republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2021/sb-1299.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Alcoholic beverage control; sale and delivery of mixed beverages and pre-mixed wine."
description: "Alcoholic beverage control; sale and delivery of mixed beverages and pre-mixed wine for off-premises consumption. Allows distillers that have been appointed as agents of the Board of Directors (the Board) of the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority (the Authority), mixed beverage restaurant licensees, and limited mixed beverage restaurant licensees to sell mixed beverages for off-premises consumption and deliver such mixed beverages to consumers subject to requirements set forth in the bill. The bill allows the Board to summarily revoke a licensee's privileges to sell and deliver mixed beverages for off-premises consumption for noncompliance with the requirements set forth in the bill or applicable provisions of current law. The bill also allows farm winery licensees to sell pre-mixed wine for off-premises consumption. The bill directs the Authority to convene a work group to study the sale and delivery of mixed beverages and pre-mixed wine for off-premises consumption and report its findings to the Chairmen of the House Committee on General Laws and the Senate Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services by November 1, 2021. The provisions of the bill sunset on July 1, 2022. This bill incorporates SB 1388."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 1299"
citation: "Virginia SB 1299 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["John J. Bell"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 28
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-01-11"
last_action: "2021-03-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f1c374bc-f032-4b9f-9711-4b137e93c18f"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+sum+SB1299"
source_hash: "7fb1c6a7a9cd367bb317eb466b5f8db16b34e633b35e1726e4c77c13d3f88b92"
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 1299 (2021) — Alcoholic beverage control; sale and delivery of mixed beverages and pre-mixed wine.

Alcoholic beverage control; sale and delivery of mixed beverages and pre-mixed wine for off-premises consumption. Allows distillers that have been appointed as agents of the Board of Directors (the Board) of the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority (the Authority), mixed beverage restaurant licensees, and limited mixed beverage restaurant licensees to sell mixed beverages for off-premises consumption and deliver such mixed beverages to consumers subject to requirements set forth in the bill. The bill allows the Board to summarily revoke a licensee's privileges to sell and deliver mixed beverages for off-premises consumption for noncompliance with the requirements set forth in the bill or applicable provisions of current law. The bill also allows farm winery licensees to sell pre-mixed wine for off-premises consumption. The bill directs the Authority to convene a work group to study the sale and delivery of mixed beverages and pre-mixed wine for off-premises consumption and report its findings to the Chairmen of the House Committee on General Laws and the Senate Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services by November 1, 2021. The provisions of the bill sunset on July 1, 2022. This bill incorporates SB 1388.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0282** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+CHAP0282)
2. **Committee substitute printed 21103122D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+SB1299S1)
3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102664D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+SB1299)
4. **SB1299ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+SB1299ER)

## Votes

- Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services with substitute (14-Y 0-N) — **14–0** (pass) · upper
- Read third time and passed Senate (38-Y 1-N) — **38–1** (pass) · upper
- Continued to Special Session 1 in General Laws — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Reported from General Laws (20-Y 2-N) — **20–2** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Passage (90-Y 8-N) — **89–8** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- John J. Bell — primary (person)
- Bill DeSteph — cosponsor (person)
- Bryce E. Reeves — cosponsor (person)
- T. Montgomery "Monty" Mason — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-11** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102664D `introduction`
- **2021-01-11** Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-15** Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services with substitute (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2021-01-15** Incorporates SB 1388 (Reeves)
- **2021-01-15** Committee substitute printed 21103122D-S1 `substitution`
- **2021-01-18** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2021-01-18** Impact statement from DPB (SB1299S1)
- **2021-01-19** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2021-01-19** Reading of substitute waived
- **2021-01-19** Committee substitute agreed to 21103122D-S1
- **2021-01-19** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1299S1
- **2021-01-20** Read third time and passed Senate (38-Y 1-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-02** Placed on Calendar
- **2021-02-02** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2021-02-02** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-08** Continued to Special Session 1 in General Laws
- **2021-02-11** Reported from General Laws (20-Y 2-N) `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-15** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2021-02-16** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2021-02-16** Passed House (90-Y 8-N) `passage`
- **2021-02-16** VOTE: Passage (90-Y 8-N)
- **2021-02-19** Enrolled
- **2021-02-19** Impact statement from DPB (SB1299ER)
- **2021-02-22** Signed by President
- **2021-02-22** Signed by Speaker
- **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 282 (effective 7/1/21) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f1c374bc-f032-4b9f-9711-4b137e93c18f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).