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H4059 • 2025

An Act relative to fresh fruits and vegetables in schools

An Act relative to fresh fruits and vegetables in schools

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Sponsor
Paul McMurtry
Last action
2026-03-16
Official status
Referred to House Committee on Bills in the Third Reading
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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An Act relative to fresh fruits and vegetables in schools

An Act relative to fresh fruits and vegetables in schools By Representative McMurtry of Dedham, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.

What This Bill Does

  • An Act relative to fresh fruits and vegetables in schools By Representative McMurtry of Dedham, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.
  • 4059) of Paul McMurtry relative to fresh fruits and vegetables in schools.
  • Education.
  • Status: Referred to House Committee on Bills in the Third Reading

Limits and Unknowns

  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Bill History

  1. 2026-03-16 House

    Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting

  2. 2026-03-16 House

    Rules suspended

  3. 2026-03-16 House

    Read second and ordered to a third reading

  4. 2026-02-12 House

    Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling

  5. 2025-10-29 Joint

    Hearing scheduled for 11/12/2025 from 11:00 AM-05:00 PM in Gardner Auditorium

  6. 2025-05-05 Senate

    Senate concurred

  7. 2025-05-01 House

    Referred to the committee on Education

Official Summary Text

An Act relative to fresh fruits and vegetables in schools
By Representative McMurtry of Dedham, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 4059) of Paul McMurtry relative to fresh fruits and vegetables in schools. Education.
Status:
Referred to House Committee on Bills in the Third Reading

Current Bill Text

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Bill H.4059

Section 1C of chapter 69 of the General Laws, as most recently amended by section 18 of chapter 77 of the acts of 2023, is hereby further amended by adding the following subsection:-

(c) Any city, town or regional school district that accepts this subsection may create a program in partnership with local farmers to provide locally grown produce for school breakfast and school lunch.

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