Virginia SB 317: Alcoholic beverage control; farm winery licenses, requirements and privileges.

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2024SESSION
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1 SENATEBILLNO.317
2 OfferedJanuary10,2024
3 PrefiledJanuary9,2024
4 A BILL to amend and reenact the second enactment of Chapter 731 of the Acts of Assembly of 2023,
5 relating to alcoholic beverage control; farm winery licenses; requirements and privileges.
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Patron––Stuart
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8 ReferredtoCommitteeonRehabilitationandSocialServices
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10 Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
11 1. That the second enactment of Chapter 731 of the Acts of Assembly of 2023 is amended and
12 reenacted as follows:
13 2. That any person that holds a farm winery license that was applied for prior to July 1, 2023,
14 and granted prior to January 1, 2024, by the Board of Directors (the Board) of the Virginia
15 Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority shall, until July 1, 2028, (i) be exempt from the
16 requirements created by this act in §§ 4.1-219 and 4.1-231.1 of the Code of Virginia and (ii)
17 remain subject to the requirements of §§ 4.1-219 and 4.1-231.1 of the Code of Virginia as those
18 sections were in effect on June 30, 2023. Any person that holds a farm winery license that was
19 granted by the Board on or before July 1, 2020, and has continuously remained valid and active
20 subsequent to its issuance shall, upon request by the licensee, (a) be exempt from the requirements
21 created by this act in §§ 4.1-219 and 4.1-231.1 of the Code of Virginia and (b) remain subject to the
22 requirements of §§ 4.1-219 and 4.1-231.1 of the Code of Virginia as those sections were in effect on
23 June 30, 2023.
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