Virginia · 2025 Regular Session · Bill
HB 1655: Alcoholic beverage control; limitation on manufacturers, etc., restrictions on employment.
In committee Official data
- Introduced
- In committee
- Passed one chamber
- Passed both chambers
- Enacted
Last official action: ·Record last updated:
Plain-language summary
HB 1655 is a bill introduced in the Virginia House on January 3, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Alcoholic beverage control; limitation on manufacturers, etc., restrictions on employment. Primary sponsor: Dan Helmer (Democratic). Most recent recorded action (February 4, 2025): Left in General Laws.
Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written
Official summary
Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.
Alcoholic beverage control; limitation on manufacturers, bottlers, and wholesalers; restrictions on employment; exemptions. Allows a manufacturer, bottler, or wholesaler to employ any person employed by a retail licensee and a retail licensee to employ any person employed by a manufacturer, bottler, or wholesaler, provided that (i) no person employed by a manufacturer is employed as a designated manager of a retail licensee or similar position in a retail licensee establishment and (ii) no retail licensee is required by agreement or otherwise to exclude from sale at his establishment alcoholic beverages of other manufacturers, bottlers, or wholesalers.
Sponsors
Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 1
| Name | Role | Party | Chamber | District |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dan Helmer | Primary sponsor | Democratic | House | 10 |
“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.
Recent official actions
- Left in General Laws
- Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1655)
- Assigned GL sub: ABC/Gaming
- Referred to Committee on General Laws
- Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25101966D