HB 1994 Virginia House of Delegates · 2025 Regular Session

Alcoholic beverage control; requirements for restaurant retail licensees.

Summary

Alcoholic beverage control; requirements for restaurant retail licensees; provision of free potable water. Requires persons licensed to sell alcoholic beverages at retail for on-premises consumption to ensure that free potable water is available upon request to customers who have placed an order, with some exceptions specified in the bill. The bill provides that any person determined to have violated such provisions shall be subject to a (i) written warning for a first offense and (ii) civil penalty for any second or subsequent offense that occurs within three years of the first offense.

Bill status vetoed 4 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

Committee Review

Feb 2025

House of Delegates Passage

Feb 2025

Senate Passage

Feb 2025

Vetoed

Mar 2025

Introduced Jan 7, 2025 Vetoed Mar 24, 2025

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What changed between versions

Rehabilitation and Social Services Substitute → Enrolled · 2 edits · Feb 22, 2025

MINOR

The bill's status was updated from an offered substitute to an enrolled act, indicating it has been fully approved by the General Assembly and is now law. The substantive content of the bill, which adds a new section to the Code of Virginia regarding alcoholic beverage control and requirements for free potable water, remains unchanged.

Scope change

The bill's scope and applicability are unchanged; only the legislative status was finalized.

TECHNICAL

Removed the placeholder date and the 'offered for consideration' status, as the bill is now enacted.

Added the official enrolled header and approval notation to signify the bill has passed all legislative stages.

Floor votes · Senate Feb 10, 2025 · House of Delegates Jan 29, 2025

How they voted

39–0

Passed · 1 other

Total votes 40

Feb 10, 2025

D Democratic21

21 Yea

100% Yea

R Republican19

18 Yea 1

94% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Apr 2, 2025

Vetoed

House sustained Governor's veto

lower

Mar 24, 2025

Vetoed

Vetoed by Governor

executive

Feb 22, 2025

Upper · Passed

Signed by President

upper

Feb 19, 2025

Lower · Passed

Signed by Speaker

lower

Feb 19, 2025

Lower · Passed

Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1994ER)

lower

Feb 12, 2025

Upper · Passed

Passed Senate with substitute (38-Y 1-N)

upper

Feb 11, 2025

Upper · Passed

Passed by for the day

upper

Feb 10, 2025

Upper · Passed

Passed by for the day

upper

Feb 7, 2025

Upper · Passed

Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services with substitute (14-Y 0-N 1-A)

upper

Jan 30, 2025

Committee

Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services

upper

Jan 29, 2025

Lower · Passed

Read third time and passed House (62-Y 34-N)

lower

Jan 23, 2025

Lower · Passed

Reported from General Laws (15-Y 6-N)

lower

Jan 21, 2025

Lower · Passed

Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 1-N)

lower

Jan 17, 2025

Committee

Assigned GL sub: ABC/Gaming

lower

Jan 7, 2025

Committee

Referred to Committee on General Laws

lower

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors