Bill Text: VA SB709 | 2020 | Regular Session | Prefiled
Bill Title: ABC Authority; work group to study tied house provisions, report.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-24 - Passed by indefinitely in Rules (14-Y 0-N) [SB709 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2020-SB709-Prefiled.html
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. §1. That the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority (the Authority) shall convene a work group to study the tied house provisions that prevent (i) a restaurant licensed to sell alcoholic beverages at retail in the Commonwealth that is under common control or ownership with a brewery, limited brewery, winery, farm winery, distiller, or limited distiller licensee from selling alcoholic beverages produced by such brewery, limited brewery, winery, farm winery, distiller, or limited distiller licensee and (ii) a licensee from employing a person who is also employed by a licensee operating in a different tier of the Commonwealth's three-tier alcoholic beverage control system. The work group shall (a) determine whether such tied house provisions remain justified by legitimate policy concerns and (b) analyze whether exceptions should be created to such tied house provisions and, if so, identify any possible ancillary implications and any limitations that should be placed on licensees invoking such exceptions. The Authority shall report the findings and recommendations of the work group to the Chairmen of the Senate Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services and the House Committee on General Laws by November 30, 2020.
