Virginia House Bill 1979 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Passed on March 22 2023 - 100% progression
Action: 2023-03-22 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0213)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Alcoholic beverage control; displays of wine and beer. Requires persons licensed to sell wine and beer for off-premises consumption that display such wine and beer outside a clearly discernible location reserved for alcoholic beverages to (i) not place such wine or beer in an area immediately adjacent to nonalcoholic beverages containing the same or similar brand name, logo, or packaging as an alcoholic beverage and (ii) equip any such display with signage that indicates the product is an alcoholic beverage, is clearly visible to consumers, and is of sufficient size to notify the consumer that the product contains alcohol. The bill clarifies that its provisions do not prohibit the placement of nonalcoholic wine or beer in or near a display of alcoholic beverages that contain the same or similar brand name, logo, or packaging as the nonalcoholic wine or beer.

Alcoholic beverage control; displays of wine and beer, report.

Del. James Leftwich [R]

2023-02-16 - House - House: VOTE: Adoption (98-Y 0-N) (Y: 98 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2023-02-14 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate with amendments (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-02-13 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-02-10 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services with amendments (15-Y 0-N) (Y: 15 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-02-01 - House - House: VOTE: Passage (99-Y 1-N) (Y: 99 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-01-26 - House - House: Reported from General Laws with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) (Y: 22 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-01-24 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N) (Y: 8 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-03-22		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0213)
2023-03-22		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 213 (effective 7/1/23)
2023-03-02		Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023
2023-03-02	House	Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 2, 2023
2023-02-23	Senate	Signed by President
2023-02-21	House	Signed by Speaker
2023-02-21	House	Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1979ER)
2023-02-21	House	Enrolled
2023-02-16	House	VOTE: Adoption (98-Y 0-N)
2023-02-16	House	Senate amendments agreed to by House (98-Y 0-N)
2023-02-14	Senate	Passed Senate with amendments (40-Y 0-N)
2023-02-14	Senate	Engrossed by Senate as amended
2023-02-14	Senate	Committee amendments agreed to
2023-02-14	Senate	Reading of amendments waived
2023-02-14	Senate	Read third time
2023-02-13	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
2023-02-10	Senate	Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services with amendments (15-Y 0-N)
2023-02-02	Senate	Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services
2023-02-02	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed
2023-02-01	House	VOTE: Passage (99-Y 1-N)
2023-02-01	House	Read third time and passed House (99-Y 1-N)
2023-02-01	House	Passed by temporarily
2023-01-31	House	Printed as engrossed 23101924D-E
2023-01-31	House	Engrossed by House as amended HB1979E
2023-01-31	House	Committee amendment agreed to
2023-01-31	House	Read second time
2023-01-30	House	Read first time
2023-01-26	House	Reported from General Laws with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N)
2023-01-24	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N)
2023-01-23	House	Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #3
2023-01-10	House	Referred to Committee on General Laws
2023-01-10	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23101924D

SB809 (Same As) 2023-03-22 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0214)
SB809 (Same As) 2023-03-22 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0214)

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
4	1	209	(n/a)	See Bill Text
4	1	325	(n/a)	See Bill Text
4	1	325.2	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HB1979
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1979+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1979E+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1979ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0213+hil
Amendment	https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/pdfs/drafts/23105360A.pdf
Amendment	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+amd+HB1979AH
Amendment	https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/pdfs/drafts/23106589A.pdf
Amendment	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+amd+HB1979AS
Amendment	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+amd+HB1979ASE
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+oth+HB1979FE122+PDF
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+oth+HB1979FER122+PDF
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+H1103V0007+HB1979
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+H11V0034+HB1979
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+HV1276+HB1979
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+S09V0058+HB1979
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+SV0439HB1979+HB1979
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+SV0445HB1979+HB1979
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+HV1881+HB1979