2025 SESSION
ENROLLED
VIRGINIA ACTS OF ASSEMBLY -- CHAPTER
An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 4.1-206.4, relating to alcoholic beverage control; requirements for certain licensees; provision of free potable water; civil penalty.
[H 1994]
Approved
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding a section numbered 4.1-206.4 as follows:
4.1-206.4. Requirements for certain licensees; provision of free potable water; civil penalty.
A. For the purposes of this section, "potable water" means water that is safe for human consumption.
B. Persons licensed to sell alcoholic beverages at retail for on-premises consumption shall ensure that free potable water is available upon request to customers who have placed an order.
C. Any person determined by the Board to have violated this section shall be subject to a (i) written warning for a first offense and (ii) civil penalty as provided for in 4.1-227 for any second or subsequent offense that occurs within three years of the first offense.
D. The provisions of this section shall not apply to persons granted a license pursuant to subsection D of 4.1-206.3.