2025 Regular SessionVirginia Legislature

HB2342: Alcoholic beverage control; confectionery mixed beverage retail license.

Legislative Summary

Alcoholic beverage control; confectionery mixed beverage retail license. Creates a confectionery mixed beverage retail license that authorizes the licensee to prepare and sell on the licensed premises for on-and-off premises consumption confectionery that contains five percent or less alcohol by volume. The bill provides that any alcohol contained in such confectionery shall not be in liquid form at the time of sale, unless such confectionery is a frozen dessert, as defined in the bill. The bill also sets the state and local license fee for such confectionery license and repeals the provisions of alcoholic beverage control law that created an off-premises wine and beer confectionery license.

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Bill History

1/8/2025
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25101579D
House of Delegates
1/8/2025
Referred to Committee on General Laws
House of Delegates
1/15/2025
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2342)
House of Delegates
1/17/2025
Assigned GL sub: ABC/Gaming
House of Delegates
1/21/2025
Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (5-Y 2-N)
House of Delegates
2/5/2025
Left in General Laws
House of Delegates

Roll Call Votes

Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (5-Y 2-N)
1/21/2025
5
Yea
2
Nay
0
Not Voting
2
Absent
Result: PASSED

Status Information

Current Status
Introduced(1/8/2025)
Chamber
House of Delegates
Committee
General Laws(House of Delegates)

Sponsors

Republican: 1

Documents

Introduced
Bill Text1/8/2025162.8 KB
Fiscal Note/Analysis
Fiscal Note/Analysis1/15/202595.7 KB