HB 57 Virginia House of Delegates · 2024 Regular Session

Restaurant exemptions; certain organizations participating in fundraising events.

Summary
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, provided that certain conditions are met. Current law exempts such organizations from provisions applicable to restaurants when such organizations hold occasional fundraisers that offer food for sale to the public, provided that certain conditions are met.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Dec 2023
Committee Review
Feb 2024
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2024
Senate Passage
Feb 2024
Signed into Law
Mar 2024
Introduced Dec 22, 2023 Signed Mar 8, 2024
Floor votes · Senate Feb 19, 2024 · House of Delegates Jan 29, 2024

How they voted

390
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 40
Feb 19, 2024
D Democratic21
21 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican19
18 Yea 1
94% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
23
Key actions
10
Committee
6
Mar 8, 2024
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 16 (effective 7/1/24)
executive
Feb 24, 2024
Upper · Passed
Signed by President
upper
Feb 21, 2024
Lower · Passed
Signed by Speaker
lower
Feb 21, 2024
Lower · Passed
Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB57ER)
lower
Feb 19, 2024
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 14, 2024
Upper · Passed
Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N)
upper
Jan 30, 2024
Committee
Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
upper
Jan 29, 2024
Lower · Passed
VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 29, 2024
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 23, 2024
Lower · Passed
Reported from General Laws (21-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 18, 2024
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 15, 2024
Committee
Assigned GL sub: Professions/Occupations and Administrative Process
lower
Dec 22, 2023
Committee
Referred to Committee on General Laws
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
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Photo of Tommy Wright
Tommy Wright
RRepublican
VA
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