HB 322 — Misbranded food; manufactured-protein food products, civil penalty.
VA 20261 session
Misbranded food; manufactured-protein food products; civil penalty. Provides that a food is misbranded if it purports to be or is represented as a meat food product or poultry product and such food product (i) bears or contains a manufactured-protein food product, as defined in the bill; (ii) is offered for sale; and (iii) has a label that is part of or placed on the food product package or other container storing such product that identifies the food as a meat food product or poultry product, unless such label bears a conspicuous and prominent qualifying term and is in close proximity to an identifying meat term, as such terms are defined in the bill. The bill exempts a meat food product that the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services determines contains a trace amount of a manufactured-protein food product, prohibits the sale or offering for sale of a food product that is misbranded pursuant to the provisions of the bill, and makes doing so a violation of the Virginia Consumer Protection Act. The bill provides that a person who violates the provisions of the bill is subject to a civil penalty not to exceed $500 and allows the Board of Agriculture and Consumer Services to adopt increased civil penalties not to exceed $500 for first, second, and subsequent violations of the bill. This bill is identical to SB 186.
Latest action: — Acts of Assembly Chapter
Sponsors (10)
- Jackie H. Glass (D, VA) — sponsor
- Nadarius E. Clark (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Amy J. Laufer (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Tony O. Wilt (R, VA) — cosponsor
- Eric R. Zehr (R, VA) — cosponsor
- Mitchell Cornett (R, VA) — cosponsor
- Hyland F. "Buddy" Fowler, Jr. (R, VA) — cosponsor
- Thomas A. Garrett, Jr. (R, VA) — cosponsor
- Hillary Pugh Kent (R, VA) — cosponsor
- Michael J. Webert (R, VA) — cosponsor
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Who matters on this bill
Who matters
Members ranked by combined influence on this bill: role (sponsor 5 / cosponsor 1), capped speech count from the Congressional Record, and recorded-vote engagement.
| # | Member | Role | Speeches | Voted | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jackie H. Glass (D, state_lower VA) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Amy J. Laufer (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | Eric R. Zehr (R, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 4 | Hillary Pugh Kent (R, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 5 | Hyland F. "Buddy" Fowler, Jr. (R, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 6 | Michael J. Webert (R, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 7 | Mitchell Cornett (R, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 8 | Nadarius E. Clark (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 9 | Thomas A. Garrett, Jr. (R, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 10 | Tony O. Wilt (R, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
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Aggregated from: actual roll-call votes (when present) → sponsor → cosponsor → party median (predicts YES when ≥25% of the caucus sponsored/cosponsored). Each row labels its confidence tier so you can see why a position was predicted.
0 predicted yes (0%) · 543 predicted no (100%) · 0 unknown (0%)
By party: · R: 0 yes / 277 no · D: 0 yes / 263 no · I: 0 yes / 3 no