republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2022/sb-146.md

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Bill	Restaurants; on-site certified food protection managers.	Prepared foods; certified food protection managers. Provides that regulations adopted by the State Board of Health shall not require an establishment that sells only prepared food to have a certified food protection manager on site during all hours of operation.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2022	SB 146	Virginia SB 146 (2022)	bill		enacted	David R. Suetterlein	4	33	8	2022-01-09	2022-04-11	openstates	ocd-bill/e46d6ab5-f96a-496f-a7f1-c95aadf89c54	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+SB146	72ea10e4af56959aef512240192e687e5848d4b7abaf5bd3777d305b1627e369	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 146 (2022) — Restaurants; on-site certified food protection managers.

Prepared foods; certified food protection managers. Provides that regulations adopted by the State Board of Health shall not require an establishment that sells only prepared food to have a certified food protection manager on site during all hours of operation.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0393 (committee substitute) — source
2. Committee substitute printed 22106502D-S1 (committee substitute) — source
3. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22100724D (committee substitute) — source
4. SB146ER (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — 98–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from General Laws (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• David R. Suetterlein — primary (person)
• Joseph P. McNamara — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-01-09 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22100724D introduction
• 2022-01-09 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources referral-committee
• 2022-01-21 Impact statement from DPB (SB146)
• 2022-02-08 Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2022-02-08 Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations referral-committee
• 2022-02-10 Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
• 2022-02-10 Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2022-02-10 Committee substitute printed 22106502D-S1 substitution
• 2022-02-11 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 2022-02-14 Read second time reading-2
• 2022-02-14 Reading of substitute waived
• 2022-02-14 Committee substitute agreed to 22106502D-S1
• 2022-02-14 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB146S1
• 2022-02-14 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 2022-02-14 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) passage
• 2022-02-23 Placed on Calendar
• 2022-02-23 Read first time reading-1
• 2022-02-23 Referred to Committee on General Laws referral-committee
• 2022-02-23 Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #1 referral-committee
• 2022-02-24 Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
• 2022-03-01 Reported from General Laws (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2022-03-03 Read second time reading-2
• 2022-03-04 Read third time reading-3
• 2022-03-04 Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) passage
• 2022-03-04 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
• 2022-03-09 Enrolled
• 2022-03-09 Signed by Speaker
• 2022-03-10 Impact statement from DPB (SB146ER)
• 2022-03-10 Impact statement from DPB (SB146S1)
• 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 393 (effective 7/1/22) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e46d6ab5-f96a-496f-a7f1-c95aadf89c54. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).