Public elementary and secondary schools; nutritional standards for school meals and other foods.
Summary
Public elementary and secondary schools; nutritional standards for school meals and other foods; nutrition requirements; certain color additives prohibited. Prohibits any public elementary or secondary school from offering or making available to any student any food served as a part of a school meal or any competitive food, as defined in applicable law, that contains any of the seven color additives listed in the bill. The bill directs the Board of Education to amend its nutritional guidelines for competitive foods promulgated pursuant to relevant law in accordance with the provisions of the bill. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2027, and is identical to SB 1289.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Feb 2025
House of Delegates Passage
Mar 2025
Senate Passage
Mar 2025
Signed into Law
Mar 2025
Introduced Jan 6, 2025
Signed Mar 21, 2025
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This bill was formally enacted into law as Chapter 212 of the 2025 Virginia Acts of Assembly. The substantive policy content remains unchanged from the enrolled version, with only formatting and layout adjustments made for the official chaptered version.
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Floor votes · Senate Feb 18, 2025 · House of Delegates Jan 21, 2025
How they voted
40–0
Passed
Total votes 40
Feb 18, 2025
D
Democratic21
100% Yea
R
Republican19
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
34
Key actions
13
Committee
7
Amendments
6
Mar 21, 2025
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 212 (Effective 07/01/27)
executive
Mar 10, 2025
Upper · Passed
Signed by President
upper
Mar 7, 2025
Lower · Passed
Signed by Speaker
lower
Mar 7, 2025
Lower · Passed
Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1910ER)
lower
Feb 19, 2025
Lower · Passed
Senate Amendment agreed to by House (96-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 18, 2025
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate with amendment (40-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 18, 2025
Introduced
Engrossed by Senate as amended
upper
Feb 18, 2025
Upper · Passed
Education and Health Amendment agreed to
upper
Feb 18, 2025
Introduced
Reading of amendment waived
upper
Feb 17, 2025
Upper · Passed
Passed by for the day
upper
Feb 13, 2025
Upper · Passed
Reported from Education and Health with amendment (15-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 6, 2025
Committee
Assigned Education sub: Public Education
upper
Jan 22, 2025
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education and Health
upper
Jan 21, 2025
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House (96-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 20, 2025
Introduced
Engrossed by House as amended
lower
Jan 20, 2025
Lower · Passed
Education Amendment agreed to
lower
Jan 15, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported from Education with amendment(s) (21-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 14, 2025
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (8-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 13, 2025
Committee
Assigned Educ sub: K-12 Subcommittee
lower
Jan 6, 2025
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education
lower
1 primary · 34 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Hillary Pugh Kent
RRepublican
Co
A.C. Cordoza
RRepublican
Co
Anne Ferrell Tata
RRepublican
Co
Baxter Ennis
RRepublican
Co
Bill Wiley
RRepublican
Co
Bobby Orrock
RRepublican
Co
Carrie Coyner
RRepublican
Co
Chad Green
RRepublican
Co
Chris Obenshain
RRepublican
Co
David Owen
RRepublican
Co
Delores Oates
RRepublican
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