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type: "Bill"
title: "Food manufacturers; operating in historic buildings."
description: "Food manufacturers operating in historic buildings.Authorizes the Commissioner of the Department of Agricultureand Consumer Services to exempt food manufacturers operating in historicbuildings from certain laws and regulations related to the structureof a building if the food manufacturer is deemed to be producingfood products that are low risk of being adulterated."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 305"
citation: "Virginia SB 305 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["R. Creigh Deeds"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 22
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2022-01-11"
last_action: "2022-04-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d8bf488e-b48c-463a-875e-59463a8af071"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+SB305"
source_hash: "a6e35112843b7158e54f68d97c7782d7a9d2b1fa3b8a3823735ce4d1ffb128ca"
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 SB 305 (2022) — Food manufacturers; operating in historic buildings.
Food manufacturers operating in historic buildings.Authorizes the Commissioner of the Department of Agricultureand Consumer Services to exempt food manufacturers operating in historicbuildings from certain laws and regulations related to the structureof a building if the food manufacturer is deemed to be producingfood products that are low risk of being adulterated.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **CHAP0291** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+CHAP0291)
2. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22102722D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB305)
3. **SB305ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB305ER)
## Votes
- Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (22-Y 0-N) — **220** (pass) · lower
- Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **400** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (15-Y 0-N) — **150** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) — **970** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **390** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- R. Creigh Deeds — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2022-01-11** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22102722D `introduction`
- **2022-01-11** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-24** Impact statement from DPB (SB305)
- **2022-01-25** Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-01-27** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- **2022-01-28** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2022-01-31** Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-22** Placed on Calendar
- **2022-02-22** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2022-02-22** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-02** Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-04** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2022-03-07** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2022-03-07** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2022-03-07** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N)
- **2022-03-10** Enrolled
- **2022-03-10** Impact statement from DPB (SB305ER)
- **2022-03-10** Signed by President
- **2022-03-10** Signed by Speaker
- **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
- **2022-04-08** Approved by Governor-Chapter 291 (effective 7/1/22) `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d8bf488e-b48c-463a-875e-59463a8af071`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).