HB 1738

  • Virginia House Bill
  • 2021 Regular Session
  • Introduced in House Nov 06, 2020
  • House
  • Senate
  • Governor

Alcoholic beverage control; local outdoor refreshment areas.

Abstract

Alcoholic beverage control; local outdoor refreshment areas. Defines "outdoor refreshment area" and permits the governingbody of any locality in the Commonwealth to designate, by ordinance, up to three outdoor refreshment areas within such locality. The billprovides that such ordinance would permit the consumption of alcoholicbeverages within the outdoor refreshment area, provided that suchalcoholic beverages are purchased from a permanent retail on-premiseslicensee located within such designated area and are contained indisposable containers with a maximum capacity of no more than 16fluid ounces that clearly display the selling licensee's name orlogo. The bill requires the locality, prior to adopting such an ordinance,to create a public safety plan for each outdoor refreshment area.

Bill Sponsors (6)

Votes


Actions


Feb 05, 2021

House

Left in General Laws

Jan 26, 2021

House

House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered

Jan 15, 2021

House

Impact statement from DPB (HB1738)

Jan 12, 2021

House

Assigned GL sub: ABC/Gaming

Nov 06, 2020

House

Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21100448D

House

Referred to Committee on General Laws

Bill Text

Bill Text Versions Format
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21100448D HTML

Related Documents

Document Format
Fiscal Impact Statement: HB1738F122.PDF PDF

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