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Bill Restaurant exemptions; certain organizations participating in fundraising events. Restaurant exemptions; certain organizations participating in fundraising events. Clarifies that the provision in current law that exempts certain organizations from provisions applicable to restaurants, including churches, fraternal or school organizations, organizations that are exempt from taxation under § 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, and volunteer fire departments and volunteer emergency medical services agencies, applies when such organizations offer food for sale to the public as a participant in an occasional fundraising event, provided that certain conditions are met. Current law exempts such organizations from provisions applicable to restaurants when such organizations hold occasional fundraisers that offer food for sale to the public, provided that certain conditions are met. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2024 HB 57 Virginia HB 57 (2024)
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Virginia HB 57 (2024) — Restaurant exemptions; certain organizations participating in fundraising events.

Restaurant exemptions; certain organizations participating in fundraising events. Clarifies that the provision in current law that exempts certain organizations from provisions applicable to restaurants, including churches, fraternal or school organizations, organizations that are exempt from taxation under § 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, and volunteer fire departments and volunteer emergency medical services agencies, applies when such organizations offer food for sale to the public as a participant in an occasional fundraising event, provided that certain conditions are met. Current law exempts such organizations from provisions applicable to restaurants when such organizations hold occasional fundraisers that offer food for sale to the public, provided that certain conditions are met.

Version chain

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

  1. CHAP0016 (committee substitute) — source
  2. HB57ER (committee substitute) — source
  3. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24100304D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • Reported from General Laws (21-Y 0-N) — 210 (pass) · lower
  • Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — 80 (pass) · lower
  • Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — 380 (pass) · upper
  • VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) — 970 (pass) · lower
  • Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 390 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N) — 150 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Thomas C. Wright, Jr. — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2023-12-22 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24100304D filing, introduction
  • 2023-12-22 Referred to Committee on General Laws referral-committee
  • 2024-01-15 Assigned GL sub: Professions/Occupations and Administrative Process referral-committee
  • 2024-01-18 Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
  • 2024-01-23 Reported from General Laws (21-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2024-01-25 Read first time reading-1
  • 2024-01-26 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
  • 2024-01-29 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
  • 2024-01-29 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) passage
  • 2024-01-30 Constitutional reading dispensed
  • 2024-01-30 Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology referral-committee
  • 2024-02-14 Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2024-02-16 Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
  • 2024-02-19 Read third time reading-3
  • 2024-02-19 Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) passage
  • 2024-02-21 Enrolled enrolled
  • 2024-02-21 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB57ER) passage
  • 2024-02-21 Signed by Speaker passage
  • 2024-02-24 Signed by President passage
  • 2024-03-01 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 1, 2024 enrolled, executive-receipt
  • 2024-03-01 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 8, 2024 executive-receipt
  • 2024-03-08 Approved by Governor-Chapter 16 (effective 7/1/24) executive-signature
  • 2024-03-08 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0016)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a45eb09a-3d4e-4fe3-a495-09f2872e173b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).