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Bill	Alcoholic beverage control; food-to-beverage ratio, report.	Alcoholic beverage control; food-to-beverage ratio; report. Reduces the current 45 percent food-to-beverage ratio for certain mixed beverage licensees. The bill requires that a mixed beverage restaurant, caterer's, or limited caterer's licensee meet or exceed the following: (i) for such licensees with monthly food sales averaging at least $48,000, the food-to-beverage ratio shall not apply; (ii) for such licensees with monthly food sales averaging at least $25,000 but less than $48,000, the food-to-beverage ratio shall meet or exceed 30 percent; and (iii) for such licensees with monthly food sales averaging at least $4,000, but less than $25,000, the food-to-beverage ratio shall meet or exceed 45 percent, except that for any licensee with monthly food sales averaging less than $25,000 with a seating capacity of less than 30 seats and an occupancy permit for less than 60 people total, the food-to-beverage ratio shall meet or exceed 30 percent. The bill also requires that restaurants have at least as many seats at tables as at counters. The bill requires the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority to collect data regarding the compliance of mixed beverage licensees with the provisions of the bill and the impact of the change to the food-to-beverage ratio on the gross amount of food consumed on a licensee's premises. The bill requires the Authority to report such data to the Chairs of the House Committee on General Laws and the Senate Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services by November 1, 2027.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2026	HB 975	Virginia HB 975 (2026)	bill		enacted	Elizabeth B. Bennett-Parker	5	32	8	2026-01-13	2026-04-13	openstates	ocd-bill/e689c57b-e684-4225-aeba-4736332b7b4d	https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB975	a7710907019e99e785b432220ccdaab52ae533155de85153bb184ee7c41434e7	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 975 (2026) — Alcoholic beverage control; food-to-beverage ratio, report.

Alcoholic beverage control; food-to-beverage ratio; report. Reduces the current 45 percent food-to-beverage ratio for certain mixed beverage licensees. The bill requires that a mixed beverage restaurant, caterer's, or limited caterer's licensee meet or exceed the following: (i) for such licensees with monthly food sales averaging at least $48,000, the food-to-beverage ratio shall not apply; (ii) for such licensees with monthly food sales averaging at least $25,000 but less than $48,000, the food-to-beverage ratio shall meet or exceed 30 percent; and (iii) for such licensees with monthly food sales averaging at least $4,000, but less than $25,000, the food-to-beverage ratio shall meet or exceed 45 percent, except that for any licensee with monthly food sales averaging less than $25,000 with a seating capacity of less than 30 seats and an occupancy permit for less than 60 people total, the food-to-beverage ratio shall meet or exceed 30 percent. The bill also requires that restaurants have at least as many seats at tables as at counters. The bill requires the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority to collect data regarding the compliance of mixed beverage licensees with the provisions of the bill and the impact of the change to the food-to-beverage ratio on the gross amount of food consumed on a licensee's premises. The bill requires the Authority to report such data to the Chairs of the House Committee on General Laws and the Senate Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services by November 1, 2027.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. ABC/Gaming Subcommittee Amendment (committee substitute) — source
3. Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
4. General Laws Amendment (committee substitute) — source
5. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) — 6–3 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services — 13–2 (pass) · upper
• Passage R — 36–3 (pass) · upper
• H VOTE: — 87–10 (pass) · lower
• Passage R — 35–4 (pass) · upper
• Reconsider R — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — 37–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from General Laws with amendment(s) — 18–3 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Elizabeth B. Bennett-Parker — primary (person)
• Alfonso H. Lopez — cosponsor (person)
• Jackie H. Glass — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-01-13 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26103975D filing, introduction
• 2026-01-13 Referred to Committee on General Laws referral-committee
• 2026-01-26 Assigned HGL sub: ABC/Gaming referral-committee
• 2026-02-01 House subcommittee offered
• 2026-02-03 Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (6-Y 3-N)
• 2026-02-05 Reported from General Laws with amendment(s) (18-Y 3-N) committee-passage
• 2026-02-09 Read first time reading-1
• 2026-02-10 Passed by for the day
• 2026-02-11 Read second time reading-2
• 2026-02-11 committee amendment agreed to amendment-passage
• 2026-02-11 Engrossed by House as amended
• 2026-02-11 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB975)
• 2026-02-12 Read third time and passed House (87-Y 10-N 0-A) passage, reading-3
• 2026-02-13 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB975)
• 2026-02-13 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
• 2026-02-13 Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services referral-committee
• 2026-02-20 Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services (13-Y 2-N) committee-passage
• 2026-02-23 Rules suspended
• 2026-02-23 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (37-Y 0-N 0-A)
• 2026-02-23 Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
• 2026-02-24 Read third time reading-3
• 2026-02-24 Passed Senate (36-Y 3-N 0-A) passage
• 2026-02-24 Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
• 2026-02-24 Passed Senate (35-Y 4-N 0-A) passage
• 2026-02-26 Enrolled enrolled
• 2026-02-26 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB975ER) passage
• 2026-02-26 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB975)
• 2026-02-26 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2026-02-26 Signed by President passage
• 2026-03-10 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 10, 2026 enrolled, executive-receipt
• 2026-03-10 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 executive-receipt
• 2026-04-13 Approved by Governor-Chapter 719 (effective 7/1/2026) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e689c57b-e684-4225-aeba-4736332b7b4d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).