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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Farmers market food and beverage products; sales considered essential during state of emergency.	Farmers market food and beverage sales consideredessential during state of emergency. Provides that any Commonwealth-basedseller at a farmers market of food or beverage products, and thefarmers market in which it is located, shall be considered an essentialbusiness to the same extent as grocery stores if such stores areallowed to remain open as essential businesses during a state ofemergency declared by the Governor.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2021	HB 2302	Virginia HB 2302 (2021)	bill		enacted	Scott Wyatt	4	32	7	2021-01-18	2021-03-18	openstates	ocd-bill/a5db2ed4-eb49-4245-bf6e-0d7c753b853e	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+sum+HB2302	7999d6b312f7e550ac0e0faccf94792d5f39811122bb88c0355c81a75832f75e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 2302 (2021) — Farmers market food and beverage products; sales considered essential during state of emergency.

Farmers market food and beverage sales consideredessential during state of emergency. Provides that any Commonwealth-basedseller at a farmers market of food or beverage products, and thefarmers market in which it is located, shall be considered an essentialbusiness to the same extent as grocery stores if such stores areallowed to remain open as essential businesses during a state ofemergency declared by the Governor.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0198 (committee substitute) — source
2. Committee substitute printed 21200290D-S1 (committee substitute) — source
3. HB2302ER (committee substitute) — source
4. Presented and ordered printed 21103106D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• VOTE: Adoption (65-Y 29-N) — 65–28 (pass) · lower
• Passed Senate with substitute (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (15-Y 6-N) — 15–6 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with substitite (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Passage (74-Y 26-N) — 74–25 (pass) · lower
• Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (14-Y 0-N) — 14–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Scott Wyatt — primary (person)
• Bill D. Wiley — cosponsor (person)
• Frank M. Ruff, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
• Hyland F. "Buddy" Fowler, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
• J. Chapman Petersen — cosponsor (person)
• John J. McGuire, III — cosponsor (person)
• Kathy J. Byron — cosponsor (person)
• Margaret B. Ransone — cosponsor (person)
• Mark L. Cole — cosponsor (person)
• Michael J. Webert — cosponsor (person)
• R. Lee Ware — cosponsor (person)
• Wendell S. Walker — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-01-18 Presented and ordered printed 21103106D introduction
• 2021-01-18 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources referral-committee
• 2021-01-28 Impact statement from DPB (HB2302)
• 2021-02-03 Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (15-Y 6-N) committee-passage
• 2021-02-03 Read first time reading-1
• 2021-02-04 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
• 2021-02-05 Read third time and passed House (74-Y 26-N) passage, reading-3
• 2021-02-05 VOTE: Passage (74-Y 26-N)
• 2021-02-05 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2021-02-05 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources referral-committee
• 2021-02-05 Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (14-Y 0-N)
• 2021-02-16 Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
• 2021-02-16 Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
• 2021-02-16 Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with substitite (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2021-02-16 Committee substitute printed 21200290D-S1 substitution
• 2021-02-18 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
• 2021-02-18 Impact statement from DPB (HB2302S1)
• 2021-02-19 Read third time reading-3
• 2021-02-19 Reading of substitute waived
• 2021-02-19 Committee substitute agreed to 21200290D-S1
• 2021-02-19 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB2302S1
• 2021-02-19 Passed Senate with substitute (39-Y 0-N) passage
• 2021-02-23 Placed on Calendar
• 2021-02-23 Senate substitute agreed to by House 21200290D-S1 (65-Y 29-N)
• 2021-02-23 VOTE: Adoption (65-Y 29-N)
• 2021-02-25 Enrolled
• 2021-02-25 Signed by President
• 2021-02-26 Signed by Speaker
• 2021-03-01 Impact statement from DPB (HB2302ER)
• 2021-03-01 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 1, 2021
• 2021-03-01 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
• 2021-03-18 Approved by Governor-Chapter 198 (effective 7/1/21) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a5db2ed4-eb49-4245-bf6e-0d7c753b853e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).