{"id":"AGY-ST-ALCOHOL-076","kind":"order","level":"sector-regulator","jurisdiction":"Virginia (State alcoholic-beverage regulator)","state":"VA","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"ST-ALCOHOL","eco":"","issuer":"Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority","authority":"\u0027Utilizing authority granted pursuant to Executive Order, Virginia ABC enacted numerous regulatory changes\u0027","instrument":"Virginia ABC, COVID-19 Licensee and Regulation Items (Rev. 05.18.2020)","title":"COVID-19 Licensee and Regulation Items: easing regulations, extending off-premise privileges, curbside pickup and home delivery, take-out cocktails, outside dining approvals, renewal deadlines","dateIssued":"2020-05-18","effective":"2020-03-20 (first off-premise general permit) through 2020-05-18 revision","end":"Take-out cocktails made statutory (2021, Va. Code § 4.1-206.3); other relief tied to EO 51 (ended June 30, 2021)","startDate":"2020-03-20","endDate":"2021-06-30","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2"],"types":["ALC","CLOSE","CAP","OTHER"],"addressees":["restaurants and other on-premise licensees","breweries, wineries, distilleries","wholesalers"],"clause":"Beginning March 20, through regulatory guidance enabled by Executive Order 51, businesses with strictly on-premise privileges (restaurants and other eat-in establishments) were allowed to exercise off-premise privileges under a general permit.... Beginning April 8, Governor Northam announced a major shift in policy to temporarily allow restaurants with mixed beverage licenses and distilleries with approved tasting rooms the ability to provide delivery services and take-out mixed drinks.... the Governor issued Executive Orders 61 and 62 permitting a phased reopening of these businesses across the state beginning May 15. Because the directive limits occupancy to 50% in their outdoor dining areas, ABC created an accelerated process for receiving and approving requests for these new or expanded outside areas.","enforcement":"Va. Code § 4.1-225 (suspension and revocation)","functions":["BA","DR","TO","SC (wholesale deliveries)","OP renewals","CB"],"notes":"Regulator\u0027s own chronology of the Virginia regime for licensees March-May 2020.","sourceUrl":"https://www.abc.virginia.gov/library/licenses/pdfs/covid-19-licensee-regulation.pdf","snapshot":"http://web.archive.org/web/20201019135615/https://www.abc.virginia.gov/library/licenses/pdfs/covid-19-licensee-regulation.pdf","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":309320,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"AGY-ST-ALCOHOL","url":"/library/AGY-ST-ALCOHOL-076","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/AGY-ST-ALCOHOL-076","citation":"Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority, Virginia ABC, COVID-19 Licensee and Regulation Items (Rev. 05.18.2020) (May 18, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-ALCOHOL-076)","stateName":"Virginia","related":[]}