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Bill	Food donations; labeling, liability.	Food donations; labeling; liability. Exemptsindividuals and entities that donate food and charitable organizations that accept food donations from criminal and civil liability fordonating or receiving food past its best-by date or other non-safety labels so long as all parties are informed. The bill provides thatimmunity from liability shall not apply in instances of gross negligenceor intentional misconduct.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2022	HB 1249	Virginia HB 1249 (2022)	bill		enacted	Glenn R. Davis	5	32	6	2022-01-20	2022-04-11	openstates	ocd-bill/73cfa5be-ee83-4856-85a5-d600003f6084	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+HB1249	94d309bad495fb987a4760cef2f0849e74ac043f2f2f4654f9b2250e8cc2fccd	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 1249 (2022) — Food donations; labeling, liability.

Food donations; labeling; liability. Exemptsindividuals and entities that donate food and charitable organizations that accept food donations from criminal and civil liability fordonating or receiving food past its best-by date or other non-safety labels so long as all parties are informed. The bill provides thatimmunity from liability shall not apply in instances of gross negligenceor intentional misconduct.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0633 (committee substitute) — source
2. Committee substitute printed 22106365D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
3. HB1249EH1 (committee substitute) — source
4. HB1249ER (committee substitute) — source
5. Presented and ordered printed 22104344D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• VOTE: Passage (100-Y 0-N) — 99–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (10-Y 0-N) — 10–0 (pass) · lower
• Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute (21-Y 0-N) — 21–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Glenn R. Davis — primary (person)
• Dan I. Helmer — cosponsor (person)
• Elizabeth B. Bennett-Parker — cosponsor (person)
• Jackie H. Glass — cosponsor (person)
• Lynwood W. Lewis, Jr. — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-01-20 Presented and ordered printed 22104344D introduction
• 2022-01-20 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources referral-committee
• 2022-01-31 Assigned ACNR sub: Agriculture referral-committee
• 2022-01-31 Impact statement from DPB (HB1249)
• 2022-02-02 House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
• 2022-02-02 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (10-Y 0-N)
• 2022-02-09 House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
• 2022-02-09 Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute (21-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2022-02-09 Committee substitute printed 22106365D-H1 substitution
• 2022-02-11 Read first time reading-1
• 2022-02-14 House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
• 2022-02-14 Read second time reading-2
• 2022-02-14 Committee substitute agreed to 22106365D-H1
• 2022-02-14 Amendments by Delegate Davis agreed to amendment-passage
• 2022-02-14 Engrossed by House - committee substitute with amendments HB1249EH1
• 2022-02-14 Printed as engrossed 22106365D-EH1
• 2022-02-15 Read third time and passed House (100-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2022-02-15 VOTE: Passage (100-Y 0-N)
• 2022-02-16 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2022-02-16 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources referral-committee
• 2022-02-17 Impact statement from DPB (HB1249EH1)
• 2022-03-01 Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2022-03-03 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
• 2022-03-04 Read third time reading-3
• 2022-03-04 Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) passage
• 2022-03-09 Enrolled
• 2022-03-09 Signed by Speaker
• 2022-03-10 Impact statement from DPB (HB1249ER)
• 2022-03-10 Signed by President
• 2022-03-22 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 22, 2022
• 2022-03-22 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
• 2022-04-11 Approved by Governor-Chapter 633 (effective 7/1/22) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/73cfa5be-ee83-4856-85a5-d600003f6084. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).