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SB379 • 2025

Relating to prohibiting the purchase of sweetened drinks and candy under the supplemental nutrition assistance program.

Relating to prohibiting the purchase of sweetened drinks and candy under the supplemental nutrition assistance program.

Enacted

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

Sponsor
Middleton
Last action
2025-06-20
Official status
06/20/2025 E Effective on 9/1/25
Effective date
2025-06-20

Plain English Breakdown

Using official source text because the generated explanation was unavailable or could not be confirmed against the official bill text.

Relating to prohibiting the purchase of sweetened drinks and candy under the supplemental nutrition assistance program.

Relating to prohibiting the purchase of sweetened drinks and candy under the supplemental nutrition assistance program.

What This Bill Does

  • Relating to prohibiting the purchase of sweetened drinks and candy under the supplemental nutrition assistance program.

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Bill History

  1. 2025-06-20 Texas Legislature Online

    Signed by the Governor

  2. 2025-06-20 Texas Legislature Online

    Effective on 9/1/25

  3. 2025-06-03 Texas Legislature Online

    Sent to the Governor

  4. 2025-06-02 Texas Legislature Online

    Signed in the Senate

  5. 2025-06-02 Texas Legislature Online

    Signed in the House

  6. 2025-06-01 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported enrolled

  7. 2025-05-31 Texas Legislature Online

    Co-author authorized

  8. 2025-05-31 Texas Legislature Online

    House adopts conference committee report

  9. 2025-05-31 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote. RV#4118

  10. 2025-05-31 Texas Legislature Online

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  11. 2025-05-31 Texas Legislature Online

    Senate adopts conference committee report

  12. 2025-05-31 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote

  13. 2025-05-31 Texas Legislature Online

    Senate adopts conf. comm. report-reported

  14. 2025-05-31 Texas Legislature Online

    House adopts conf. comm. report-reported

  15. 2025-05-30 Texas Legislature Online

    Conference committee report filed

  16. 2025-05-30 Texas Legislature Online

    Conf. Comm. Report distributed

  17. 2025-05-29 Texas Legislature Online

    House grants request for conference committee

  18. 2025-05-29 Texas Legislature Online

    House appoints conferees

  19. 2025-05-29 Texas Legislature Online

    House grants request for conf comm-reported

  20. 2025-05-29 Texas Legislature Online

    House appoints conferees-reported

  21. 2025-05-25 Texas Legislature Online

    House amendment(s) laid before the Senate

  22. 2025-05-25 Texas Legislature Online

    Read

  23. 2025-05-25 Texas Legislature Online

    Senate refuses to concur

  24. 2025-05-25 Texas Legislature Online

    Senate requests conference committee

  25. 2025-05-25 Texas Legislature Online

    Senate appoints conferees

  26. 2025-05-25 Texas Legislature Online

    Senate refuses to concur-reported

  27. 2025-05-25 Texas Legislature Online

    Senate requests conference committee-reported

  28. 2025-05-25 Texas Legislature Online

    Senate appoints conferees-reported

  29. 2025-05-23 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 3rd time

  30. 2025-05-23 Texas Legislature Online

    Passed

  31. 2025-05-23 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote. RV#3308

  32. 2025-05-23 Texas Legislature Online

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  33. 2025-05-23 Texas Legislature Online

    House passage as amended reported

  34. 2025-05-22 Texas Legislature Online

    Rules suspended

  35. 2025-05-22 Texas Legislature Online

    Additional sponsor(s) authorized

  36. 2025-05-22 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 2nd time

  37. 2025-05-22 Texas Legislature Online

    Amended. 1-Gerdes

  38. 2025-05-22 Texas Legislature Online

    Passed to 3rd reading as amended

  39. 2025-05-22 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote. RV#3211

  40. 2025-05-22 Texas Legislature Online

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  41. 2025-05-21 Texas Legislature Online

    Placed on General State Calendar

  42. 2025-05-19 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in Calendars

  43. 2025-05-05 Texas Legislature Online

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

  44. 2025-05-05 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee report distributed

  45. 2025-05-05 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee report sent to Calendars

  46. 2025-05-01 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in formal meeting

  47. 2025-05-01 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee substitute considered in committee

  48. 2025-05-01 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported favorably as substituted

  49. 2025-04-09 Texas Legislature Online

    Read first time

  50. 2025-04-09 Texas Legislature Online

    Referred to Human Services

  51. 2025-04-01 Texas Legislature Online

    Received from the Senate

  52. 2025-03-31 Texas Legislature Online

    Co-author authorized

  53. 2025-03-31 Texas Legislature Online

    Rules suspended-Regular order of business

  54. 2025-03-31 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote

  55. 2025-03-31 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 2nd time

  56. 2025-03-31 Texas Legislature Online

    Amendment(s) offered. FA1 Alvarado

  57. 2025-03-31 Texas Legislature Online

    Amendment fails of adoption

  58. 2025-03-31 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote

  59. 2025-03-31 Texas Legislature Online

    Amendment(s) offered. FA2 Gutierrez

  60. 2025-03-31 Texas Legislature Online

    Amendment fails of adoption

  61. 2025-03-31 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote

  62. 2025-03-31 Texas Legislature Online

    Passed to engrossment

  63. 2025-03-31 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote

  64. 2025-03-31 Texas Legislature Online

    Three day rule suspended

  65. 2025-03-31 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote

  66. 2025-03-31 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 3rd time

  67. 2025-03-31 Texas Legislature Online

    Passed

  68. 2025-03-31 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote

  69. 2025-03-31 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported engrossed

  70. 2025-03-20 Texas Legislature Online

    Co-author authorized

  71. 2025-03-20 Texas Legislature Online

    Placed on intent calendar

  72. 2025-03-19 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported favorably w/o amendments

  73. 2025-03-19 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee report printed and distributed

  74. 2025-03-18 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in public hearing

  75. 2025-03-18 Texas Legislature Online

    Vote taken in committee

  76. 2025-03-11 Texas Legislature Online

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  77. 2025-03-11 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in public hearing

  78. 2025-03-11 Texas Legislature Online

    Testimony taken in committee

  79. 2025-03-11 Texas Legislature Online

    Left pending in committee

  80. 2025-02-04 Texas Legislature Online

    Co-author authorized

  81. 2025-02-03 Texas Legislature Online

    Read first time

  82. 2025-02-03 Texas Legislature Online

    Referred to Health & Human Services

  83. 2025-01-28 Texas Legislature Online

    Co-author authorized

  84. 2024-11-15 Texas Legislature Online

    Received by the Secretary of the Senate

  85. 2024-11-15 Texas Legislature Online

    Filed

Official Summary Text

Relating to prohibiting the purchase of sweetened drinks and candy under the supplemental nutrition assistance program.

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
89(R) SB 379 - Enrolled version - Bill Text

S.B. No. 379

AN ACT

relating to prohibiting the purchase of sweetened drinks and candy

under the supplemental nutrition assistance program.

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

SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 33, Human Resources Code,

is amended by adding Section 33.031 to read as follows:

Sec.

33.031.

PURCHASE OF SWEETENED DRINKS AND CANDY

PROHIBITED UNDER SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. (a)

In this section, "sweetened drink" means a nonalcoholic beverage

made with water that contains five grams or more of added sugar or

any amount of artificial sweeteners. The term does not include a

beverage that contains:

(1) milk or milk products;

(2) soy, rice, or similar milk substitutes; or

(3)

more than 50 percent of vegetable or fruit juice by

volume.

(b)

A recipient of supplemental nutrition assistance

program benefits may not use those benefits to purchase:

(1) a sweetened drink; or

(2)

candy ordinarily packaged and sold for consumption

without further preparation.

SECTION 2. If before implementing any provision of this Act

a state agency determines that a waiver or authorization from a

federal agency is necessary for implementation of that provision,

the agency affected by the provision shall request the waiver or

authorization and may delay implementing that provision until the

waiver or authorization is granted.

SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.

______________________________

______________________________

President of the Senate

Speaker of the House

I hereby certify that S.B. No. 379 passed the Senate on

March 31, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 22, Nays 8;

May 25, 2025, Senate refused to concur in House amendments and

requested appointment of Conference Committee; May 29, 2025, House

granted request of the Senate; May 31, 2025, Senate adopted

Conference Committee Report by the following vote: Yeas 22,

Nays 9.

______________________________

Secretary of the Senate

I hereby certify that S.B. No. 379 passed the House, with

amendments, on May 23, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 90,

Nays 37, two present not voting; May 29, 2025, House granted

request of the Senate for appointment of Conference Committee;

May 31, 2025, House adopted Conference Committee Report by the

following vote: Yeas 84, Nays 45, two present not voting.

______________________________

Chief Clerk of the House

Approved:

______________________________

Date

______________________________

Governor