Virginia ABC, COVID-19 Licensee and Regulation Items (Rev. 05.18.2020)

The record

Jurisdiction

Virginia (State alcoholic-beverage regulator) · Virginia

Level

Sector regulator

Authority

'Utilizing authority granted pursuant to Executive Order, Virginia ABC enacted numerous regulatory changes'

Issued

2020-05-18 May 18, 2020

Effective

2020-03-20 (first off-premise general permit) through 2020-05-18 revision (read as 2020-03-20)

End

Take-out cocktails made statutory (2021, Va. Code § 4.1-206.3); other relief tied to EO 51 (ended June 30, 2021) (read as 2021-06-30)

In force

Mar. 20, 2020 to June 30, 2021

Quarters

2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2

2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3

Limitation types

Business closureCapacity limitAlcohol and barsOther

Addressees

• restaurants and other on-premise licensees
• breweries, wineries, distilleries
• wholesalers

Functions reached

• BA
• DR
• TO
• SC (wholesale deliveries)
• OP renewals
• CB

Collection

State alcoholic-beverage regulators AGY-ST-ALCOHOL

Operative words

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

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