---
type: "Bill"
title: "Wholesome food donation; tax credit renewed."
description: "Wholesome food donation; tax credit renewed."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 2445"
citation: "Virginia HB 2445 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bennett-Parker"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 47
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2023-01-20"
last_action: "2023-03-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/102b67d9-966e-4b32-9202-a03842a0f776"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HB2445"
source_hash: "5be20b65f0c9e8dbe474df386d4f5569b9ea2a71f15ac692ff44bf38340aaac0"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---

# Virginia HB 2445 (2023) — Wholesome food donation; tax credit renewed.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **CHAP0165** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0165)
2. **Committee substitute printed 23105671D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2445H1)
3. **Committee substitute printed 23106737D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2445S1)
4. **HB2445ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2445ER)
5. **Presented and ordered printed 23104550D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2445)

## Votes

- Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Senate insisted on substitute (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Finance with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- VOTE: REJECTED (0-Y 94-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- VOTE: Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (16-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- VOTE: Adoption (94-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bennett-Parker — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2023-01-20** Presented and ordered printed 23104550D `introduction`
- **2023-01-20** Referred to Committee on Finance `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-27** Assigned Finance sub: Subcommittee #1 `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-29** Impact statement from TAX (HB2445)
- **2023-01-30** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-01-30** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) `substitution`
- **2023-02-01** Reported from Finance with substitute (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-01** Committee substitute printed 23105671D-H1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-03** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-06** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-06** Committee substitute agreed to 23105671D-H1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-06** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2445H1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-07** Read third time and passed House (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-07** VOTE: Passage (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-08** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2023-02-08** Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-09** Impact statement from TAX (HB2445H1)
- **2023-02-14** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-02-14** Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (16-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-14** Committee substitute printed 23106737D-S1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-14** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-15** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-15** Committee substitute agreed to 23106737D-S1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-15** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB2445S1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-15** Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-15** Senate substitute rejected by House 23106737D-S1 (0-Y 94-N)
- **2023-02-15** VOTE: REJECTED (0-Y 94-N)
- **2023-02-15** Senate insisted on substitute (40-Y 0-N) `substitution`
- **2023-02-15** Senate requested conference committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-15** Conferees appointed by Senate
- **2023-02-15** Senators: Locke, Dunnavant, Rouse
- **2023-02-15** House acceded to request
- **2023-02-15** Conferees appointed by House
- **2023-02-15** Delegates: Bennett-Parker, McNamara, Durant
- **2023-02-21** Amended by conference committee
- **2023-02-22** Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-23** Conference report agreed to by House (94-Y 0-N) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-23** VOTE: Adoption (94-Y 0-N)
- **2023-03-07** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-03-07** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2445ER) `passage`
- **2023-03-08** Impact statement from TAX (HB2445ER)
- **2023-03-08** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-03-08** Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-03-13** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 13, 2023 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-13** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-22** Approved by Governor-Chapter 165 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-22** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0165)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/102b67d9-966e-4b32-9202-a03842a0f776`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).