Alcoholic beverage control; voluntary no-buy program, etc.
Summary
Alcoholic beverage control; voluntary no-buy program; court-ordered inclusion on list of excluded persons. Requires the Board of Directors of the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority to establish and implement a voluntary no-buy program which allows a person to agree to refrain from purchasing any alcoholic beverage for a chosen period of two years, five years, or a lifetime. The bill provides that the name of a person participating in the program shall be included on a list of excluded persons and that the personal information of the participants shall be confidential, with dissemination by the Board limited to persons authorized to sell alcoholic beverages, law-enforcement officers acting in the performance of their official duties, and any other parties the Board deems necessary for purposes of enforcement. The bill also provides that a court may order any person be placed on the list of excluded persons as a condition of probation or suspension of sentence or upon a conviction of certain enumerated alcohol-related offenses.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2026
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Jan 13, 2026
Last action Feb 18, 2026
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General Laws Substitute
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ABC/Gaming Subcommittee Substitute
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The bill text has been reformatted from a standard left-aligned layout to a right-aligned, indented style typical of official legislative substitutes. The substantive legal content, including the new voluntary no-buy program and court-ordered exclusions, remains identical to the previous version.
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The entire document layout was shifted to the right with increased indentation and added decorative spacing, likely to match the specific formatting requirements for the ABC/Gaming Subcommittee substitute version.
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Actions timeline
Total actions
12
Key actions
4
Committee
7
Feb 18, 2026
Lower · Passed
Left in Committee Appropriations
lower
Feb 13, 2026
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (5-Y 2-N)
lower
Feb 10, 2026
Committee
Assigned HAPP sub: Transportation & Public Safety
lower
Feb 10, 2026
Lower · Passed
Reported from General Laws with substitute and referred to Appropriations (21-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 3, 2026
Lower · Passed
House subcommittee offered
lower
Jan 26, 2026
Committee
Assigned HGL sub: ABC/Gaming
lower
Jan 13, 2026
Committee
Referred to Committee on General Laws
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Tom Garrett
RRepublican
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