HB0350 • 2026

Foods Available at Schools Amendments

Education

Passed Legislature

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Sponsor: Rep. Chevrier, Kristen
Last action: 2026-03-06
Official status: House/ filed
Effective date: Not listed

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Foods Available at Schools Amendments

This bill amends provisions related to food additive prohibitions in a public school.

What This Bill Does

This bill amends provisions related to food additive prohibitions in a public school.

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Bill History

2026-03-06 House file for bills not passed
House/ filed
2026-03-06 Clerk of the House
House/ received from Senate
2026-03-06 Senate Secretary
Senate/ strike enacting clause
2026-03-06 Clerk of the House
Senate/ to House
2026-03-04 Senate Rules Committee
Senate/ 2nd Reading Calendar to Rules
2026-03-03 Senate Health and Human Services Committee
Senate/ committee report favorable
2026-03-03 Senate 2nd Reading Calendar
Senate/ placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
2026-03-02 Senate Health and Human Services Committee
Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation
2026-02-25 Released
LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0350S01
2026-02-25 Version Sponsor
LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0350S01
2026-02-25 Senate Health and Human Services Committee
Senate/ to standing committee
2026-02-24 Senate Rules Committee
Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced)
2026-02-23 House 3rd Reading Calendar for House bills
House/ 3rd reading
2026-02-23 Senate Secretary
House/ passed 3rd reading
2026-02-23 House 3rd Reading Calendar for House bills
House/ substituted
2026-02-23 Senate Secretary
House/ to Senate
2026-02-23 Legislative Fiscal Analyst
LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0350S01
2026-02-23 Legislative Fiscal Agency
LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0350S01
2026-02-23 Waiting for Introduction in the Senate
Senate/ received from House
2026-02-17 House Health and Human Services Committee
House Comm - Amendment Recommendation
2026-02-17 House Health and Human Services Committee
House Comm - Favorable Recommendation
2026-02-17 House 3rd Reading Calendar for House bills
House/ 2nd reading
2026-02-17 House Health and Human Services Committee
House/ comm rpt/ amended
2026-02-10 House Health and Human Services Committee
House/ to standing committee
2026-01-28 House Rules Committee
House/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
2026-01-28 Released
LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0350
2026-01-27 Version Sponsor
LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0350
2026-01-23 Legislative Research and General Counsel
Bill Numbered but not Distributed
2026-01-23 House Rules Committee
House/ 1st reading (Introduced)
2026-01-23 Clerk of the House
House/ received bill from Legislative Research
2026-01-23 Legislative Fiscal Analyst
LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0350
2026-01-23 Legislative Fiscal Agency
LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0350
2026-01-23 Legislative Research and General Counsel
Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed

Official Summary Text

This bill amends provisions related to food additive prohibitions in a public school.

Current Bill Text

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53G-9-205.2
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Foods Available at Schools Amendments
2026 GENERAL SESSION
STATE OF UTAH
Chief Sponsor: Kristen Chevrier
Senate Sponsor: Heidi Balderree
LONG TITLE
General Description:
This bill amends provisions related to food additive prohibitions in a public school.
Highlighted Provisions:
This bill:
defines terms;
adds an exception related to food that is donated;
phases out an exception related to small schools; and
makes technical and conforming changes.
Money Appropriated in this Bill:
None
Other Special Clauses:
This bill provides a special effective date.
Utah Code Sections Affected:
AMENDS:
53G-9-205.2
, as enacted by Laws of Utah 2025, Chapter 466
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
Section 1. Section
53G-9-205.2
is amended to read:
53G-9-205.2
. Definitions -- Prohibited food additives -- Exceptions.
(1)
As used in this section:
(a)
"FD
C" means the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetics Act, 21 C.F.R. Part 74.
(b)
"Public school" means the same as that term is defined in Section
53G-9-205.1
.
(c)
"School day" means the same as that terms is defined in Section
53G-6-201
.
(d)
"School food pantry" means a noncommercial program a school or LEA operates, or
partners with a nonprofit organization to operate, to provide food free of charge to a
student or the student's family to address food insecurity.
(2)
(a)
Beginning in the 2026-2027 school year, a
A
public school may not sell, donate,
offer, or serve on school grounds during the school day, food that contains:
(i)
potassium bromate;
(ii)
propylparaben;
(iii)
FD
C Blue No. 1;
(iv)
FD
C Blue No. 2;
(v)
FD
C Green No. 3;
(vi)
FD
C Red No. 3;
(vii)
FD
C Red No. 40;
(viii)
FD
C Yellow No. 5; and
(ix)
FD
C Yellow No. 6.
(b)
Except as provided in Subsection
(3)
, a person who sells, donates, offers, or serves a
consumable item during the school day shall comply with the requirements under this
section.
(3)
(a)
Notwithstanding Subsection
(2)
(b):
(i)
a student's parent may provide students with a food item described in Subsection
(2)(a)
during the school day;
(ii)
a teacher may provide students with a food item described in Subsection
(2)(a)
if
the teacher obtains permission from the students' parents at the start of each school
semester;
and
(iii)
an individual may donate a food item described in Subsection
(2)(a)
to a school's
food pantry;
(iv)
a public school may accept and distribute to a student a food item described in
Subsection
(2)(a)
if the food item is a donated food item described in Subsection
(3)(a)(iii)
; and
(v)
a person may sell a food item described in Subsection
(2)
(a):
(A)
as a concession item at a school-sponsored event or extra-curricular activity; or
(B)
in a vending machine.
(b)
This section does not apply to a charter school or school district that has 5,500
students or fewer.
(b)
Beginning with the 2027-2028 school year, this section applies to a charter school or
school district that has 5,500 students or fewer.
Section 2.
Effective Date.
This bill takes effect on
July 1, 2026
.
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