Virginia Senate Bill 1242 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Engrossed on January 23 2019 - 50% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2019-02-14 - Failed to report (defeated) in General Laws (8-Y 14-N)
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Alcoholic beverage control; mixed beverage restaurant license; penalties. Allows mixed beverage restaurant licensees that specialize in the sale of high-end spirits to calculate, for purposes of the food-to-beverage ratio, gross receipts from the sale of mixed beverages by multiplying the liters of spirits sold by such licensee by the average price charged for one liter of spirits by mixed beverage restaurant licensees in the Commonwealth. The bill prohibits categorizing a restaurant as specializing in high-end spirits unless it has been licensed as a mixed beverage restaurant for not less than 12 months and had food and nonalcoholic beverage sales for the immediately preceding 12 months that would have met the food-to-beverage ratio imposed on restaurants that specialize in the sale of high-end spirits. The bill further directs the Board of Directors of the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority to consider the following when determining whether a restaurant specializes in high-end spirits: (i) the average price of mixed beverages sold by such restaurant, (ii) the average price of spirits purchased by such restaurant from the Board, (iii) the average price of spirits held by such restaurant in inventory, and (iv) the restaurant's seating capacity at tables and according to its certificate of occupancy. The bill also requires the Board to promulgate regulations that prescribe the terms and conditions under which the Board may suspend the privilege of a mixed beverage licensee to purchase spirits from the Board upon such licensee's failure to submit any records or other documents necessary to verify the licensee's compliance with applicable minimum food sale requirements within 30 days of the date such records or documents are due.

Alcoholic beverage control; mixed beverage restaurant license, penalties.

Sen. Bryce Reeves [R]	Sen. Bill DeSteph [R]	Sen. Monty Mason [D]	Sen. Jeremy McPike [D]
Sen. Lionell Spruill [D]

2019-02-14 - House - House: Failed to report (defeated) in General Laws (8-Y 14-N) (Y: 8 N: 14 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [FAIL]
2019-02-12 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment (5-Y 3-N) (Y: 5 N: 3 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-02-12 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment (5-Y 3-N) (Y: 5 N: 3 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2019-01-24 - Senate - Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (30-Y 10-N) (Y: 30 N: 10 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-01-21 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-01-18 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services (11-Y 3-N) (Y: 11 N: 3 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-02-14	House	Failed to report (defeated) in General Laws (8-Y 14-N)
2019-02-12	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment (5-Y 3-N)
2019-02-04	House	Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #3
2019-01-29	House	Referred to Committee on General Laws
2019-01-29	House	Read first time
2019-01-29	House	Placed on Calendar
2019-01-24	Senate	Read third time and passed Senate (30-Y 10-N)
2019-01-23	Senate	Read second time and engrossed
2019-01-22	Senate	Passed by for the day
2019-01-21	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
2019-01-18	Senate	Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services (11-Y 3-N)
2019-01-05	Senate	Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services
2019-01-05	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19101672D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
4	1	111	(n/a)	See Bill Text
4	1	210	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+SB1242
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+SB1242+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+S09V0015+SB1242
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+SV0106SB1242+SB1242
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+SV0166SB1242+SB1242
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+H1103V0027+SB1242
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+H1103V0036+SB1242
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+H11V0259+SB1242