republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2025a/hb-25-1059.md

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Bill	Food Waste Reduction in Public Schools	The act encourages each local education provider to adopt a policy to reduce food waste in school cafeterias and food preparation facilities (policy). The policy may address food waste diversion and aversion initiatives, including composting, donation of excess food to local nonprofits, or share table programs that permit students to return whole food or beverage items for redistribution to other students. A local education provider that implements a policy shall comply with all applicable sanitation and health requirements, including protocols to prevent student exposure to allergens, and shall require school personnel to complete related safety training.	us/states/co	Colorado General Assembly	2025A	HB 25-1059	Colorado HB 25-1059 (2025A)	bill		enacted	Janice Marchman Janice Rich Lisa Feret Ron Weinberg	10	14	4	2025-01-08T07:00:00+00:00	2025-04-17T06:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/a12755d0-cad0-44a5-8f2c-55afd483ad07	https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb25-1059	5b0eb694181dbc1e329b6ad6de83135ab1850de4daf770b7fde3b31354b0419e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-co

Colorado HB 25-1059 (2025A) — Food Waste Reduction in Public Schools

The act encourages each local education provider to adopt a policy to reduce food waste in school cafeterias and food preparation facilities (policy). The policy may address food waste diversion and aversion initiatives, including composting, donation of excess food to local nonprofits, or share table programs that permit students to return whole food or beverage items for redistribution to other students. A local education provider that implements a policy shall comply with all applicable sanitation and health requirements, including protocols to prevent student exposure to allergens, and shall require school personnel to complete related safety training.

Version chain

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

1. Committee Amendment (committee substitute) — source
2. Engrossed (02/18/2025) (committee substitute) — source
3. Final Act (04/08/2025) (committee substitute) — source
4. Introduced (01/08/2025) (committee substitute) — source
5. PA1 (02/14/2025) (committee substitute) — source
6. PA2 (03/13/2025) (committee substitute) — source
7. Reengrossed (02/19/2025) (committee substitute) — source
8. Rerevised (03/18/2025) (committee substitute) — source
9. Revised (03/17/2025) (committee substitute) — source
10. Signed Act (04/17/2025) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• BILL — 32–1 (pass) · upper
• BILL — 60–3 (pass) · lower
• CONCUR — 53–10 (pass) · lower
• REPASS — 58–5 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Janice Marchman — primary (person)
• Janice Rich — primary (person)
• Lisa Feret — primary (person)
• Ron Weinberg — primary (person)
• A. Boesenecker — cosponsor (person)
• A. Valdez — cosponsor (person)
• B. Titone — cosponsor (person)
• C. Barron — cosponsor (person)
• C. Clifford — cosponsor (person)
• C. Espenoza — cosponsor (person)
• C. Kipp — cosponsor (person)
• D. Michaelson Jenet — cosponsor (person)
• D. Roberts — cosponsor (person)
• E. Velasco — cosponsor (person)
• F. Winter — cosponsor (person)
• G. Rydin — cosponsor (person)
• I. Jodeh — cosponsor (person)
• J. Bacon — cosponsor (person)
• J. Coleman — cosponsor (person)
• J. Gonzales — cosponsor (person)
• J. Jackson — cosponsor (person)
• J. Phillips — cosponsor (person)
• K. Brown — cosponsor (person)
• K. McCormick — cosponsor (person)
• K. Mullica — cosponsor (person)
• K. Stewart — cosponsor (person)
• L. Cutter — cosponsor (person)
• L. Smith — cosponsor (person)
• M. Ball — cosponsor (person)
• M. Duran — cosponsor (person)
• M. Froelich — cosponsor (person)
• M. Lindsay — cosponsor (person)
• M. Lukens — cosponsor (person)
• M. Martinez — cosponsor (person)
• M. Rutinel — cosponsor (person)
• S. Camacho — cosponsor (person)
• S. Lieder — cosponsor (person)
• S. Woodrow — cosponsor (person)
• T. Mauro — cosponsor (person)
• T. Story — cosponsor (person)
• W. Lindstedt — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-04-17T06:00:00+00:00 Governor Signed executive-signature
• 2025-04-08T06:00:00+00:00 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2025-04-08T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the President of the Senate
• 2025-04-07T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the Speaker of the House
• 2025-03-28T06:00:00+00:00 House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
• 2025-03-19T06:00:00+00:00 House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
• 2025-03-18T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments passage, reading-3
• 2025-03-17T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee reading-2
• 2025-03-12T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Committee on Education Refer Amended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole committee-passage
• 2025-02-20T07:00:00+00:00 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Education introduction
• 2025-02-19T07:00:00+00:00 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments passage, reading-3
• 2025-02-18T07:00:00+00:00 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
• 2025-02-13T07:00:00+00:00 House Committee on Education Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2025-01-08T07:00:00+00:00 Introduced In House - Assigned to Education introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a12755d0-cad0-44a5-8f2c-55afd483ad07. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).