Virginia House Bill 1981 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: Introduced on January 7 2025 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2025-02-05 - Left in General Laws
Pending: House General Laws Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Alcoholic beverage control; illegal advertising; exceptions; charitable sales promotion. Allows a licensed distillery, winery, or brewery to advertise in or send any advertising matter into the Commonwealth about or concerning alcoholic beverages for the purposes of a charitable sales promotion to benefit (i) a charitable or civic organization, (ii) an organization exempt from taxation under §501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, or (iii) any public or private elementary or secondary school or institution of higher education, regardless of whether such charitable sales promotion advertises that a percentage of each sale or per product sold will benefit such organization, school, or institution.

Alcoholic beverage control; illegal advertising, exceptions, charitable sales promotion.

Del. Dan Helmer [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2025-02-05	House	Left in General Laws
2025-01-17	House	Assigned GL sub: ABC/Gaming
2025-01-15	House	Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1981)
2025-01-07	House	Referred to Committee on General Laws
2025-01-07	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-13-2025 25104247D

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/HB1981
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/HB1981/text/HB1981
Supplement	https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1020644.PDF