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| Bill | Restaurants; food allergy awareness notice required. | Restaurants; food allergy awareness notice required. Requires the State Health Commissioner to publish in multiple languages a notice on the Department of Health's website containing procedures for restaurant staff to follow when a customer has a food allergy. The bill requires restaurants to post such notice in a conspicuous location. The bill also requires restaurants to include the phrase, "If you have a food allergy, please notify us," and its translation, if applicable, on their menus or on a sign posted conspicuously in the restaurant. This bill is identical to SB 248. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2026 | HB 373 | Virginia HB 373 (2026) |
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Virginia HB 373 (2026) — Restaurants; food allergy awareness notice required.
Restaurants; food allergy awareness notice required. Requires the State Health Commissioner to publish in multiple languages a notice on the Department of Health's website containing procedures for restaurant staff to follow when a customer has a food allergy. The bill requires restaurants to post such notice in a conspicuous location. The bill also requires restaurants to include the phrase, "If you have a food allergy, please notify us," and its translation, if applicable, on their menus or on a sign posted conspicuously in the restaurant. This bill is identical to SB 248.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Votes
- Passage R — 23–15 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Health and Human Services — 19–3 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Education and Health — 10–5 (pass) · upper
- H VOTE: — 63–30 (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting — 9–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Marty Martinez — primary (person)
- Elizabeth B. Bennett-Parker — cosponsor (person)
- Marcia S. "Cia" Price — cosponsor (person)
- Rae Cousins — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2026-01-12 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26100398D
filing, introduction - 2026-01-12 Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services
referral-committee - 2026-01-14 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB373)
- 2026-01-16 Assigned sub: Health
referral-committee - 2026-01-20 Subcommittee recommends reporting (9-Y 0-N)
- 2026-01-22 Reported from Health and Human Services (19-Y 3-N)
committee-passage - 2026-01-26 Read first time
reading-1 - 2026-01-27 Read second time and engrossed
reading-2 - 2026-01-28 Read third time and passed House (63-Y 30-N 0-A)
passage, reading-3 - 2026-01-29 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- 2026-01-29 Referred to Committee on Education and Health
referral-committee - 2026-02-19 Reported from Education and Health (10-Y 5-N)
committee-passage - 2026-02-20 Rules suspended
- 2026-02-20 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 2026-02-20 Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- 2026-02-23 Read third time
reading-3 - 2026-02-23 Passed Senate (23-Y 15-N 0-A)
passage - 2026-02-25 Enrolled
enrolled - 2026-02-25 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB373ER)
passage - 2026-02-25 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB373)
- 2026-02-25 Signed by Speaker
passage - 2026-02-25 Signed by President
passage - 2026-03-10 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 10, 2026
enrolled, executive-receipt - 2026-03-10 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026
executive-receipt - 2026-04-06 Approved by Governor-Chapter 124 (effective 7/1/2026)
executive-signature - 2026-04-06 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0124)
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0cea6e85-b389-4784-a7d7-66316099a377. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).