---
type: "Bill"
title: "Healthy School Meals For All Program Fund"
description: "At the November 2022 general election, Colorado voters approved proposition FF. Proposition FF created the healthy school meals for all programs (program) and increased taxes to pay for the program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2023A"
identifier: "SB 23-221"
citation: "Colorado SB 23-221 (2023A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Emily Sirota", "Jeff Bridges", "Rachel Zenzinger", "Shannon Bird"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-03-24T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-20T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/03ed7a5e-4968-44f4-a058-508352246996"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb23-221"
source_hash: "0e342a3a5a85b0bc0fd64654ae47f0f00fb69fb61de8668247be569050b6717f"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-co"]
---

# Colorado SB 23-221 (2023A) — Healthy School Meals For All Program Fund

At the November 2022 general election, Colorado voters approved proposition FF. Proposition FF created the healthy school meals for all programs (program) and increased taxes to pay for the program.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2023a_sb221_h_app_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (03/29/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_221_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (04/12/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_221_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (03/24/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_221_01.pdf)
5. **Reengrossed (03/30/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_221_ren.pdf)
6. **Rerevised (04/06/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_221_rer.pdf)
7. **Revised (04/05/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_221_rev.pdf)
8. **Signed Act (04/20/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2023a_221_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **29–6** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **45–18** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Emily Sirota — primary (person)
- Jeff Bridges — primary (person)
- Rachel Zenzinger — primary (person)
- Shannon Bird — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2023-04-20T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-13T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-12T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2023-04-12T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2023-04-06T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-05T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2023-04-04T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2023-04-03T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-30T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Appropriations `introduction`
- **2023-03-30T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-29T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2023-03-28T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-24T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Appropriations `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/03ed7a5e-4968-44f4-a058-508352246996`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).