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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 HB 1703. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2025 SB 834 Virginia SB 834 (2025)
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Virginia SB 834 (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 HB 1703.

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

  • Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N) — 400 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services (15-Y 0-N) — 150 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from General Laws (21-Y 0-N) — 210 (pass) · lower
  • Passed House (94-Y 0-N) — 940 (pass) · lower
  • Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 400 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Barbara A. Favola — primary (person)
  • Christie New Craig — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2025-01-01 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25101174D filing, introduction
  • 2025-01-01 Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services referral-committee
  • 2025-01-15 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB834)
  • 2025-01-17 Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2025-01-20 Rules suspended
  • 2025-01-20 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N)
  • 2025-01-20 Passed by for the day
  • 2025-01-21 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
  • 2025-01-22 Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
  • 2025-02-04 Placed on Calendar
  • 2025-02-04 Read first time reading-1
  • 2025-02-04 Referred to Committee on General Laws referral-committee
  • 2025-02-04 Reported from General Laws (21-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2025-02-06 Read second time reading-2
  • 2025-02-07 Read third time reading-3
  • 2025-02-07 Passed House (94-Y 0-N) passage
  • 2025-02-10 Enrolled enrolled
  • 2025-02-10 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB834ER) passage
  • 2025-02-10 Signed by Speaker passage
  • 2025-02-10 Enrolled bill reprinted 25101174D enrolled
  • 2025-02-12 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB834)
  • 2025-02-13 Signed by President passage
  • 2025-02-18 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on February 18, 2025 enrolled
  • 2025-02-18 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 executive-receipt
  • 2025-03-19 Approved by Governor-Chapter 130 (Effective 07/01/25) executive-signature
  • 2025-03-19 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0130)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/facc3a0a-2547-42da-95e5-171cdceaaff3. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).