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type: "Bill"
title: "Virginia Verified Meat; certification, labeling of product."
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 1460"
citation: "Virginia HB 1460 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Michael J. Webert"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 37
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2024-01-19"
last_action: "2024-04-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7d414055-70d1-47f3-a1e4-a6fa1d674b3c"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB1460"
source_hash: "81fea3afd5fc8c699f3a085036ca54c29e65c65e855bce14aa860e36a42e9e95"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["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](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0420)
2. **HB1460ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB1460ER)
3. **Presented and ordered printed 24105254D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB1460)
4. **Printed as engrossed 24105254D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB1460E)
## Votes
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (10-Y 0-N) — **100** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N) — **140** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **980** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **400** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) — **220** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **400** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (14-Y 0-N) — **140** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **80** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Appropriations (20-Y 0-N) — **200** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7d414055-70d1-47f3-a1e4-a6fa1d674b3c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).