---
type: "Bill"
title: "Restaurants; exempts certain facilities or programs."
description: "Restaurants; certain facilities or programs; exemptions. Exempts certain facilities that provide custodial care to 12 or fewer adults or children in a home from regulations applicable to restaurants. This bill is identical to HB 840."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 677"
citation: "Virginia SB 677 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Christopher T. Head"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 32
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2026-01-14"
last_action: "2026-04-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/be7f4dac-5206-406b-a659-f3d3c9450dbe"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/SB677"
source_hash: "01b87b4a22d3881ae31f3eb05b7f0905320c03a2670af10e4787069ce74ef225"
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 677 (2026) — Restaurants; exempts certain facilities or programs.

Restaurants; certain facilities or programs; exemptions. Exempts certain facilities that provide custodial care to 12 or fewer adults or children in a home from regulations applicable to restaurants. This bill is identical to HB 840.

## 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/1091759.PDF)
2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1216889.PDF)
3. **Health and Human Services Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1169899.HTML)
4. **House Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1178733.HTML)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1186640.PDF)

## Votes

- Reported from Education and Health — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Concur House Amendment R — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage R — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Rereferred from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources — **13–0** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed R — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- H VOTE: — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Health and Human Services with amendment(s) — **21–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Christopher T. Head — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-14** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26105109D `filing, introduction`
- **2026-01-14** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-20** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB677)
- **2026-01-27** Rereferred from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources to Education and Health (13-Y 0-N) `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-03** Assigned Education sub: Health `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-05** Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-06** Rules suspended
- **2026-02-06** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
- **2026-02-06** Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
- **2026-02-06** Passed by for the day
- **2026-02-09** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2026-02-09** Engrossed by Senate (Voice Vote)
- **2026-02-10** Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-02-13** Placed on Calendar
- **2026-02-13** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2026-02-13** Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-19** Reported from Health and Human Services with amendment(s) (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-23** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2026-02-24** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2026-02-24** committee amendment agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2026-02-24** Engrossed by House as amended
- **2026-02-24** Passed House with amendment (98-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage`
- **2026-02-26** House amendment agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A) `amendment-passage`
- **2026-03-02** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2026-03-02** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB677ER) `passage`
- **2026-03-02** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB677)
- **2026-03-02** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2026-03-02** 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 232 (effective 7/1/2026) `executive-signature`
- **2026-04-06** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0232)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/be7f4dac-5206-406b-a659-f3d3c9450dbe`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).