Virginia House Bill 1720 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Passed on March 20 2013 - 100% progression
Action: 2013-03-20 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0562)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Alcoholic beverage control; proof of legal age required. Provides that it is a Class 3 misdemeanor to sell alcoholic beverages to an individual under 21 years of age if the seller does not require the individual to present bona fide evidence of legal age indicating that the individual is 21 years of age or older. Bona fide evidence of legal age is limited to any evidence that is or reasonably appears to be an unexpired driver's license, military identification card, United States passport or foreign government visa, unexpired special identification card issued by the Department of Motor Vehicles, or any other valid government-issued identification card bearing the individual's photograph, signature, height, weight, and date of birth, or which bears a photograph that reasonably appears to match the appearance of the purchaser. The bill excludes student identification cards as bona fide evidence of legal age.

Alcoholic beverages; person not requiring evidence of legal age guilty of Class 3 misdemeanor, etc.

Sen. Chris Head [R]

2013-02-21 - House - House: VOTE: ADOPTION (98-Y 0-N) (Y: 100 N: 0 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2013-02-19 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate with amendment (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2013-02-18 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2013-02-15 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment (15-Y 0-N) (Y: 15 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2013-02-12 - Senate - Senate: Rereferred from Rehabilitation and Social Services (13-Y 0-N) (Y: 13 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2013-02-05 - House - House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (100-Y 0-N) (Y: 102 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2013-02-01 - House - House: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (15-Y 0-N) (Y: 16 N: 0 NV: 3 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-03-20		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0562)
2013-03-20		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 562 (effective 7/1/13)
2013-02-23	Senate	Signed by President
2013-02-23	House	Signed by Speaker
2013-02-23	House	Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1720ER)
2013-02-23	House	Enrolled
2013-02-21	House	VOTE: ADOPTION (98-Y 0-N)
2013-02-21	House	Senate amendment agreed to by House (98-Y 0-N)
2013-02-19	House	Placed on Calendar
2013-02-19	Senate	Passed Senate with amendment (40-Y 0-N)
2013-02-19	Senate	Engrossed by Senate as amended
2013-02-19	Senate	Committee amendment agreed to
2013-02-19	Senate	Reading of amendment waived
2013-02-19	Senate	Read third time
2013-02-18	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
2013-02-15	Senate	Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment (15-Y 0-N)
2013-02-12	Senate	Rereferred to Courts of Justice
2013-02-12	Senate	Rereferred from Rehabilitation and Social Services (13-Y 0-N)
2013-02-08	Senate	Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services
2013-02-08	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed
2013-02-06	Senate	Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services
2013-02-06	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed
2013-02-05	House	VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (100-Y 0-N)
2013-02-05	House	Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
2013-02-04	House	Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1720H1
2013-02-04	House	Committee substitute agreed to 13104899D-H1
2013-02-04	House	Read second time
2013-02-02	House	Read first time
2013-02-01	House	Committee substitute printed 13104899D-H1
2013-02-01	House	Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
2013-01-31	House	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2013-01-31	House	Referred from General Laws by voice vote
2013-01-29	House	Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee for Courts of Justice
2013-01-14	House	Assigned GL sub: #3 ABC/Gaming
2013-01-08	House	Referred to Committee on General Laws
2013-01-08	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/13 13103345D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
4	1	304	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1720
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+ful+HB1720+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+ful+HB1720H1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+ful+HB1720ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+ful+CHAP0562+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+vot+H08V0207+HB1720
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+vot+HV0558+HB1720
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+vot+S09V0055+HB1720
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+vot+S03V0277+HB1720
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+vot+SV0648HB1720+HB1720
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+vot+SV0685HB1720+HB1720
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+vot+HV1206+HB1720