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Bill Restaurants; certified food protection manager, exemption of certain establishments. Provides that no regulation issued by the Board of Health (Board) shall require any restaurant that is operated by (i) a nonprofit civic service organization, (ii) a volunteer fire department, or (iii) a volunteer emergency medical services agency to employ a certified food protection manager. The bill defines a "certified food protection manager" as a person who has demonstrated proficiency in food safety issues, regulations, and techniques in maintaining a safe-food environment by passing a test and receiving a certification as part of a program that is accredited by the Board. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2019 HB 1663 Virginia HB 1663 (2019)
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Virginia HB 1663 (2019) — Restaurants; certified food protection manager, exemption of certain establishments.

Provides that no regulation issued by the Board of Health (Board) shall require any restaurant that is operated by (i) a nonprofit civic service organization, (ii) a volunteer fire department, or (iii) a volunteer emergency medical services agency to employ a certified food protection manager. The bill defines a "certified food protection manager" as a person who has demonstrated proficiency in food safety issues, regulations, and techniques in maintaining a safe-food environment by passing a test and receiving a certification as part of a program that is accredited by the Board.

Version chain

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

  1. Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0275) (committee substitute) — source
  2. House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted (committee substitute) — source
  3. House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1663ER) (committee substitute) — source
  4. House: Committee substitute printed 19105081D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
  5. House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19100361D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • Passed House BLOCK VOTE — 990 (pass) · lower
  • Reported from General Laws with substitute — 220 (pass) · lower
  • Constitutional reading dispensed — 390 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from General Laws and Technology — 150 (pass) · upper
  • Passed Senate — 400 (pass) · upper
  • Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — 980 (pass) · lower
  • Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — 80 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • James E. Edmunds, II — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2018-12-03 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19100361D introduction
  • 2018-12-03 Referred to Committee on General Laws referral-committee
  • 2019-01-08 Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #1 referral-committee
  • 2019-01-28 Read first time reading-1
  • 2019-01-29 Read second time reading-2
  • 2019-01-29 Committee substitute agreed to 19105081D-H1
  • 2019-01-29 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1663H1
  • 2019-01-30 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
  • 2019-01-30 Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
  • 2019-01-30 Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) passage
  • 2019-01-31 Constitutional reading dispensed
  • 2019-01-31 Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology referral-committee
  • 2019-02-14 Read third time reading-3
  • 2019-02-19 Enrolled
  • 2019-02-19 Signed by Speaker
  • 2019-02-20 Signed by President
  • 2019-02-21 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 21, 2019
  • 2019-02-21 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019
  • 2019-03-08 Approved by Governor-Chapter 275 (effective 7/1/19) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/9f283f71-c449-46bf-8af1-6f78fd3c4f45. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).