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Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Campgrounds; inherent risks, liability. [HB-871]
Campgrounds; inherent risks; liability. Provides that a person who goes camping at a campground shall be presumed to have known the inherent risks of camping, as defined in the bill. The bill provides that a camping professional, as defined in the bill, shall not be liable for the injury to or death of a camping participant resulting from the inherent risks of camping. The bill further provides that no camping participant or camping participant's representative is authorized to maintain an action against or recover from a camping professional for
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Sponsored by: Rep. Mark Earley
Left In Courts Of Justice on 02/13/2024
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Organizations, certain; State Department of Health's regulation on sale of food. [SB-141]
State Department of Health; regulation of certain organizations; sale of food. Expands a current exemption to allow churches, fraternal or school organizations, organizations that are exempt from taxation under § 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, and volunteer fire departments and volunteer emergency medical services agencies that not only hold, as provided for in current law, but also participate in occasional dinners, bazaars, and other fundraisers of one or two days' duration, at which food (i) prepared in the homes of members; (ii) prepared
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Sponsored by: Sen. Frank Ruff
Left In Education And Health on 02/14/2024
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Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Concealed handgun; carrying onto the premises of any restaurant, penalty. [SB-57]
Carrying a concealed handgun onto the premises of any restaurant; penalty. Makes it a Class 2 misdemeanor for any person, except for active and qualified retired law-enforcement officers, to carry a concealed handgun onto the premises of any restaurant or club for which a license to sell and serve alcoholic beverages for on-premises consumption has been granted by the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority. Under current law, a concealed handgun permit holder may carry a concealed handgun onto the premises of any restaurant or club that sells
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Sponsored by: Sen. Saddam Salim
Left In Public Safety on 03/04/2024
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Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Restaurant exemptions; certain organizations participating in fundraising events. [HB-57]
Restaurant exemptions; certain organizations participating in fundraising events. Clarifies that the provision in current law that exempts certain organizations from provisions applicable to restaurants, including churches, fraternal or school organizations, organizations that are exempt from taxation under § 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, and volunteer fire departments and volunteer emergency medical services agencies, applies when such organizations offer food for sale to the public as a participant in an occasional fundraising event,
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Sponsored by: Rep. Thomas Wright
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0016) on 03/08/2024
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Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Alcoholic beverage control; public consumption on premises of certain campgrounds. [SB-26]
Alcoholic beverage control; public consumption; exemption. Provides that the prohibition on drinking or offering to another an alcoholic beverage in public shall not apply when such acts are conducted on the premises of a campground located on private property at which a majority of the campers use travel or tent trailers, pickup campers, or motor homes or similar recreational vehicles.
Sponsored by: Sen. William Stanley
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0492) on 04/04/2024
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Restaurants; clarifies definition. [SB-1546]
Department of Health; definition of restaurant; emergency. Adds any place or operation that prepares or stores food for distribution to child or adult day care centers or schools, regardless of whether the receiving day care center or school holds a restaurant license, to the definition of "restaurant" as it applies to Title 35.1 (Hotels, Restaurants, Summer Camps, and Campgrounds). The bill has an emergency clause. Department of Health; definition of restaurant; emergency. Adds any place or operation that prepares or stores food for distribution
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Sponsored by: Sen. Adam Ebbin
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0342) on 03/23/2023
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Board of Health; regulations. [SB-1475]
Board of Health; food establishment regulations. Requires the Board of Health to adopt regulations that prohibit the revocation, amendment, or denial of a renewal of a permit issued to a food establishment on the basis that such food establishment does not meet the requirements for the food establishment classification for which the initial permit was issued, unless such food establishment has materially changed its operations since issuance of the initial permit.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mark Obenshain
Passed By Indefinitely In Education And Health (10-y 5-n) on 02/02/2023
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Campgrounds; definitions, inherent risks, liability, notice required. [HB-1958]
Campgrounds; inherent risks; liability. Provides that a person who goes camping at a campground shall be presumed to have known the inherent risks of camping, as defined in the bill. The bill provides that a campground professional, as defined in the bill, shall not be liable for the injury to or death of a camping participant resulting from the inherent risks of camping. The bill further provides that no camping participant or camping participant's representative is authorized to maintain an action against or recover from a camping professional
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Sponsored by: Rep. James Leftwich
Passed By Indefinitely In Judiciary (9-y 6-n) on 02/13/2023
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Food donations; labeling, liability. [HB-1293]
Food donations; labeling; liability. Exempts individuals and entities that donate food and charitable organizations that accept food donations from criminal and civil liability for donating or receiving food past its best-by date or other non-safety labels so long as all parties are informed. The bill provides that immunity from liability shall not apply in instances of gross negligence or intentional misconduct.
Sponsored by: Rep. Elizabeth Bennett-Parker
Stricken From Docket By Agriculture, Chesapeake And Natural Resources (21-y 0-n) on 02/09/2022
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Food donations; labeling, liability. [HB-1249]
Food donations; labeling; liability. Exempts individuals and entities that donate food and charitable organizations that accept food donations from criminal and civil liability for donating or receiving food past its best-by date or other non-safety labels so long as all parties are informed. The bill provides that immunity from liability shall not apply in instances of gross negligence or intentional misconduct. Food donations; labeling; liability. Exempts individuals and entities that donate food and charitable organizations that accept food
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Sponsored by: Rep. Glenn Davis
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0633) on 04/11/2022
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Emergency rules, regulations, and orders; prohibition on mask mandates. [HB-1038]
Emergency rules, regulations, and orders; prohibition on mask mandates. Prohibits the Board of Health, Commissioner of Health, or Governor from issuing any rule, regulation, or order that requires (i) individuals to wear masks or other face coverings or (ii) businesses to require customers to wear masks or other face coverings while on the premises of such business.
Sponsored by: Rep. Aijalon Cordoza
Left In Health, Welfare And Institutions on 02/15/2022
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Swimming pools & water recreational facilities; study to determine whether VDH should regulate. [HB-669]
Public pools; regulations. Directs the Commissioner of Health to convene a work group to study whether swimming pools and other water recreational facilities for public use or use in conjunction with a tourist facility or health spa should be regulated by the Department of Health and requires the work group to report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the Chairmen of the House Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions and the Senate Committee on Education and Health by November 1, 2023. Public pools; regulations. Directs the
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Sponsored by: Rep. Patrick Hope
House Sustained Governor's Veto on 04/27/2022
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Hotels; human trafficking training. [HB-258]
Department of Criminal Justice Services; hotels; human trafficking training. Directs the Department of Criminal Justice Services, under the direction of the Criminal Justice Services Board, to develop an online course to train hotel proprietors and their employees, as defined in the bill, to recognize and report instances of suspected human trafficking. The bill provides that such online course shall be provided at no cost to the hotel proprietors and their employees. The bill requires that every hotel proprietor require its employees to complete
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Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen Murphy
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0751) on 04/27/2022
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Restaurants; on-site certified food protection managers. [SB-146]
Prepared foods; certified food protection managers. Provides that regulations adopted by the State Board of Health shall not require an establishment that sells only prepared food to have a certified food protection manager on site during all hours of operation. Prepared foods; certified food protection managers. Provides that regulations adopted by the State Board of Health shall not require an establishment that sells only prepared food to have a certified food protection manager on site during all hours of operation.
Sponsored by: Sen. David Suetterlein
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0393) on 04/11/2022
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Outdoor motorsports facilities; regulations regarding sanitary facility requirements. [SB-86]
Department of Health; sanitary requirements for certain facilities. Directs the Department of Health to amend its regulations to exempt outdoor motorsport facilities that are located on over 1,100 acres of rural property bordering the Dan River and have a track surface of not less than 3.27 miles in length or host a NASCAR national touring race from certain permanent sanitary facility requirements. Department of Health; sanitary requirements for certain facilities. Directs the Department of Health to amend its regulations to exempt outdoor motorsport
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Sponsored by: Sen. William Stanley
Left In Health, Welfare And Institutions on 03/08/2022
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Virginia 2021 Special I
Retail sales and transient occupancy taxes; room rentals. [SB-1398]
Retail sales and transient occupancy taxes on room rentals. Provides that retail sales and hotel taxes on transient room rentals shall be computed on the basis of the total charges or the total price paid for the use or possession of the room. For those cases in which a hotel or similar establishment contracts with an intermediary to facilitate the sale of the room and the intermediary charges the customer for the room and such facilitation efforts, the bill requires the intermediary to separately state the taxes on the bill or invoice provided
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Sponsored by: Sen. Adam Ebbin
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0383) on 03/25/2021
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Virginia 2021 Special I
Food delivery platforms; agreements with restaurants required, penalty. [HB-2062]
Food delivery platforms; agreements required; penalty. Prohibits a food delivery platform, as defined in the bill, from submitting orders on behalf of a consumer or arranging for the delivery of an order from a restaurant, as defined in the bill, without first obtaining an agreement with the restaurant expressly authorizing the food delivery platform to take orders and deliver food prepared by the restaurant. The bill provides that a violation of such agreement requirement is a prohibited practice under the Virginia Consumer Protection Act. Food
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Sponsored by: Rep. Betsy Carr
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0485) on 03/31/2021
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Food donation; tax credit for restaurants that donate prepared food or meals. [SB-1361]
Food donation tax credit. Allows restaurants that donate prepared food or meals to a nonprofit food bank to claim the food donation tax credit. Under current law, only farmers that donate food crops to a nonprofit food bank are eligible for the credit. Current law allows a maximum of $5,000 in credits to be issued per taxpayer per year and an aggregate maximum of $250,000 in credits to be issued by the Tax Commissioner per fiscal year.
Sponsored by: Sen. Charles Carrico
Left In Finance on 02/21/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Alcoholic beverage control; new license for certain commercial lifestyle centers. [SB-1391]
Alcoholic beverage control; new license for certain commercial lifestyle centers. Defines "commercial lifestyle center" and creates a new nonretail license for commercial lifestyle centers. The bill sets out the privileges of the license and imposes a $300 annual state tax and a $60 annual local tax on the license. The bill contains technical amendments. This bill is identical to HB 1987.
Sponsored by: Sen. Bill DeSteph
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0492) on 03/13/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Firearms; carrying in public while intoxicated, etc., penalty. [SB-1267]
Firearms; alcohol; penalties. Provides that it is a Class 1 misdemeanor for a person who is intoxicated or under the influence of illegal drugs to carry a loaded firearm on or about his person in a public place and that a person found guilty is ineligible to apply for a concealed handgun permit for a period of five years. Current law provides that such prohibition applies only to persons permitted to carry a concealed handgun. The bill also creates a Class 2 misdemeanor for a person who carries a loaded firearm on or about his person onto the premises
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Sponsored by: Sen. Adam Ebbin
Committee Amendments on 01/18/2017