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type: "Bill"
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title: "Cottage food laws; sale of certain food over phone and internet, report."
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description: "Cottage food laws; sale of certain food over phone and internet; work group; report. Expands the exemption from state inspection requirements for private homes where the resident processes and prepares certain food products, including pickles and other acidified vegetables, to allow for such person to sell such products at any location, through the internet, or by telephone to an individual in the Commonwealth for his own consumption and deliver such products in person, by mail, or by delivery service subject to certain restrictions. Current law only allows for the sale to take place in person at the private home, a temporary event, or a farmer's market. The bill also directs the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services to convene a work group to examine the structural, equipment, and facility standards for private homes in the Commonwealth producing products that do not meet the cottage food law exemptions. The bill requires the work group to complete its meetings by November 1, 2026, and report its findings and recommendations to the Chairs of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources and the House Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources by the first day of the 2027 Regular Session of the General Assembly."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2026"
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identifier: "HB 402"
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citation: "Virginia HB 402 (2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Katrina Callsen"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 32
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2026-01-12"
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last_action: "2026-04-13"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e8fcd125-0c4e-43ee-8057-0d87c33db673"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB402"
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source_hash: "e9b4b5f978236db33cbb31f9661d2ef1c47998725a653d34ea56b84c684f9ff4"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia HB 402 (2026) — Cottage food laws; sale of certain food over phone and internet, report.
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Cottage food laws; sale of certain food over phone and internet; work group; report. Expands the exemption from state inspection requirements for private homes where the resident processes and prepares certain food products, including pickles and other acidified vegetables, to allow for such person to sell such products at any location, through the internet, or by telephone to an individual in the Commonwealth for his own consumption and deliver such products in person, by mail, or by delivery service subject to certain restrictions. Current law only allows for the sale to take place in person at the private home, a temporary event, or a farmer's market. The bill also directs the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services to convene a work group to examine the structural, equipment, and facility standards for private homes in the Commonwealth producing products that do not meet the cottage food law exemptions. The bill requires the work group to complete its meetings by November 1, 2026, and report its findings and recommendations to the Chairs of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources and the House Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources by the first day of the 2027 Regular Session of the General Assembly.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1084300.PDF)
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2. **Agriculture Subcommittee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1100535.PDF)
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3. **Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1118299.PDF)
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4. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1218826.PDF)
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5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1209024.PDF)
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## Votes
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- Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources — **13–2** (pass) · upper
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — **10–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute — **22–0** (pass) · lower
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- Passage R — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- H VOTE: — **98–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Katrina Callsen — primary (person)
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- Atoosa R. Reaser — cosponsor (person)
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- Michael J. Webert — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-01-12** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26102431D `filing, introduction`
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- **2026-01-12** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-19** Assigned HACNR sub: Agriculture `referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-26** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB402)
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- **2026-01-28** House subcommittee offered
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- **2026-01-28** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (10-Y 0-N) `substitution`
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- **2026-02-04** Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-02-04** Committee substitute printed 26106526D-H1 `substitution`
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- **2026-02-06** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2026-02-09** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2026-02-09** committee substitute agreed to `substitution`
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- **2026-02-09** Engrossed by House - committee substitute `substitution`
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- **2026-02-10** Read third time and passed House (98-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2026-02-11** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
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- **2026-02-11** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-12** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB402)
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- **2026-03-03** Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (13-Y 2-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-03-05** Rules suspended
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- **2026-03-05** Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
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- **2026-03-05** Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
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- **2026-03-06** Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
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- **2026-03-09** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2026-03-09** Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage`
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- **2026-03-14** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2026-03-14** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB402ER) `passage`
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- **2026-03-14** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2026-03-14** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2026-03-16** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB402)
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- **2026-03-25** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 25, 2026 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
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- **2026-03-25** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-04-13** Approved by Governor-Chapter 605 (effective 7/1/2026) `executive-signature`
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- **2026-04-13** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0605)
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e8fcd125-0c4e-43ee-8057-0d87c33db673`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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