SB 1350 Virginia Senate · 2025 Regular Session

Restaurants; food allergy awareness notice required.

Summary

Restaurants; food allergy awareness notice required. Requires the State Health Commissioner to publish in multiple languages a notice containing procedures for restaurant staff to follow when a customer has a food allergy on the Department of Health's website. 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.

Bill status passed both 4 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

Committee Review

Feb 2025

Senate Passage

Apr 2025

House of Delegates Passage

Mar 2025

Vetoed

Mar 2025

Introduced Jan 13, 2025 Vetoed Mar 24, 2025

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What changed between versions

Engrossed → Enrolled · 4 edits · Mar 10, 2025

MODERATE

The bill was finalized as an Enrolled Act, removing the draft status and specific committee references. The core policy change expands the requirement for food allergy notices from just menus to include physical signs in restaurants. Additionally, the penalty for non-compliance was removed from the final text, and the language requirement for translations was updated to align with the new notice provision.

Scope change

The bill now applies to all restaurants permitted under the chapter, whereas the draft version had ambiguous applicability regarding menu-only establishments.

ENFORCEMENT

The specific civil penalty of $125 per violation was deleted from the final version of the bill.

REQUIREMENT

The requirement to post food allergy notifications was expanded to include a physical sign in the restaurant, in addition to existing menu requirements.

The requirement for translated notices was updated to reference the new subsection A instead of the previously deleted subsection C.

TECHNICAL

Draft-specific metadata, including bill numbers, committee referrals, and amendment dates, was removed to finalize the text.

Floor votes · Senate Jan 31, 2025 · House of Delegates Feb 18, 2025

How they voted

39–0

Passed · 1 other

Total votes 40

Jan 31, 2025

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

Key actions

Committee

Amendments

Apr 2, 2025

Vetoed

Senate sustained Governor's veto

upper

Apr 2, 2025

Upper · Passed

Passed by for the day

upper

Mar 24, 2025

Vetoed

Vetoed by Governor

executive

Mar 10, 2025

Upper · Passed

Signed by President

upper

Mar 7, 2025

Lower · Passed

Signed by Speaker

lower

Mar 7, 2025

Upper · Passed

Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1350ER)

upper

Feb 18, 2025

Lower · Passed

Passed House with substitute (66-Y 30-N)

lower

Feb 13, 2025

Lower · Passed

Reported from Health and Human Services with substitute (19-Y 3-N)

lower

Feb 11, 2025

Lower · Passed

Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (6-Y 2-N)

lower

Feb 7, 2025

Committee

Assigned sub: Health

lower

Feb 7, 2025

Committee

Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services

lower

Feb 4, 2025

Upper · Passed

Read third time and passed Senate (35-Y 5-N)

upper

Feb 3, 2025

Introduced

Engrossed by Senate as amended

upper

Feb 3, 2025

Upper · Passed

Education and Health Amendment agreed to

upper

Feb 3, 2025

Introduced

Reading of amendments waived

upper

Jan 31, 2025

Upper · Passed

Passed by for the day

upper

Jan 30, 2025

Upper · Passed

Reported from Education and Health with amendments (10-Y 3-N 2-A)

upper

Jan 28, 2025

Committee

Assigned Education sub: Health

upper

Jan 13, 2025

Committee

Referred to Committee on Education and Health

upper

1 primary · 1 co-sponsor