republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2024/sb-635.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Alcoholic beverage control; sale and delivery of mixed beverages & pre-mixed wine off-premises."
description: "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 HB 688."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 635"
citation: "Virginia SB 635 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Aaron R. Rouse"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 24
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2024-01-10"
last_action: "2024-03-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/493553de-a48c-43a8-b3a3-0a08f65933d3"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+SB635"
source_hash: "c006020a47e92e446a1b890db736b303db3c6231f8b81eaa759f4cc69096f104"
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 635 (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 HB 688.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0159** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0159)
2. **Presented and ordered printed 24104534D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB635)
3. **SB635ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB635ER)

## Votes

- VOTE: Passage (82-Y 16-N) — **81–16** (pass) · lower
- Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from General Laws (20-Y 2-N) — **20–2** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Aaron R. Rouse — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-10** Presented and ordered printed 24104534D `introduction`
- **2024-01-10** Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-18** Impact statement from DPB (SB635)
- **2024-01-26** Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-01-29** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- **2024-01-30** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2024-01-31** Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-02-13** Placed on Calendar
- **2024-02-13** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2024-02-13** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-15** Reported from General Laws (20-Y 2-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-19** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-20** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2024-02-20** Passed House (82-Y 16-N) `passage`
- **2024-02-20** VOTE: Passage (82-Y 16-N) `passage`
- **2024-02-26** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2024-02-26** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB635ER) `passage`
- **2024-02-26** Impact statement from DPB (SB635ER)
- **2024-02-26** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2024-02-29** Signed by President `passage`
- **2024-03-11** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 `enrolled`
- **2024-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-26** Approved by Governor-Chapter 159 (effective - see bill) `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-26** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0159)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/493553de-a48c-43a8-b3a3-0a08f65933d3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).