HB 840 VA

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Restaurants; certain facilities or programs; exemptions. Exempts certain facilities that provide custodial care to 12 or fewer adults or children in a home from regulations applicable to restaurants. This bill is identical to SB 677.

• Shelly A. Simonds Democratic · primary

1. Jan 13, 2026 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26101823D · lower
2. Jan 13, 2026 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice · lower
3. Jan 20, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB840) · lower
4. Jan 28, 2026 Referred from Courts of Justice and referred to Health and Human Services (Voice Vote) · lower
5. Jan 30, 2026 Assigned sub: Behavioral Health · lower
6. Feb 12, 2026 Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N) · lower
7. Feb 12, 2026 Reported from Health and Human Services (21-Y 0-N) · lower
8. Feb 15, 2026 Read first time · lower
9. Feb 16, 2026 Read second time and engrossed · lower
10. Feb 17, 2026 Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N 0-A) · lower
11. Feb 18, 2026 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) · upper
12. Feb 18, 2026 Referred to Committee on Education and Health · upper
13. Feb 26, 2026 Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) · upper
14. Feb 27, 2026 Rules suspended · upper
15. Feb 27, 2026 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (37-Y 0-N 0-A) · upper
16. Feb 27, 2026 Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote) · upper
17. Mar 2, 2026 Read third time · upper
18. Mar 2, 2026 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A) · upper
19. Mar 6, 2026 Enrolled · lower
20. Mar 6, 2026 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB840ER) · lower
21. Mar 6, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB840) · lower
22. Mar 6, 2026 Signed by Speaker · lower
23. Mar 6, 2026 Signed by President · upper
24. Mar 10, 2026 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 10, 2026 · lower
25. Mar 10, 2026 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 · executive
26. Apr 6, 2026 Approved by Governor-Chapter 231 (effective 7/1/2026) · executive
27. Apr 6, 2026 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0231) · executive

The published texts of this bill as it moves through the legislature. Each links to the official document on the state legislature site. Data from OpenStates.

• Chaptered · PDF
• Chaptered · HTML
• Enrolled · PDF
• Enrolled · HTML
• Introduced · PDF
• Introduced · HTML