---
type: "Bill"
title: "Restaurants; food allergy awareness notice required."
description: "Restaurants; food allergy awareness notice required. Requires the State Health Commissioner to publish in multiple languages a notice on the Department of Health's website containing procedures for restaurant staff to follow when a customer has a food allergy. The bill requires restaurants to post such notice in a conspicuous location. The bill also requires restaurants to include the phrase, \"If you have a food allergy, please notify us,\" and its translation, if applicable, on their menus or on a sign posted conspicuously in the restaurant. This bill is identical to SB 248."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 373"
citation: "Virginia HB 373 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Marty Martinez"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 26
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2026-01-12"
last_action: "2026-04-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0cea6e85-b389-4784-a7d7-66316099a377"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB373"
source_hash: "1c6a9e066b7ba56085469bfdb912a635106c803d5aa014930fcc4d605448457e"
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 373 (2026) — Restaurants; food allergy awareness notice required.

Restaurants; food allergy awareness notice required. Requires the State Health Commissioner to publish in multiple languages a notice on the Department of Health's website containing procedures for restaurant staff to follow when a customer has a food allergy. The bill requires restaurants to post such notice in a conspicuous location. The bill also requires restaurants to include the phrase, "If you have a food allergy, please notify us," and its translation, if applicable, on their menus or on a sign posted conspicuously in the restaurant. This bill is identical to SB 248.

## 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/1084075.PDF)
2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1216447.PDF)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1177916.PDF)

## Votes

- Passage R — **23–15** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Health and Human Services — **19–3** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Education and Health — **10–5** (pass) · upper
- H VOTE: — **63–30** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **9–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Marty Martinez — primary (person)
- Elizabeth B. Bennett-Parker — cosponsor (person)
- Marcia S. "Cia" Price — cosponsor (person)
- Rae Cousins — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-12** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26100398D `filing, introduction`
- **2026-01-12** Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-14** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB373)
- **2026-01-16** Assigned sub: Health `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-20** Subcommittee recommends reporting (9-Y 0-N)
- **2026-01-22** Reported from Health and Human Services (19-Y 3-N) `committee-passage`
- **2026-01-26** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2026-01-27** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2026-01-28** Read third time and passed House (63-Y 30-N 0-A) `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-01-29** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- **2026-01-29** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-19** Reported from Education and Health (10-Y 5-N) `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-20** Rules suspended
- **2026-02-20** Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
- **2026-02-20** Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- **2026-02-23** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2026-02-23** Passed Senate (23-Y 15-N 0-A) `passage`
- **2026-02-25** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2026-02-25** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB373ER) `passage`
- **2026-02-25** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB373)
- **2026-02-25** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2026-02-25** 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 124 (effective 7/1/2026) `executive-signature`
- **2026-04-06** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0124)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0cea6e85-b389-4784-a7d7-66316099a377`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).