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New ABC Laws Go Into Effect in Virginia
MECHANICSVILLE New laws impacting the operation of the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority (ABC), its licensees and applicants for ABC licenses take effect Monday, July 1.
According to Virginia ABC, the Virginia General Assembly passed the following legislation during the 2024 session, which Governor Glenn Youngkin has since signed into law.
- Virginia ABC is considered an independent authority(HB 30,SB 30) Notwithstanding paragraph A of 2.2-221,Code of Virginia, the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority is considered an independent agency of the Commonwealth.
- Online and electronic marketing of spirits(HB 522,Bill SB 182) Directs Virginia ABC to promulgate regulations prescribing the conditions under which manufacturers, brokers, importers, and wholesalers may advertise and promote alcoholic beverages via the Internet, social media, direct-to-consumer electronic communication, or other electronic means.
- Permanent license for third-party takeaway cocktail delivery to end in 2026(HB 688,Bill SB 635) Repeals the July 1 deadline for provisions that allow distillers who have been appointed as Virginia ABC agents, mixed beverage restaurant licensees, and limited mixed beverage restaurant licensees to sell mixed beverages for off-premises consumption, and farm winery licensees to sell pre-mixed wine for off-premises consumption. The bill also repeals, effective July 1, 2026, third-party delivery licenses. The bill requires the Authority to convene a task force to review third-party delivery licenses and report its findings and recommendations to the chairs of the House Committee on General Laws and the Senate Committee on Rehabilitation and Human Services.
- Offering alcoholic beverages on a private campsite(Senate Bill 26) Provides that the prohibition on drinking or offering alcoholic beverages to others in public does not apply when such acts are committed on the premises of a campground located on private property where the majority of campers use trailers or tent trailers, pickup truck trailers or motor homes or similar recreational vehicles.
- Licenses for sports and artistic facilities(HB 1349,SB 180 Act,SB 400,Bill SB 657) Defines performing arts facilities and sports facilities and standardizes eligibility criteria for annual mixed beverage performing arts facility licenses and on-premises and off-premises wine and beer licenses for performing arts food concessionaires. The bill also removes provisions that allow Virginia ABC to grant annual mixed beverage motorsports facility licenses and motorsports event facility licenses and creates an annual mixed beverage sports facility license, which may be granted to persons operating a sports facility or food concessions at a sports facility and would authorize the licensee to sell mixed beverages during and immediately following any event to patrons in all seating areas, concourses, aisles, concession areas, and additional designated locations in closed containers for off-premises consumption or in disposable paper, plastic, or similar containers or in single-use original metal cans for on-premises consumption.
- Initial Summary Suspension Investigation Start Time(Bill SB 658) Extends the time limit for completing initial summary suspension investigations if the deadline falls on a Saturday, Sunday or public holiday.
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