HB2887 • 2026

Establishes the "Missouri Healthy Schools Act" and prohibits public schools from serving, selling, or allowing a third party to sell ultraprocessed food during the school day

Education

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor: Jones, Holly (088)
Last action: 2026-05-15
Official status: 05/15/2026 - Referred: Emerging Issues(H)
Effective date: 2026-08-28

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Establishes the "Missouri Healthy Schools Act" and prohibits public schools from serving, selling, or allowing a third party to sell ultraprocessed food during the school day

What This Bill Does

Establishes the "Missouri Healthy Schools Act" and prohibits public schools from serving, selling, or allowing a third party to sell ultraprocessed food during the school day

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Bill History

2026-05-15 Missouri House of Representatives and Missouri Senate
Referred: Emerging Issues(H)
2026-01-12 Missouri House of Representatives and Missouri Senate
Read Second Time (H)
2026-01-08 Missouri House of Representatives and Missouri Senate
Introduced and Read First Time (H)

Official Summary Text

Establishes the "Missouri Healthy Schools Act" and prohibits public schools from serving, selling, or allowing a third party to sell ultraprocessed food during the school day

Current Bill Text

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SECOND REGULAR SESSION
HOUSE BILL NO. 2887
103RD GENERAL ASSEMBL Y
INTRODUCED BY REPRESENT A TIVE JONES (88).
61 10H.01I JOSEPH ENGLER, Chief Clerk
AN ACT
T o amend chapter 167, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to ultraprocessed
food in schools.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Chapter 167, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto one new section, to be
2 known as section 167.207, to read as follows:
167.207. 1. This section shall be known and may be cited as the "Missouri
2 Healthy Schools Act".
3 2. For the purposes of this section, "ultraproces sed food" means a food or
4 beverage that contains one or mor e of the following ingr edients:
5 (1) Potassium br omate;
6 (2) Pr opylparaben;
7 (3) T itanium dioxide;
8 (4) Br ominated vegetable oil;
9 (5) Y ellow dye 5;
10 (6) Y ellow dye 6;
11 (7) Blue dye 1;
12 (8) Blue dye 2;
13 (9) Green dye 3;
14 (10) Red dye 3;
15 (1 1) Red dye 40.
16 3. Beginning in the 2027-2028 school year and for all subsequent school years,
17 any school that participates in a federally funded or assisted meal pr ogram shall not
EXPLANA TION — Matter enclosed in bold-faced brackets [thus] in the above bill is not enacted and is
intended to be omitted from the law . Matter in bold-face type in the above bill is proposed language.
18 serve, sell, or allow a third party to sell ultrapr ocessed food on the school campus during
19 the school day . This subsection shall not be construed to pr ohibit a student's par ent or
20 guardian from provi ding ultrapr ocessed food to the student during the school day .
21 4. The department of elementary and secondary education shall post on the
22 department's website both of the following:
23 (1) A standardized form that a public school may use to certify that the public
24 school is complying with the r equir ements of this section; and
25 (2) A list of each public school that has certified to the department that the
26 public school is complying with the req uirements of this section.
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