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Bill Appropriations to Legacy School Food Programs The act makes optional an appropriation to comply with matching requirements under the federal 'Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act' and allows the amount to be appropriated from the healthy school meals for all program cash fund. The act allows money for administration of the summer electronic benefits transfer for children program to be appropriated from the healthy school meals for all program cash fund. The act makes an appropriation for the start smart nutrition program optional, repeals the start smart nutrition program cash fund, transfers the start smart nutrition program cash fund balance to the general fund, and allows an appropriation for the start smart nutrition program to be made from the healthy school meals for all program cash fund. The act makes an appropriation for the child nutrition school lunch protection program optional and allows an appropriation for the child nutrition school lunch protection program to be made from the healthy school meals for all program cash fund. Under current law, the department of education administers a local school food purchasing program and a local school food purchasing technical assistance and education grant program (legacy local school food programs) that are distinct from the local school food purchasing program and technical assistance and education grant programs within the 'Healthy School Meals for All Act' (HSMA local school food programs). The act permits the general assembly to appropriate money for the legacy local school food programs if the healthy school meals for all program cash fund does not fully fund the HSMA local school food programs. The act appropriates $3,001,741 from the healthy school meals for all program cash fund to the department of education for the affected programs. The act reduces appropriations for the 2026-27 state fiscal year to the department of education for the affected programs by $3,839,685, of which $229,097 is from the general fund and the remainder from various cash funds.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.) us/states/co Colorado General Assembly 2026A HB 1350 Colorado HB 1350 (2026A)
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B. Kirkmeyer
E. Sirota
J. Amabile
J. Bridges
K. Brown
R. Taggart
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Colorado HB 1350 (2026A) — Appropriations to Legacy School Food Programs

The act makes optional an appropriation to comply with matching requirements under the federal 'Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act' and allows the amount to be appropriated from the healthy school meals for all program cash fund. The act allows money for administration of the summer electronic benefits transfer for children program to be appropriated from the healthy school meals for all program cash fund. The act makes an appropriation for the start smart nutrition program optional, repeals the start smart nutrition program cash fund, transfers the start smart nutrition program cash fund balance to the general fund, and allows an appropriation for the start smart nutrition program to be made from the healthy school meals for all program cash fund. The act makes an appropriation for the child nutrition school lunch protection program optional and allows an appropriation for the child nutrition school lunch protection program to be made from the healthy school meals for all program cash fund. Under current law, the department of education administers a local school food purchasing program and a local school food purchasing technical assistance and education grant program (legacy local school food programs) that are distinct from the local school food purchasing program and technical assistance and education grant programs within the 'Healthy School Meals for All Act' (HSMA local school food programs). The act permits the general assembly to appropriate money for the legacy local school food programs if the healthy school meals for all program cash fund does not fully fund the HSMA local school food programs. The act appropriates $3,001,741 from the healthy school meals for all program cash fund to the department of education for the affected programs. The act reduces appropriations for the 2026-27 state fiscal year to the department of education for the affected programs by $3,839,685, of which $229,097 is from the general fund and the remainder from various cash funds.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)

Version chain

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

  1. Introduced (filed) — source
  2. Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
  3. Final Act (committee substitute) — source
  4. Reengrossed (committee substitute) — source
  5. Rerevised (committee substitute) — source
  6. Revised (committee substitute) — source
  7. Signed Act (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • Refer House Bill 26-1350 to the Committee of the Whole. — pass (pass) · lower
  • BILL — pass (pass) · lower
  • Refer House Bill 26-1350 to the Committee of the Whole and with a recommendation that it be placed on the consent calendar. — pass (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • B. Kirkmeyer — primary (person)
  • E. Sirota — primary (person)
  • J. Amabile — primary (person)
  • J. Bridges — primary (person)
  • K. Brown — primary (person)
  • R. Taggart — primary (person)
  • C. Clifford — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2026-05-27 Governor Signed executive-signature
  • 2026-05-22 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
  • 2026-05-22 Signed by the President of the Senate passage
  • 2026-05-22 Signed by the Speaker of the House passage
  • 2026-04-16 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments passage, reading-3
  • 2026-04-15 Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
  • 2026-04-14 Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole committee-passage
  • 2026-04-13 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Appropriations introduction
  • 2026-04-11 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments passage, reading-3
  • 2026-04-09 House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
  • 2026-04-08 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
  • 2026-04-06 House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole committee-passage, referral-committee
  • 2026-04-02 Introduced In House - Assigned to Appropriations introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/03a2d767-3602-4e34-ad1c-c139cabde754. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).