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Bill	Virginia Verified Meat; certification, labeling of product.	Virginia Verified Meat certification. Prohibitsany person from labeling any product as Virginia Verified Meat ifit does not meet the definition of that term in the bill and requiresthe Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services to establisha licensing protocol and auditing process whereby persons and businessesnot employed by the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Servicesare eligible to certify Virginia Verified Meat claims.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2024	HB 1460	Virginia HB 1460 (2024)	bill		enacted	Michael J. Webert	4	37	9	2024-01-19	2024-04-04	openstates	ocd-bill/7d414055-70d1-47f3-a1e4-a6fa1d674b3c	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB1460	81fea3afd5fc8c699f3a085036ca54c29e65c65e855bce14aa860e36a42e9e95	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 1460 (2024) — Virginia Verified Meat; certification, labeling of product.

Virginia Verified Meat certification. Prohibitsany person from labeling any product as Virginia Verified Meat ifit does not meet the definition of that term in the bill and requiresthe Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services to establisha licensing protocol and auditing process whereby persons and businessesnot employed by the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Servicesare eligible to certify Virginia Verified Meat claims.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0420 (committee substitute) — source
2. HB1460ER (committee substitute) — source
3. Presented and ordered printed 24105254D (committee substitute) — source
4. Printed as engrossed 24105254D-E (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (10-Y 0-N) — 10–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N) — 14–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — 98–0 (pass) · lower
• Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (14-Y 0-N) — 14–0 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Appropriations (20-Y 0-N) — 20–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Michael J. Webert — primary (person)
• Jackie H. Glass — cosponsor (person)
• Nadarius E. Clark — cosponsor (person)
• Tony O. Wilt — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-19 Presented and ordered printed 24105254D introduction
• 2024-01-19 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources referral-committee
• 2024-01-26 Assigned ACNR sub: Agriculture referral-committee
• 2024-01-31 House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
• 2024-01-31 Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (10-Y 0-N)
• 2024-01-31 Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations referral-committee
• 2024-02-07 Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-07 Referred to Committee on Appropriations referral-committee
• 2024-02-08 Assigned App. sub: Commerce Agriculture & Natural Resources referral-committee
• 2024-02-09 Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
• 2024-02-09 Reported from Appropriations (20-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-10 Impact statement from DPB (HB1460)
• 2024-02-11 Read first time reading-1
• 2024-02-12 Read second time reading-2
• 2024-02-12 Committee amendment agreed to amendment-passage
• 2024-02-12 Engrossed by House as amended HB1460E
• 2024-02-12 Printed as engrossed 24105254D-E
• 2024-02-13 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2024-02-13 Impact statement from DPB (HB1460E)
• 2024-02-13 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-02-14 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2024-02-14 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources referral-committee
• 2024-02-27 Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (14-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-27 Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations referral-committee
• 2024-02-29 Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-03-04 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 2024-03-05 Read third time reading-3
• 2024-03-05 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-03-25 Enrolled enrolled
• 2024-03-25 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1460ER) passage
• 2024-03-25 Signed by President passage
• 2024-03-26 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2024-03-27 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 27, 2024 enrolled, executive-receipt
• 2024-03-27 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 executive-receipt
• 2024-04-03 Impact statement from DPB (HB1460ER)
• 2024-04-04 Approved by Governor-Chapter 420 (effective 7/1/24) executive-signature
• 2024-04-04 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0420)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/7d414055-70d1-47f3-a1e4-a6fa1d674b3c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).