---
type: "Bill"
title: "Virginia Consumer Protection Act; food labeling."
description: "Virginia Consumer Protection Act; food labeling. Prohibits the sale of any food required by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to have a nutrition label when such food is not labeled in accordance with federal law."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 1376"
citation: "Virginia SB 1376 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David W. Marsden"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 33
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2025-01-13"
last_action: "2025-03-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/68a7fff9-35d4-4297-ad8a-37f84e3738d5"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/SB1376"
source_hash: "6d69955b3f7dab3301caf5f9ae20aa226adbdfe056b3c6b90f373b1cd72a58b4"
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 SB 1376 (2025) — Virginia Consumer Protection Act; food labeling.

Virginia Consumer Protection Act; food labeling. Prohibits the sale of any food required by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to have a nutrition label when such food is not labeled in accordance with federal law.

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1019582.PDF)
2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1072591.PDF)
3. **General Laws Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1051676.HTML)
4. **General Laws Subcommittee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1050912.HTML)
5. **House Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1058330.HTML)
6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1066419.PDF)

## Votes

- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from General Laws and Technology and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- House Amendments agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N) — **14–0** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (39-Y 0-N 1-A) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed House with amendments (95-Y 0-N 0-A) — **95–0** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 3rd reading) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from General Laws with amendment(s) (19-Y 0-N) — **19–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- David W. Marsden — primary (person)
- Michelle Lopes Maldonado — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-13** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-13-2025 25103344D `filing, introduction`
- **2025-01-13** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-22** Reported from General Laws and Technology and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2025-01-29** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2025-01-30** Rules suspended
- **2025-01-30** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (39-Y 0-N 1-A)
- **2025-01-30** Passed by for the day
- **2025-01-31** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2025-01-31** Rules suspended
- **2025-01-31** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 3rd reading) (40-Y 0-N)
- **2025-01-31** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2025-02-05** Assigned GL sub: Housing/Consumer Protection `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-06** Placed on Calendar
- **2025-02-06** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2025-02-06** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-13** Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (8-Y 0-N)
- **2025-02-13** Reported from General Laws with amendment(s) (19-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-17** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2025-02-18** Moved from Uncontested Calendar to Regular Calendar
- **2025-02-18** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2025-02-18** General Laws Amendments agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2025-02-18** Engrossed by House as amended
- **2025-02-18** Passed House with amendments (95-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage`
- **2025-02-19** House Amendments agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) `amendment-passage`
- **2025-03-07** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-03-07** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1376ER) `passage`
- **2025-03-07** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2025-03-10** Signed by President `passage`
- **2025-03-11** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2025 `enrolled`
- **2025-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-19** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1376)
- **2025-03-21** Approved by Governor-Chapter 342 (Effective 07/01/25) `executive-signature`
- **2025-03-21** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0342)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/68a7fff9-35d4-4297-ad8a-37f84e3738d5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).