Alcoholic beverage control; license application, locality input. (HB2131)

Introduced By

Del. Alfonso Lopez (D-Arlington) with support from co-patrons Del. Patrick Hope (D-Arlington), Del. Kaye Kory (D-Falls Church), and Del. Mark Levine (D-Alexandria)

Progress

Introduced
Passed Committee
Passed House
Passed Senate
Signed by Governor
Became Law

Description

Alcoholic beverage control; license application; corrective action. Adds the chief administrative officer of a locality to the list of persons who may be sent notice of certain license applications by the Board of Directors of the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority. The bill also expands the definition of "criminal blight" for which the locality may require a property owner to take corrective action to include a condition existing on real property that endangers public health or safety and is caused by (i) the regular presence on the property of persons in possession of controlled substances and (ii) the discharge of a firearm under certain conditions. Read the Bill »

Status

03/18/2021: signed by governor

History

DateAction
01/12/2021Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101639D
01/12/2021Referred to Committee on General Laws
01/24/2021Assigned GL sub: ABC/Gaming
01/26/2021House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
01/26/2021Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N)
01/26/2021Impact statement from DPB (HB2131)
01/28/2021Reported from General Laws with substitute (22-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
01/28/2021House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
01/28/2021Committee substitute printed 21103770D-H1
02/01/2021Read first time
02/02/2021Read second time
02/02/2021Committee substitute agreed to 21103770D-H1
02/02/2021Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2131H1
02/03/2021Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N 1-A)
02/03/2021VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N 1-A) (see vote tally)
02/03/2021Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
02/03/2021Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
02/03/2021VOTE: Block Vote Passage #2 (99-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/04/2021Constitutional reading dispensed
02/04/2021Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services
02/05/2021Impact statement from DPB (HB2131H1)
02/05/2021Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Rehabilitation and Social Services (14-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/12/2021Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services (14-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/15/2021Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/16/2021Read third time
02/16/2021Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/19/2021Enrolled
02/19/2021Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2131ER)
02/19/2021Impact statement from DPB (HB2131ER)
02/19/2021Signed by Speaker
02/22/2021Signed by President
02/24/2021Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 24, 2021
02/24/2021G Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
03/18/2021G Approved by Governor-Chapter 186 (effective 7/1/21)
03/18/2021G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0186)