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Bill Alcoholic beverage control; tied house exceptions. Alcoholic beverage control; tied house exceptions. Removes certain provisions of the exceptions to the tied house limitations that state a manufacturer, bottler, importer, broker, or wholesaler cannot require, by agreement or otherwise, a retailer to exclude from sale at his establishment alcoholic beverages of other manufacturers, bottlers, importers, brokers, or wholesalers in order for the exception to apply. However, the bill retains the general prohibition that no manufacturer, bottler, importer, broker, or wholesaler of alcoholic beverages shall make an agreement, or attempt to make an agreement, with a retail licensee pursuant to which any products sold by a competitor are excluded in whole or in part from the premises on which the retail licensee's business is conducted. This bill is identical to SB 834. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2025 HB 1703 Virginia HB 1703 (2025)
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Virginia HB 1703 (2025) — Alcoholic beverage control; tied house exceptions.

Alcoholic beverage control; tied house exceptions. Removes certain provisions of the exceptions to the tied house limitations that state a manufacturer, bottler, importer, broker, or wholesaler cannot require, by agreement or otherwise, a retailer to exclude from sale at his establishment alcoholic beverages of other manufacturers, bottlers, importers, brokers, or wholesalers in order for the exception to apply. However, the bill retains the general prohibition that no manufacturer, bottler, importer, broker, or wholesaler of alcoholic beverages shall make an agreement, or attempt to make an agreement, with a retail licensee pursuant to which any products sold by a competitor are excluded in whole or in part from the premises on which the retail licensee's business is conducted. This bill is identical to SB 834.

Version chain

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

  1. Introduced (filed) — source
  2. Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
  3. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

  • Passed Senate (38-Y 0-N) — 380 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from General Laws (22-Y 0-N) — 220 (pass) · lower
  • Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services (13-Y 0-N) — 130 (pass) · upper
  • Read third time and passed House (96-Y 0-N) — 960 (pass) · lower
  • Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — 80 (pass) · lower
  • Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N) — 390 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • David L. Bulova — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2025-01-04 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25101295D filing, introduction
  • 2025-01-04 Referred to Committee on General Laws referral-committee
  • 2025-01-13 Assigned GL sub: ABC/Gaming referral-committee
  • 2025-01-14 Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
  • 2025-01-15 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1703)
  • 2025-01-16 Reported from General Laws (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2025-01-20 Read first time reading-1
  • 2025-01-21 Moved from Uncontested Calendar to Regular Calendar
  • 2025-01-21 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
  • 2025-01-22 Read third time and passed House (96-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
  • 2025-01-23 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
  • 2025-01-23 Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services referral-committee
  • 2025-02-07 Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services (13-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2025-02-10 Rules suspended
  • 2025-02-10 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N)
  • 2025-02-10 Passed by for the day
  • 2025-02-11 Passed by for the day
  • 2025-02-12 Read third time reading-3
  • 2025-02-12 Passed Senate (38-Y 0-N) passage
  • 2025-02-17 Enrolled enrolled
  • 2025-02-17 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1703ER) passage
  • 2025-02-17 Signed by Speaker passage
  • 2025-02-20 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1703)
  • 2025-02-20 Signed by President passage
  • 2025-03-03 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 3, 2025 enrolled, executive-receipt
  • 2025-03-03 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 executive-receipt
  • 2025-03-19 Approved by Governor-Chapter 126 (Effective 07/01/25) executive-signature
  • 2025-03-19 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0126)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/17aa9b9e-c2f5-4162-8970-97664af31735. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).