---
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 SB 186."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 322"
citation: "Virginia HB 322 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jackie H. Glass"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 28
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2026-01-11"
last_action: "2026-04-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f9bafdab-108e-49e3-93e2-5ec860842eee"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB322"
source_hash: "e5a2a393eb4ee366c39abb88c672c50c935a67c57eb5e010e51f13322e526f5c"
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 322 (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 SB 186.

## 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/1083836.PDF)
2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1216323.PDF)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1208989.PDF)

## Votes

- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- H VOTE: — **95–2** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources — **14–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources — **21–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage R — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **10–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jackie H. Glass — primary (person)
- Amy J. Laufer — cosponsor (person)
- Eric R. Zehr — cosponsor (person)
- Hillary Pugh Kent — cosponsor (person)
- Hyland F. "Buddy" Fowler, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Michael J. Webert — cosponsor (person)
- Mitchell Cornett — cosponsor (person)
- Nadarius E. Clark — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas A. Garrett, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Tony O. Wilt — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-11** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26103201D `filing, introduction`
- **2026-01-11** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-19** Assigned HACNR sub: Agriculture `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-26** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB322)
- **2026-01-28** Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N)
- **2026-02-04** Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (21-Y 0-N 1-A) `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-06** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2026-02-09** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2026-02-10** Read third time and passed House (95-Y 2-N 0-A) `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-02-11** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- **2026-02-11** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-24** Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-04** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-05** Rules suspended
- **2026-03-05** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
- **2026-03-05** Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
- **2026-03-06** Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- **2026-03-09** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2026-03-09** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage`
- **2026-03-14** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2026-03-14** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB322ER) `passage`
- **2026-03-14** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2026-03-14** Signed by President `passage`
- **2026-03-16** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB322)
- **2026-03-25** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 25, 2026 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-25** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-04-06** Approved by Governor-Chapter 107 (effective 7/1/2026) `executive-signature`
- **2026-04-06** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0107)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f9bafdab-108e-49e3-93e2-5ec860842eee`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).