republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2021/sb-1428.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Alcoholic beverage control; operation of government stores, sale of low alcohol beverage coolers."
description: "Alcoholic beverage control; operation of governmentstores; sale of low alcohol beverage coolers. Prohibits the Boardof Directors (the Board) of the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage ControlAuthority from selling in government stores low alcohol beveragecoolers not manufactured by licensed distillers. Under current law,the Board may sell any low alcohol beverage coolers in governmentstores. The bill has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2022."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 1428"
citation: "Virginia SB 1428 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mamie E. Locke"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 37
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2021-01-14"
last_action: "2021-03-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/98e84fee-922f-4d99-8ed7-030f67b20a12"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+sum+SB1428"
source_hash: "20b0601deb5a2c5c7b3d779cc5f4ab78d34404a4730d1b4f01f7f33cf5e7c808"
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 1428 (2021) — Alcoholic beverage control; operation of government stores, sale of low alcohol beverage coolers.

Alcoholic beverage control; operation of governmentstores; sale of low alcohol beverage coolers. Prohibits the Boardof Directors (the Board) of the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage ControlAuthority from selling in government stores low alcohol beveragecoolers not manufactured by licensed distillers. Under current law,the Board may sell any low alcohol beverage coolers in governmentstores. The bill has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2022.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0288** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+CHAP0288)
2. **Presented and ordered printed 21102262D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+SB1428)
3. **Printed as engrossed 21102262D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+SB1428E)
4. **SB1428ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+SB1428ER)

## Votes

- Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services with amendments (12-Y 1-N 1-A) — **12–1** (pass) · upper
- Continued to Special Session 1 in General Laws — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- VOTE: Passage (86-Y 9-N) — **85–9** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N) — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Appropriations (20-Y 0-N) — **20–0** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N) — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from General Laws (19-Y 2-N) — **19–2** (pass) · lower
- Read third time and passed Senate (36-Y 2-N) — **36–2** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N) — **16–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Mamie E. Locke — primary (person)
- Paul E. Krizek — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-14** Presented and ordered printed 21102262D `introduction`
- **2021-01-14** Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-29** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2021-01-29** Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services with amendments (12-Y 1-N 1-A) `committee-passage`
- **2021-01-29** Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-02** Impact statement from DPB (SB1428)
- **2021-02-03** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-03** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- **2021-02-04** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2021-02-04** Reading of amendments waived
- **2021-02-04** Committee amendments agreed to
- **2021-02-04** Engrossed by Senate as amended SB1428E
- **2021-02-04** Printed as engrossed 21102262D-E
- **2021-02-05** Read third time and passed Senate (36-Y 2-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-07** Placed on Calendar
- **2021-02-07** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2021-02-07** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-08** Continued to Special Session 1 in General Laws
- **2021-02-09** Assigned GL sub: ABC/Gaming `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-15** Impact statement from DPB (SB1428E)
- **2021-02-16** Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N)
- **2021-02-16** Reported from General Laws (19-Y 2-N) `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-16** Referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-17** Assigned App. sub: Transportation & Public Safety `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-22** Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N)
- **2021-02-22** Reported from Appropriations (20-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-23** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2021-02-24** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2021-02-24** Passed House (86-Y 9-N) `passage`
- **2021-02-24** VOTE: Passage (86-Y 9-N)
- **2021-02-26** Enrolled
- **2021-02-26** Impact statement from DPB (SB1428ER)
- **2021-02-26** Signed by Speaker
- **2021-02-27** Signed by President
- **2021-03-01** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 1, 2021
- **2021-03-01** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
- **2021-03-18** Approved by Governor-Chapter 288 (effective 1/1/22) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/98e84fee-922f-4d99-8ed7-030f67b20a12`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).