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Virginia General Assembly · HB 402 · Acts of Assembly Chapter 605

Cottage food laws; sale of certain food over phone and internet, report.

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Officially: “An Act to amend and reenact § 3.2-5130 of the Code of Virginia, relating to cottage food laws; sale of certain food over phone and internet; work group; report. Read the full text

2026 session

What it does

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 s
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Where it is

Introduced · Jan 12, 2026
Acts of Assembly Chapter 605 (latest official status)
Latest official status shown, exactly as the official record states it. The step by step history lives on the official page linked below.

The numbers

3
sponsors on the bill

Sponsors

Katrina CallsenAtoosa R. ReaserMichael J. Webert

Recorded votes

Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N 0-A)Senate · 2026-03-09 · P · Y 39, X 1
Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A)Senate · 2026-03-05 · P · Y 39, X 1
Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (13-Y 2-N)Senate · 2026-03-03 · P · Y 13, N 2
Read third time and passed House (98-Y 0-N 0-A)House of Delegates · 2026-02-10 · P · Y 98, X 2
Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute (22-Y 0-N)House of Delegates · 2026-02-04 · P · Y 22
Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (10-Y 0-N)House of Delegates · 2026-01-28 · P · Y 10
Roll-call results shown verbatim from the Virginia legislature’s records. A result reflects that roll call’s own motion, not the bill’s overall outcome.
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