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| Bill | Misbranded food; manufactured-protein food products, civil penalty. | Misbranded food; manufactured-protein food products; civil penalty. Provides that a food is misbranded if it purports to be or is represented as a meat food product or poultry product and such food product (i) bears or contains a manufactured-protein food product, as defined in the bill; (ii) is offered for sale; and (iii) has a label that is part of or placed on the food product package or other container storing such product that identifies the food as a meat food product or poultry product, unless such label bears a conspicuous and prominent qualifying term and is in close proximity to an identifying meat term, as such terms are defined in the bill. The bill exempts a meat food product that the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services determines contains a trace amount of a manufactured-protein food product, prohibits the sale or offering for sale of a food product that is misbranded pursuant to the provisions of the bill, and makes doing so a violation of the Virginia Consumer Protection Act. The bill provides that a person who violates the provisions of the bill is subject to a civil penalty not to exceed $500 and allows the Board of Agriculture and Consumer Services to adopt increased civil penalties not to exceed $500 for first, second, and subsequent violations of the bill. This bill is identical to HB 322. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2026 | SB 186 | Virginia SB 186 (2026) |
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Virginia SB 186 (2026) — Misbranded food; manufactured-protein food products, civil penalty.
Misbranded food; manufactured-protein food products; civil penalty. Provides that a food is misbranded if it purports to be or is represented as a meat food product or poultry product and such food product (i) bears or contains a manufactured-protein food product, as defined in the bill; (ii) is offered for sale; and (iii) has a label that is part of or placed on the food product package or other container storing such product that identifies the food as a meat food product or poultry product, unless such label bears a conspicuous and prominent qualifying term and is in close proximity to an identifying meat term, as such terms are defined in the bill. The bill exempts a meat food product that the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services determines contains a trace amount of a manufactured-protein food product, prohibits the sale or offering for sale of a food product that is misbranded pursuant to the provisions of the bill, and makes doing so a violation of the Virginia Consumer Protection Act. The bill provides that a person who violates the provisions of the bill is subject to a civil penalty not to exceed $500 and allows the Board of Agriculture and Consumer Services to adopt increased civil penalties not to exceed $500 for first, second, and subsequent violations of the bill. This bill is identical to HB 322.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Votes
- Constitutional reading dispensed R — 39–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources — 21–1 (pass) · lower
- H VOTE: — 97–2 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources — 15–0 (pass) · upper
- Passage R — 38–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Angelia Williams Graves — primary (person)
- David R. Suetterlein — cosponsor (person)
- T. Travis Hackworth — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2026-01-09 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26103400D
filing, introduction - 2026-01-09 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
referral-committee - 2026-01-20 Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (15-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2026-01-22 Read first time
reading-1 - 2026-01-22 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 2026-01-22 Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- 2026-01-23 Read second time
reading-2 - 2026-01-23 Engrossed by Senate Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- 2026-01-26 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB186)
- 2026-01-26 Read third time and passed Senate (38-Y 0-N 0-A)
passage, reading-3 - 2026-01-26 Passed Senate
passage - 2026-02-03 Placed on Calendar
- 2026-02-03 Read first time
reading-1 - 2026-02-03 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
referral-committee - 2026-02-25 Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (21-Y 1-N)
committee-passage - 2026-02-27 Read second time
reading-2 - 2026-03-02 Read third time
reading-3 - 2026-03-02 Passed House (97-Y 2-N 0-A)
passage - 2026-03-05 Enrolled
enrolled - 2026-03-05 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB186ER)
passage - 2026-03-05 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB186)
- 2026-03-05 Signed by Speaker
passage - 2026-03-05 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 108 (effective 7/1/2026)
executive-signature - 2026-04-06 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0108)
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6af048e3-87c2-4fb9-af23-41a7b6bd84d6. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).