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Bill Mixed bev. licensees; prohibition on delivery to consumer of original bottle of alcoholic beverage. Alcoholic beverage control; mixed beverage licensees; prohibition on delivery to consumer of original bottle of alcoholic beverage; exception. Adds an exception to the prohibition on mixed beverage licensees or any agent or employee of such licensees delivering to a consumer an original bottle of an alcoholic beverage purchased under such license by allowing the delivery of the entire contents of an original container of spirits for on-premises or off-premises consumption provided that the (i) container is 16 ounces or less and (ii) alcohol content is no greater than 15 percent by volume. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2025 SB 868 Virginia SB 868 (2025)
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Virginia SB 868 (2025) — Mixed bev. licensees; prohibition on delivery to consumer of original bottle of alcoholic beverage.

Alcoholic beverage control; mixed beverage licensees; prohibition on delivery to consumer of original bottle of alcoholic beverage; exception. Adds an exception to the prohibition on mixed beverage licensees or any agent or employee of such licensees delivering to a consumer an original bottle of an alcoholic beverage purchased under such license by allowing the delivery of the entire contents of an original container of spirits for on-premises or off-premises consumption provided that the (i) container is 16 ounces or less and (ii) alcohol content is no greater than 15 percent by volume.

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

  • Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services (14-Y 0-N) — 140 (pass) · upper
  • Passed House (87-Y 8-N) — 878 (pass) · lower
  • Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N) — 400 (pass) · upper
  • Constitutional reading dispensed (on 3rd reading) (39-Y 0-N) — 390 (pass) · upper
  • Passed Senate (39-Y 1-N) — 391 (pass) · upper
  • Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 1-N) — 61 (pass) · lower
  • Reported from General Laws (18-Y 1-N) — 181 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Bryce E. Reeves — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2025-01-03 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25103151D filing, introduction
  • 2025-01-03 Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services referral-committee
  • 2025-01-15 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB868)
  • 2025-01-31 Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services (14-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2025-02-03 Rules suspended
  • 2025-02-03 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N)
  • 2025-02-03 Passed by for the day
  • 2025-02-04 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
  • 2025-02-04 Rules suspended
  • 2025-02-04 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 3rd reading) (39-Y 0-N)
  • 2025-02-04 Passed Senate (39-Y 1-N) passage
  • 2025-02-07 Placed on Calendar
  • 2025-02-07 Read first time reading-1
  • 2025-02-07 Referred to Committee on General Laws referral-committee
  • 2025-02-09 Assigned GL sub: ABC/Gaming referral-committee
  • 2025-02-11 Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 1-N)
  • 2025-02-13 Reported from General Laws (18-Y 1-N) committee-passage
  • 2025-02-17 Read second time reading-2
  • 2025-02-18 Read third time reading-3
  • 2025-02-18 Passed House (87-Y 8-N) passage
  • 2025-02-20 Enrolled enrolled
  • 2025-02-20 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB868ER) passage
  • 2025-02-20 Signed by Speaker passage
  • 2025-02-23 Signed by President passage
  • 2025-02-24 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB868)
  • 2025-03-05 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 5, 2025 enrolled
  • 2025-03-05 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 executive-receipt
  • 2025-03-24 Approved by Governor-Chapter 435 (Effective 07/01/25) executive-signature
  • 2025-03-24 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0435)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6eb61edb-9339-48c2-ae61-d0a557ca4026. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).