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SB314 • 2025

Relating to prohibiting certain food additives from being included in free or reduced-price meals provided by school districts.

Relating to prohibiting certain food additives from being included in free or reduced-price meals provided by school districts.

Education
Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor
Hughes
Last action
2025-05-27
Official status
05/27/2025 E Effective immediately
Effective date
Not listed

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Relating to prohibiting certain food additives from being included in free or reduced-price meals provided by school districts.

Relating to prohibiting certain food additives from being included in free or reduced-price meals provided by school districts.

What This Bill Does

  • Relating to prohibiting certain food additives from being included in free or reduced-price meals provided by school districts.

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. 2025-05-27 Texas Legislature Online

    Signed by the Governor

  2. 2025-05-27 Texas Legislature Online

    Effective immediately

  3. 2025-05-15 Texas Legislature Online

    Signed in the Senate

  4. 2025-05-15 Texas Legislature Online

    Signed in the House

  5. 2025-05-15 Texas Legislature Online

    Sent to the Governor

  6. 2025-05-14 Texas Legislature Online

    House amendment(s) laid before the Senate

  7. 2025-05-14 Texas Legislature Online

    Read

  8. 2025-05-14 Texas Legislature Online

    Senate concurs in House amendment(s)

  9. 2025-05-14 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote

  10. 2025-05-14 Texas Legislature Online

    Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported

  11. 2025-05-14 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported enrolled

  12. 2025-05-12 Texas Legislature Online

    House passage as amended reported

  13. 2025-05-10 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 3rd time

  14. 2025-05-10 Texas Legislature Online

    Passed

  15. 2025-05-10 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote. RV#2068

  16. 2025-05-10 Texas Legislature Online

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  17. 2025-05-09 Texas Legislature Online

    Laid out in lieu of companion. HB 1290

  18. 2025-05-09 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 2nd time

  19. 2025-05-09 Texas Legislature Online

    Amended. 1-Harris Davila

  20. 2025-05-09 Texas Legislature Online

    Passed to 3rd reading as amended

  21. 2025-05-09 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote. RV#1921

  22. 2025-05-09 Texas Legislature Online

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  23. 2025-05-05 Texas Legislature Online

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

  24. 2025-05-05 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee report distributed

  25. 2025-05-05 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee report sent to Calendars

  26. 2025-04-22 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in public hearing

  27. 2025-04-22 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)

  28. 2025-04-09 Texas Legislature Online

    Read first time

  29. 2025-04-09 Texas Legislature Online

    Referred to Public Education

  30. 2025-03-13 Texas Legislature Online

    Received from the Senate

  31. 2025-03-12 Texas Legislature Online

    Co-author authorized

  32. 2025-03-12 Texas Legislature Online

    Rules suspended-Constitutional 60-Day

  33. 2025-03-12 Texas Legislature Online

    Rules suspended-Regular order of business

  34. 2025-03-12 Texas Legislature Online

    Vote recorded in Journal

  35. 2025-03-12 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 2nd time

  36. 2025-03-12 Texas Legislature Online

    Amendment(s) offered. FA1 Miles

  37. 2025-03-12 Texas Legislature Online

    Amendment fails of adoption

  38. 2025-03-12 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote

  39. 2025-03-12 Texas Legislature Online

    Amendment(s) offered. FA2 Miles

  40. 2025-03-12 Texas Legislature Online

    Amended

  41. 2025-03-12 Texas Legislature Online

    Vote recorded in Journal

  42. 2025-03-12 Texas Legislature Online

    Passed to engrossment as amended

  43. 2025-03-12 Texas Legislature Online

    Vote recorded in Journal

  44. 2025-03-12 Texas Legislature Online

    Three day rule suspended

  45. 2025-03-12 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote

  46. 2025-03-12 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 3rd time

  47. 2025-03-12 Texas Legislature Online

    Passed

  48. 2025-03-12 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote

  49. 2025-03-12 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported engrossed

  50. 2025-03-11 Texas Legislature Online

    Placed on intent calendar

  51. 2025-03-10 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported favorably as substituted

  52. 2025-03-10 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee report printed and distributed

  53. 2025-03-05 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in public hearing

  54. 2025-03-05 Texas Legislature Online

    Vote taken in committee

  55. 2025-03-04 Texas Legislature Online

    Co-author authorized

  56. 2025-02-27 Texas Legislature Online

    Co-author authorized

  57. 2025-02-26 Texas Legislature Online

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  58. 2025-02-26 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in public hearing

  59. 2025-02-26 Texas Legislature Online

    Testimony taken in committee

  60. 2025-02-26 Texas Legislature Online

    Left pending in committee

  61. 2025-02-19 Texas Legislature Online

    Rereferred to committee

  62. 2025-02-19 Texas Legislature Online

    Referred to Health & Human Services

  63. 2025-02-03 Texas Legislature Online

    Read first time

  64. 2025-02-03 Texas Legislature Online

    Referred to Education K-16

  65. 2024-11-12 Texas Legislature Online

    Received by the Secretary of the Senate

  66. 2024-11-12 Texas Legislature Online

    Filed

Official Summary Text

Relating to prohibiting certain food additives from being included in free or reduced-price meals provided by school districts.

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
89(R) SB 314 - Enrolled version - Bill Text

S.B. No. 314

AN ACT

relating to prohibiting certain food additives from being included

in free or reduced-price meals provided by school districts.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Subchapter Z, Chapter 33, Education Code, is

amended by adding Section 33.9011 to read as follows:

Sec.

33.9011.

PROHIBITION ON CERTAIN ADDITIVES IN FREE OR

REDUCED-PRICE MEALS. (a) In this section:

(1)

"National school breakfast program" means the

national school breakfast program under the Child Nutrition Act of

1966 (42 U.S.C. Section 1773).

(2)

"National school lunch program" means the national

school lunch program of free or reduced-price lunches under 42

U.S.C. Section 1751 et seq.

(b)

A school district or open-enrollment charter school

that provides free or reduced-price meals to eligible students

under Section 33.901, the national school breakfast program, or the

national school lunch program may not provide as part of a free or

reduced-price meal any food that contains the following substances:

(1) brominated vegetable oil (BVO);

(2) potassium bromate;

(3) propylparaben;

(4) azodicarbonamide;

(5) butylated hydroxyanisole (BHA);

(6) red 3 (CAS 16423-68-0);

(7) red 40 (CAS 25956-17-6);

(8) yellow 5 (CAS 1934-21-0);

(9) yellow 6 (CAS 2783-94-0);

(10) blue 1 (CAS 3844-45-9);

(11) blue 2 (CAS 860-22-0);

(12) green 3 (CAS 2353-45-9);

(13) citrus red 3 (CAS 6358-53-8);

(14) orange B (CAS 15139-76-1);

(15) INS No. 150c/ammonia caramel (Class III);

(16) INS No. 150d/sulfite ammonia caramel (Class IV);

(17) titanium dioxide; or

(18)

any additive that is substantially similar to an

additive specified in Subdivisions (1) through (17).

(c)

A school district or open-enrollment charter school

that receives a waiver under Section 7.056 is not in violation of

this section.

SECTION 2. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b) of this

section, this Act applies beginning with the 2026-2027 school year.

(b) This Act applies only to a contract to provide food for

free or reduced-price meals, as described by Section 33.9011,

Education Code, as added by this Act, entered into or renewed on or

after September 1, 2026.

SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives

a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as

provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this

Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this

Act takes effect September 1, 2025.

______________________________

______________________________

President of the Senate

Speaker of the House

I hereby certify that S.B. No. 314 passed the Senate on

March 12, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 1; and that

the Senate concurred in House amendment on May 14, 2025, by the

following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.

______________________________

Secretary of the Senate

I hereby certify that S.B. No. 314 passed the House, with

amendment, on May 10, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 123,

Nays 0, two present not voting.

______________________________

Chief Clerk of the House

Approved:

______________________________

Date

______________________________

Governor