Paycheck Protection Program Changes from Biden Administration

Please see the National Retail Federation’s announcement below on changes made by the Biden Administration to the Paycheck Protection Program, including  a 14-day period, starting February 24th, during which only businesses with fewer than 20...

Small Business

HB 1830 - Head - Virginia Small Business Financing Authority; members to have small business lending experience. Passed the Senate 39-Y 0-N) Requires at least five of the nine citizen members of the Virginia Small Business Financing Authority to have...

Product Ban—Still Active

HB 2250 - Kory - Humane Cosmetics Act; civil penalties. (Rereferred from Commerce and Labor to Senate Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources 14-Y 0-N) Prohibits a cosmetics manufacturer, as defined in the bill, from testing cosmetics on animals...

Tobacco – Defeated

HB 2164 - Hope - Tobacco; prohibits person from selling product at retail without license from ABC Authority. (Laid on the Table (defeated) by House Appropriations Subcommittee 7-Y 0-N) The bill prohibits any person from selling any tobacco product at retail...

Food Delivery—Still Active

HB 2062 - Willett - Food delivery platforms; agreements required, penalty. (Passed the House 90-Y 8-N) Prohibits a food delivery platform, as defined in the bill, from submitting orders on behalf of a consumer or arranging for the delivery of an order from a...