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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 HB 373. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2026 | SB 248 | Virginia SB 248 (2026) |
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Virginia SB 248 (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 HB 373.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Introduced (filed) — source
- Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
- Health and Human Services Amendment (committee substitute) — source
- House Amendments (committee substitute) — source
- Enrolled (enrolled) — source
Votes
- Rereferred from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources — 14–0 (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed R — 38–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Education and Health — 10–5 (pass) · upper
- H VOTE: — 65–32 (pass) · lower
- Passage R — 24–15 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Health and Human Services with amendment(s) — 15–6 (pass) · lower
- Concur House Amendments R — 24–16 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Kannan Srinivasan — primary (person)
- Tara A. Durant — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2026-01-12 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26100947D
filing, introduction - 2026-01-12 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
referral-committee - 2026-01-20 Rereferred from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources to Education and Health (14-Y 0-N)
referral-committee - 2026-01-27 Assigned Education sub: Health
referral-committee - 2026-01-29 Reported from Education and Health (10-Y 5-N)
committee-passage - 2026-01-30 Rules suspended
- 2026-01-30 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (38-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 2026-01-30 Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- 2026-02-02 Read second time
reading-2 - 2026-02-02 Engrossed by Senate (Voice Vote)
- 2026-02-03 Read third time and passed Senate (24-Y 15-N 0-A)
passage, reading-3 - 2026-02-05 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB248)
- 2026-02-06 Placed on Calendar
- 2026-02-06 Read first time
reading-1 - 2026-02-06 Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services
referral-committee - 2026-02-19 Reported from Health and Human Services with amendment(s) (15-Y 6-N)
committee-passage - 2026-02-23 Read second time
reading-2 - 2026-02-24 Read third time
reading-3 - 2026-02-24 committee amendments agreed to
amendment-passage - 2026-02-24 Engrossed by House as amended
- 2026-02-24 Passed House with amendments (65-Y 32-N 0-A)
passage - 2026-02-26 House amendments agreed to by Senate (24-Y 16-N 0-A)
amendment-passage - 2026-03-02 Enrolled
enrolled - 2026-03-02 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB248ER)
passage - 2026-03-02 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB248)
- 2026-03-02 Signed by Speaker
passage - 2026-03-02 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 125 (effective 7/1/2026)
executive-signature - 2026-04-06 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0125)
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b321f81e-e81b-4f43-8935-f35db86536d2. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).