RELATING TO SCHOOL MEALS.
Summary
Requires the Department of Education to authorize and facilitate complex areas or individual department schools to form their own farm to school meal programs through partnerships to meet the local farm to school meal goal of thirty per cent of food served in the school to consist of locally sourced products by 2030. Allows the Department of Education to establish a plant-based meal program no later than the 2026-2027 school year.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Jan 13, 2025
Last action Dec 8, 2025
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Actions timeline
Total actions
4
Key actions
0
Committee
1
Jan 17, 2025
Committee
Referred to EDU/AEN, WAM.
upper
Jan 15, 2025
Introduced
Introduced and passed First Reading.
upper
Jan 13, 2025
Introduced
Pending Introduction.
upper
2 primary · 2 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Mike Gabbard
DDemocratic
P
Stanley Chang
DDemocratic
Co
Carol Fukunaga
DDemocratic
Co
Joy San Buenaventura
DDemocratic
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