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