VRLTA represents you – restaurant owners, managers, and employees – when it comes to legislative issues that affect the restaurant industry as a whole. We support our members’ interests through legislative representation with the goal of protecting and maintaining Virginia’s high tourism season, VA ABC legislation and regulations, tourism funding, and taxation and workforce issues.
This support also includes lobbying updates at the local, state, and federal levels as well as research from our national partners – the National Restaurant Association and the American Hotel & Lodging Association.
Learn more about the issues that may affect the restaurant business in Virginia
Learn how to get involved in advocacy efforts
If you have questions, please contact Robert Melvin, VRLTA’s Director of Government Affairs at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
Sign up for our NEW Advocacy Tool - Phone2Action
VRLTA is using a new advocacy tool, and we invite you to sign up. This is the best way to get information from VRLTA as we enter the General Assembly session (and beyond). You must opt in. Please follow the links below to sign up (you can join one or both lists):
- General legislative concerns: https://p2a.co/7QixRMM
- Restaurant-specific concerns: https://p2a.co/tG5wSG7
- OR text: for Restaurant News: VARESTAURANT to 52886 or for General Legislative News: VANEWS to 52886
