661D introduction
• 2021-01-13 Referred to Committee on General Laws referral-committee
• 2021-01-21 Impact statement from DPB (HB2266)
• 2021-01-24 Assigned GL sub: ABC/Gaming referral-committee
• 2021-01-26 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 1-N)
• 2021-01-26 House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
• 2021-01-28 Reported from General Laws with substitute (20-Y 2-N) committee-passage
• 2021-01-28 House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
• 2021-01-28 Committee substitute printed 21103823D-H1 substitution
• 2021-01-28 Incorporates HB2051 (Bourne)
• 2021-02-01 Read first time reading-1
• 2021-02-02 Read second time reading-2
• 2021-02-02 Committee substitute agreed to 21103823D-H1
• 2021-02-02 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2266H1
• 2021-02-03 Read third time and passed House (91-Y 5-N) passage, reading-3
• 2021-02-03 VOTE: Passage (91-Y 5-N)
• 2021-02-04 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2021-02-04 Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services referral-committee
• 2021-02-05 Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Rehabilitation and Social Services (14-Y 0-N)
• 2021-02-10 Impact statement from DPB (HB2266H1)
• 2021-02-12 Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
• 2021-02-12 Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services with substitute (14-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2021-02-12 Committee substitute printed 21104446D-S1 substitution
• 2021-02-15 Impact statement from DPB (HB2266S1)
• 2021-02-15 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
• 2021-02-16 Read third time reading-3
• 2021-02-16 Reading of substitute waived
• 2021-02-16 Committee substitute agreed to 21104446D-S1
• 2021-02-16 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB2266S1
• 2021-02-16 Passed Senate with substitute (39-Y 0-N) passage
• 2021-02-18 Placed on Calendar
• 2021-02-18 Senate substitute rejected by House 21104446D-S1 (0-Y 100-N)
• 2021-02-18 VOTE: REJECTED (0-Y 100-N)
• 2021-02-22 Senate insisted on substitute (39-Y 0-N)
• 2021-02-22 Senate requested conference committee
• 2021-02-23 House acceded to request
• 2021-02-23 Conferees appointed by House
• 2021-02-24 Conferees appointed by Senate
• 2021-02-25 Amended by conference committee
• 2021-02-25 Conference substitute printed 21200688D-H2
• 2021-02-25 Conference report agreed to by House (85-Y 4-N)
• 2021-02-25 VOTE: Agreed To (85-Y 4-N)
• 2021-02-27 Conference report agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
• 2021-03-09 Enrolled
• 2021-03-09 Signed by President
• 2021-03-10 Impact statement from DPB (HB2266ER)
• 2021-03-11 Signed by Speaker
• 2021-03-15 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 15, 2021
• 2021-03-15 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
• 2021-03-25 Approved by Governor-Chapter 390 (effective 7/1/21) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5f729d44-9dbb-49bc-bd2e-0f93cedb899e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).