HB 980 VA

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Introduced

Alcoholic beverage control; voluntary no-buy program; court-ordered inclusion on list of excluded persons. Requires the Board of Directors of the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority to establish and implement a voluntary no-buy program which allows a person to agree to refrain from purchasing any alcoholic beverage for a chosen period of two years, five years, or a lifetime. The bill provides that the name of a person participating in the program shall be included on a list of excluded persons and that the personal information of the participants shall be confidential, with dissemination by the Board limited to persons authorized to sell alcoholic beverages, law-enforcement officers acting in the performance of their official duties, and any other parties the Board deems necessary for purposes of enforcement. The bill also provides that a court may order any person be placed on the list of excluded persons as a condition of probation or suspension of sentence or upon a conviction of certain enumerated alcohol-related offenses.

• Thomas A. Garrett, Jr. Republican · primary

1. Jan 13, 2026 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26104195D · lower
2. Jan 13, 2026 Referred to Committee on General Laws · lower
3. Jan 26, 2026 Assigned HGL sub: ABC/Gaming · lower
4. Feb 3, 2026 House subcommittee offered · lower
5. Feb 3, 2026 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N 1-A) · lower
6. Feb 6, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB980) · lower
7. Feb 10, 2026 Reported from General Laws with substitute and referred to Appropriations (21-Y 0-N) · lower
8. Feb 10, 2026 Committee substitute printed 26106375D-H1 · lower
9. Feb 10, 2026 Assigned HAPP sub: Transportation & Public Safety · lower
10. Feb 13, 2026 Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (5-Y 2-N) · lower
11. Feb 16, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB980) · lower
12. Feb 18, 2026 Left in Committee Appropriations · lower

The published texts of this bill as it moves through the legislature. Each links to the official document on the state legislature site. Data from OpenStates.

• General Laws Substitute · PDF
• General Laws Substitute · HTML
• General Laws Substitute · PDF
• General Laws Substitute · HTML
• ABC/Gaming Subcommittee Substitute · PDF
• ABC/Gaming Subcommittee Substitute · HTML
• Introduced · PDF
• Introduced · HTML