republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2021/hb-2062.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Food delivery platforms; agreements with restaurants required, penalty."
description: "Food delivery platforms; agreements required; penalty. Prohibits a food delivery platform, as defined in the bill, from submitting orders on behalf of a consumer or arranging for the delivery of an order from a restaurant, as defined in the bill, without first obtaining an agreement with the restaurant expressly authorizing the food delivery platform to take orders and deliver food prepared by the restaurant. The bill provides that a violation of such agreement requirement is a prohibited practice under the Virginia Consumer Protection Act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 2062"
citation: "Virginia HB 2062 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rodney T. Willett"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 28
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2021-01-12"
last_action: "2021-03-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/85072231-3f83-479f-a82c-c7d9e478591d"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+sum+HB2062"
source_hash: "66acb440104278da2b39f16dbed59e533e3f3c683f5ce9fa86f3b90351a4ea11"
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 2062 (2021) — Food delivery platforms; agreements with restaurants required, penalty.

Food delivery platforms; agreements required; penalty. Prohibits a food delivery platform, as defined in the bill, from submitting orders on behalf of a consumer or arranging for the delivery of an order from a restaurant, as defined in the bill, without first obtaining an agreement with the restaurant expressly authorizing the food delivery platform to take orders and deliver food prepared by the restaurant. The bill provides that a violation of such agreement requirement is a prohibited practice under the Virginia Consumer Protection Act.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0485** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+CHAP0485)
2. **HB2062ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB2062ER)
3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21100974D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB2062)
4. **Printed as engrossed 21100974D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB2062E)

## Votes

- Reported from Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 2-N) — **5–2** (pass) · lower
- Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (90-Y 8-N) — **89–8** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Labor and Commerce (14-Y 8-N) — **14–8** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Rodney T. Willett — primary (person)
- Betsy B. Carr — cosponsor (person)
- Kaye Kory — cosponsor (person)
- Mark L. Keam — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-12** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21100974D `introduction`
- **2021-01-12** Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-14** Assigned L & C sub: Subcommittee #1 `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-20** Impact statement from DPB (HB2062)
- **2021-01-26** Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 2-N)
- **2021-01-28** Reported from Labor and Commerce (14-Y 8-N) `committee-passage`
- **2021-01-29** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2021-02-01** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2021-02-01** Amendment by Delegate Willett agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2021-02-01** Engrossed by House as amended HB2062E
- **2021-02-01** Printed as engrossed 21100974D-E
- **2021-02-02** Impact statement from DPB (HB2062E)
- **2021-02-02** Read third time and passed House (90-Y 8-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-02** VOTE: Passage (90-Y 8-N)
- **2021-02-03** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2021-02-03** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-05** Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N)
- **2021-02-22** Reported from Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-23** Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- **2021-02-24** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2021-02-24** Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2021-02-26** Enrolled
- **2021-02-26** Impact statement from DPB (HB2062ER)
- **2021-02-26** Signed by Speaker
- **2021-02-27** Signed by President
- **2021-03-01** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 1, 20201
- **2021-03-01** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
- **2021-03-31** Approved by Governor-Chapter 485 (effective 7/1/21) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/85072231-3f83-479f-a82c-c7d9e478591d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).