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HB1137 • 2026

A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning education.

A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning education.

Education
Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Representative Julie McGuire
Last action
2026-01-27
Official status
House Bill (S)
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide specific details about the exceptions or the exact impact on students.

Rules for Food in Indiana Schools

This bill sets rules about what food and drinks can be served, sold, or allowed at schools that get federal help with meals.

What This Bill Does

  • Schools that receive federal meal aid cannot serve, sell, or let others sell certain foods or drinks on school property during the day.
  • These schools must put their breakfast and lunch menus and ingredient lists online for everyone to see.

Who It Names or Affects

  • Public schools that get federal meal help

Terms To Know

federally funded or assisted meal program
A school lunch program that gets money from the government to provide meals.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill does not specify which ingredients are banned.
  • It is unclear how schools will enforce these rules with outside vendors.

Amendments

These notes stay tied to the official amendment files and metadata from the legislature.

HB1137.01.INTR.AMH05

Committee Introduced House Bill (H) • Representative Julie McGuire

Filed

Plain English: The amendment removes a section of the bill that listed certain ingredients as prohibited.

  • Removes language from HB1137 that would have prohibited specific ingredients in products or materials used in education.
  • The exact nature and context of what these 'prohibited ingredients' were intended to affect is not clear from the provided amendment text.

Bill History

  1. 2026-01-27 Senate

    First reading: referred to Committee on Education and Career Development

  2. 2026-01-23 House

    Referred to the Senate

  3. 2026-01-22 House

    Third reading: passed; Roll Call 72: yeas 83, nays 7

  4. 2026-01-22 House

    Senate sponsors: Senators Johnson T, Garten

  5. 2026-01-22 House

    Representative Cash added as coauthor

  6. 2026-01-20 House

    Second reading: ordered engrossed

  7. 2026-01-15 House

    Committee report: amend do pass, adopted

  8. 2026-01-15 House

    Representative Culp removed as coauthor

  9. 2026-01-05 House

    Authored by Representative McGuire

  10. 2026-01-05 House

    Coauthored by Representative Smith H

  11. 2026-01-05 House

    First reading: referred to Committee on Education

  12. 2026-01-05 House

    Representatives Barrett, Culp added as coauthors

Official Summary Text

A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning education.
Foods and beverages on school property.

Current Bill Text

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A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning education.

Foods and beverages on school property.

Provides that a public school that participates in a federally funded or assisted meal program: (1) may not serve, sell, or allow a third party vendor to serve or sell a food or beverage that contains certain ingredients on school property on a school day; and (2) shall post any breakfast or lunch menu and ingredients on the school's website. Establishes exceptions.