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2022 SESSION
(HB837)JOINT CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT
We, the conferees, appointed by the respective bodies to consider and report upon the disagreeing vote on House Bill No. 837, report as follows:
A. We recommend that the Senate Amendment be rejected.
B. We recommend that the engrossed bill be accepted with the following amendment to resolve the matter under disagreement:
1. After line 144, engrossed
insert
4. That the provisions of this act shall not apply until January 1, 2023, to any food manufacturer, food storage warehouse, or retail food establishment located in a locality that adopted a local food inspection or permitting ordinance prior to January 1, 2022.
5. That the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services shall work with localities that adopted a local food inspection or permitting ordinance prior to January 1, 2022, to address concerns regarding the implementation of this act prior to the January 1, 2023, implementation in such localities as set forth in the fourth enactment of this act.
Respectfully submitted,
Delegate Tony O. Wilt
Delegate R. Lee Ware
Delegate Wendy W. Gooditis
Conferees on the part of the House
Senator David W. Marsden
Senator T. Montgomery "Monty" Mason
Senator David R. Suetterlein
Conferees on the part of the Senate