---
type: "Bill"
title: "Misbranded food; manufactured-protein food products, civil penalty."
description: "Misbranded food; manufactured-protein food products; civil penalty. Provides that a food is misbranded if it purports to be or is represented as a meat food product or poultry product and such food product (i) bears or contains a manufactured-protein food product, as defined in the bill; (ii) is offered for sale; and (iii) has a label that is part of or placed on the food product package or other container storing such product that identifies the food as a meat food product or poultry product, unless such label bears a conspicuous and prominent qualifying term and is in close proximity to an identifying meat term, as such terms are defined in the bill. The bill exempts a meat food product that the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services determines contains a trace amount of a manufactured-protein food product, prohibits the sale or offering for sale of a food product that is misbranded pursuant to the provisions of the bill, and makes doing so a violation of the Virginia Consumer Protection Act. The bill provides that a person who violates the provisions of the bill is subject to a civil penalty not to exceed $500 and allows the Board of Agriculture and Consumer Services to adopt increased civil penalties not to exceed $500 for first, second, and subsequent violations of the bill. This bill is identical to HB 322."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 186"
citation: "Virginia SB 186 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Angelia Williams Graves"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 27
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2026-01-09"
last_action: "2026-04-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6af048e3-87c2-4fb9-af23-41a7b6bd84d6"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/SB186"
source_hash: "25c7bb8d4ce7a7f61cd26cd5eb8eabab272e1c44b1e40100a32373933199742c"
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 186 (2026) — Misbranded food; manufactured-protein food products, civil penalty.

Misbranded food; manufactured-protein food products; civil penalty. Provides that a food is misbranded if it purports to be or is represented as a meat food product or poultry product and such food product (i) bears or contains a manufactured-protein food product, as defined in the bill; (ii) is offered for sale; and (iii) has a label that is part of or placed on the food product package or other container storing such product that identifies the food as a meat food product or poultry product, unless such label bears a conspicuous and prominent qualifying term and is in close proximity to an identifying meat term, as such terms are defined in the bill. The bill exempts a meat food product that the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services determines contains a trace amount of a manufactured-protein food product, prohibits the sale or offering for sale of a food product that is misbranded pursuant to the provisions of the bill, and makes doing so a violation of the Virginia Consumer Protection Act. The bill provides that a person who violates the provisions of the bill is subject to a civil penalty not to exceed $500 and allows the Board of Agriculture and Consumer Services to adopt increased civil penalties not to exceed $500 for first, second, and subsequent violations of the bill. This bill is identical to HB 322.

## 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/1083690.PDF)
2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1216403.PDF)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1191394.PDF)

## Votes

- Constitutional reading dispensed R — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources — **21–1** (pass) · lower
- H VOTE: — **97–2** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage R — **38–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Angelia Williams Graves — primary (person)
- David R. Suetterlein — cosponsor (person)
- T. Travis Hackworth — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-09** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26103400D `filing, introduction`
- **2026-01-09** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-20** Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2026-01-22** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2026-01-22** Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
- **2026-01-22** Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- **2026-01-23** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2026-01-23** Engrossed by Senate Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- **2026-01-26** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB186)
- **2026-01-26** Read third time and passed Senate (38-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-01-26** Passed Senate `passage`
- **2026-02-03** Placed on Calendar
- **2026-02-03** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2026-02-03** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-25** Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (21-Y 1-N) `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-27** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2026-03-02** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2026-03-02** Passed House (97-Y 2-N 0-A) `passage`
- **2026-03-05** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2026-03-05** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB186ER) `passage`
- **2026-03-05** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB186)
- **2026-03-05** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2026-03-05** Signed by President `passage`
- **2026-03-10** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 10, 2026 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-10** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-04-06** Approved by Governor-Chapter 108 (effective 7/1/2026) `executive-signature`
- **2026-04-06** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0108)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6af048e3-87c2-4fb9-af23-41a7b6bd84d6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).