General Overview

The 2025 House Bill 1946 (Chapter 595) and Senate Bill 1060 (Chapter 596) require Virginia Tax to convene a work group composed of the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority, the Office of the Attorney General, Virginia State Police, and the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services to develop an enforcement program aimed at preventing the sale of retail tobacco and hemp products to persons under 21 years of age. The work group shall evaluate and report:

  • The frequency of licensee inspections in the Commonwealth and other states;
  • Compliance rates in the Commonwealth and other states;
  • Costs of an enforcement program; and
  • Funding sources to support the enforcement program.

Virginia Tax must submit a report of the findings and recommendations, if any, of the work group to the Chairs of the House Committees on General Laws and Appropriations and the Senate Committees on Rehabilitation and Social Services and Finance and Appropriations by November 1, 2025.

Legislative Documents

Work Group Documents

Tobacco Study: Draft Report for Circulation