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Bill Alcoholic beverage control; sale and delivery of mixed beverages & pre-mixed wine off-premises. Alcoholic beverage control; sale and delivery of mixed beverages and pre-mixed wine for off-premises consumption; third-party delivery license; sunset; repeal. Repeals the July 1, 2024, sunset on provisions that allow (i) distillers that have been appointed as agents of the Board of Directors of the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority, mixed beverage restaurant licensees, and limited mixed beverage restaurant licensees to sell mixed beverages for off-premises consumption and (ii) farm winery licensees to sell pre-mixed wine for off-premises consumption. The bill also repeals, effective July 1, 2026, third-party delivery licenses. The bill requires the Authority to convene a work group to review third-party delivery licenses and report its findings and recommendations to the Chairmen of the House Committee on General Laws and the Senate Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services by November 15, 2024. This bill is identical to SB 635. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2024 HB 688 Virginia HB 688 (2024)
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Virginia HB 688 (2024) — Alcoholic beverage control; sale and delivery of mixed beverages & pre-mixed wine off-premises.

Alcoholic beverage control; sale and delivery of mixed beverages and pre-mixed wine for off-premises consumption; third-party delivery license; sunset; repeal. Repeals the July 1, 2024, sunset on provisions that allow (i) distillers that have been appointed as agents of the Board of Directors of the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority, mixed beverage restaurant licensees, and limited mixed beverage restaurant licensees to sell mixed beverages for off-premises consumption and (ii) farm winery licensees to sell pre-mixed wine for off-premises consumption. The bill also repeals, effective July 1, 2026, third-party delivery licenses. The bill requires the Authority to convene a work group to review third-party delivery licenses and report its findings and recommendations to the Chairmen of the House Committee on General Laws and the Senate Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services by November 15, 2024. This bill is identical to SB 635.

Version chain

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

  1. CHAP0105 (committee substitute) — source
  2. HB688ER (committee substitute) — source
  3. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104561D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 400 (pass) · upper
  • Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — 380 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services (12-Y 0-N) — 120 (pass) · upper
  • VOTE: Passage (81-Y 18-N) — 8018 (pass) · lower
  • Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 2-N) — 62 (pass) · lower
  • Reported from General Laws (20-Y 2-N) — 202 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • James A. "Jay" Leftwich — primary (person)
  • Michael J. Webert — cosponsor (person)
  • Paul E. Krizek — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2024-01-09 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104561D filing, introduction
  • 2024-01-09 Referred to Committee on General Laws referral-committee
  • 2024-01-16 Impact statement from DPB (HB688)
  • 2024-01-21 Assigned GL sub: ABC/Gaming referral-committee
  • 2024-01-23 Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 2-N)
  • 2024-01-25 Reported from General Laws (20-Y 2-N) committee-passage
  • 2024-01-29 Read first time reading-1
  • 2024-01-30 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
  • 2024-01-31 Read third time and passed House (81-Y 18-N) passage, reading-3
  • 2024-01-31 VOTE: Passage (81-Y 18-N) passage
  • 2024-02-01 Constitutional reading dispensed
  • 2024-02-01 Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services referral-committee
  • 2024-02-16 Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services (12-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2024-02-19 Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
  • 2024-02-20 Read third time reading-3
  • 2024-02-20 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) passage
  • 2024-02-26 Enrolled enrolled
  • 2024-02-26 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB688ER) passage
  • 2024-02-26 Impact statement from DPB (HB688ER)
  • 2024-02-26 Signed by Speaker passage
  • 2024-02-28 Signed by President passage
  • 2024-03-11 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 enrolled, executive-receipt
  • 2024-03-11 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 executive-receipt
  • 2024-03-20 Approved by Governor-Chapter 105 (effective - see bill) executive-signature
  • 2024-03-20 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0105)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b91ffa62-e8b1-441e-9e4b-ee122d66c2c2. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).