Virginia House Bill 2486 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: Engrossed on February 3 2023 - 50% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2023-02-20 - Failed to report (defeated) in Commerce and Labor (7-Y 8-N)
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Soft drink companies and bottlers; transfer of business; remedies. Prohibits soft drink companies from unreasonably withholding or delaying consent to any transfer of a bottler's business or the transfer of the stock or other interest in the bottler's business when a proposed transferee bottler meets the soft drink company's material and reasonable qualification requirements. The bill also prohibits soft drink companies from withholding consent to, or in any manner retaining a right of prior approval of, the transfer of a bottler's business to a principal owner of the bottler or a family member. Cases or controversies arising under the requirements of the bill have jurisdiction in the circuit court of the city or county where the bottler has its principal place of business, and the court may grant equitable relief as necessary to remedy the effects of conduct prohibited under the bill. A contract or agreement between a soft drink company and a bottler that purports to waive the requirements of the bill shall be considered void and unenforceable to the extent of such waiver.

Soft drink companies and bottlers; transfer of business, remedies.

Del. Terry Kilgore [R]

Del. Israel O'Quinn [R]

2023-02-20 - Senate - Senate: Failed to report (defeated) in Commerce and Labor (7-Y 8-N) (Y: 7 N: 8 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [FAIL]
2023-02-06 - House - House: VOTE: Passage (76-Y 23-N) (Y: 76 N: 23 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2023-01-31 - House - House: Reported from Commerce and Energy (14-Y 6-N) (Y: 14 N: 6 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-02-20	Senate	Failed to report (defeated) in Commerce and Labor (7-Y 8-N)
2023-02-07	Senate	Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
2023-02-07	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed
2023-02-06	House	VOTE: Passage (76-Y 23-N)
2023-02-06	House	Read third time and passed House (76-Y 23-N)
2023-02-03	House	Read second time and engrossed
2023-02-02	House	Read first time
2023-01-31	House	Reported from Commerce and Energy (14-Y 6-N)
2023-01-20	House	Referred to Committee on Commerce and Energy
2023-01-20	House	Presented and ordered printed 23102796D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
59	1	593	(n/a)	See Bill Text
59	1	597	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HB2486
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2486+hil
Amendment	https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/pdfs/drafts/23106480D.pdf
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+H23V0059+HB2486
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+HV1462+HB2486
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+S02V0144+HB2486