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type: "Bill"
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title: "Farmers market food and beverage products; sales considered essential during state of emergency."
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2021"
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identifier: "HB 2302"
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citation: "Virginia HB 2302 (2021)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Scott Wyatt"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 32
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vote_count: 7
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first_action: "2021-01-18"
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last_action: "2021-03-18"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a5db2ed4-eb49-4245-bf6e-0d7c753b853e"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+sum+HB2302"
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source_hash: "7999d6b312f7e550ac0e0faccf94792d5f39811122bb88c0355c81a75832f75e"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia HB 2302 (2021) — Farmers market food and beverage products; sales considered essential during state of emergency.
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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.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **CHAP0198** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+CHAP0198)
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2. **Committee substitute printed 21200290D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB2302S1)
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3. **HB2302ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB2302ER)
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4. **Presented and ordered printed 21103106D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB2302)
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## Votes
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- VOTE: Adoption (65-Y 29-N) — **65–28** (pass) · lower
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- Passed Senate with substitute (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (15-Y 6-N) — **15–6** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with substitite (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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- VOTE: Passage (74-Y 26-N) — **74–25** (pass) · lower
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- Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (14-Y 0-N) — **14–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Scott Wyatt — primary (person)
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- Bill D. Wiley — cosponsor (person)
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- Frank M. Ruff, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
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- Hyland F. "Buddy" Fowler, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
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- J. Chapman Petersen — cosponsor (person)
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- John J. McGuire, III — cosponsor (person)
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- Kathy J. Byron — cosponsor (person)
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- Margaret B. Ransone — cosponsor (person)
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- Mark L. Cole — cosponsor (person)
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- Michael J. Webert — cosponsor (person)
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- R. Lee Ware — cosponsor (person)
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- Wendell S. Walker — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-01-18** Presented and ordered printed 21103106D `introduction`
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- **2021-01-18** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
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- **2021-01-28** Impact statement from DPB (HB2302)
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- **2021-02-03** Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (15-Y 6-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2021-02-03** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2021-02-04** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2021-02-05** Read third time and passed House (74-Y 26-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2021-02-05** VOTE: Passage (74-Y 26-N)
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- **2021-02-05** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2021-02-05** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
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- **2021-02-05** Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (14-Y 0-N)
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- **2021-02-16** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
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- **2021-02-16** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
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- **2021-02-16** Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with substitite (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2021-02-16** Committee substitute printed 21200290D-S1 `substitution`
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- **2021-02-18** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
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- **2021-02-18** Impact statement from DPB (HB2302S1)
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- **2021-02-19** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2021-02-19** Reading of substitute waived
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- **2021-02-19** Committee substitute agreed to 21200290D-S1
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- **2021-02-19** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB2302S1
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- **2021-02-19** Passed Senate with substitute (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2021-02-23** Placed on Calendar
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- **2021-02-23** Senate substitute agreed to by House 21200290D-S1 (65-Y 29-N)
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- **2021-02-23** VOTE: Adoption (65-Y 29-N)
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- **2021-02-25** Enrolled
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- **2021-02-25** Signed by President
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- **2021-02-26** Signed by Speaker
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- **2021-03-01** Impact statement from DPB (HB2302ER)
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- **2021-03-01** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 1, 2021
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- **2021-03-01** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
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- **2021-03-18** Approved by Governor-Chapter 198 (effective 7/1/21) `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a5db2ed4-eb49-4245-bf6e-0d7c753b853e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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