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type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to prohibiting the purchase of sweetened drinks and candy under the supplemental nutrition assistance program."
description: "Relating to prohibiting the purchase of sweetened drinks and candy under the supplemental nutrition assistance program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "89R"
identifier: "SB 379"
citation: "Texas SB 379 (89R)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["FOOD (S0761)", "Human Services--Food Programs (I0910)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gerdes", "Middleton"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 85
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2024-11-15"
last_action: "2025-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/04d73edd-ff7a-48d2-887b-a6c941d8c6d2"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00300_SB00399/SB 379.xml"
source_hash: "3a1afe12c320158922aa7845f4f3043996baeae7d495b513f7d495ad616f48ab"
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-tx"]
---
# Texas SB 379 (89R) — Relating to prohibiting the purchase of sweetened drinks and candy under the supplemental nutrition assistance program.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00379I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00379E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00379H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00379S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00379F.HTM)
## Votes
- passage — **8445** (pass) · lower
- other — **921** (fail) · upper
- passage — **8445** (pass) · upper
- passage — **8847** (pass) · lower
- passage — **229** (pass) · upper
- passage — **9037** (pass) · lower
- passage — **228** (pass) · upper
- passage — **228** (pass) · upper
- other — **1020** (fail) · upper
- Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that SB 379 be placed on its third reading and final passage. — **246** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Gerdes — primary (person)
- Middleton — primary (person)
- Barry — cosponsor (person)
- Bell, Cecil — cosponsor (person)
- Bell, Keith — cosponsor (person)
- Bumgarner — cosponsor (person)
- Cain — cosponsor (person)
- Cook — cosponsor (person)
- Curry — cosponsor (person)
- Dean — cosponsor (person)
- Dorazio — cosponsor (person)
- Dyson — cosponsor (person)
- Fairly — cosponsor (person)
- Frank — cosponsor (person)
- Gates — cosponsor (person)
- Guillen — cosponsor (person)
- Hall — cosponsor (person)
- Harless — cosponsor (person)
- Hayes — cosponsor (person)
- Hefner — cosponsor (person)
- Hickland — cosponsor (person)
- Holt — cosponsor (person)
- Hopper — cosponsor (person)
- Hughes — cosponsor (person)
- Kerwin — cosponsor (person)
- Kitzman — cosponsor (person)
- Kolkhorst — cosponsor (person)
- Lambert — cosponsor (person)
- Leach — cosponsor (person)
- Little — cosponsor (person)
- Lowe — cosponsor (person)
- Luther — cosponsor (person)
- McLaughlin — cosponsor (person)
- McQueeney — cosponsor (person)
- Metcalf — cosponsor (person)
- Money — cosponsor (person)
- Morales, Eddie — cosponsor (person)
- Olcott — cosponsor (person)
- Orr — cosponsor (person)
- Paul — cosponsor (person)
- Paxton — cosponsor (person)
- Richardson — cosponsor (person)
- Schatzline — cosponsor (person)
- Schoolcraft — cosponsor (person)
- Schwertner — cosponsor (person)
- Shofner — cosponsor (person)
- Slawson — cosponsor (person)
- Sparks — cosponsor (person)
- Spiller — cosponsor (person)
- Tepper — cosponsor (person)
- Toth — cosponsor (person)
- Troxclair — cosponsor (person)
- Vasut — cosponsor (person)
- Villalobos — cosponsor (person)
- Virdell — cosponsor (person)
- Wharton — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2024-11-15** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
- **2024-11-15** Filed `filing`
- **2025-01-28** Co-author authorized
- **2025-02-03** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-02-03** Referred to Health & Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-04** Co-author authorized
- **2025-03-11** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2025-03-11** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-03-11** Testimony taken in committee
- **2025-03-11** Left pending in committee
- **2025-03-18** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-03-18** Vote taken in committee
- **2025-03-19** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-19** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2025-03-20** Co-author authorized
- **2025-03-20** Placed on intent calendar
- **2025-03-31** Co-author authorized
- **2025-03-31** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2025-03-31** Record vote
- **2025-03-31** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-03-31** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-03-31** Amendment fails of adoption `amendment-failure`
- **2025-03-31** Record vote
- **2025-03-31** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-03-31** Amendment fails of adoption `amendment-failure`
- **2025-03-31** Record vote
- **2025-03-31** Passed to engrossment
- **2025-03-31** Record vote
- **2025-03-31** Three day rule suspended
- **2025-03-31** Record vote
- **2025-03-31** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-03-31** Passed `passage`
- **2025-03-31** Record vote
- **2025-03-31** Reported engrossed
- **2025-04-01** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2025-04-09** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-04-09** Referred to Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-01** Considered in formal meeting
- **2025-05-01** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
- **2025-05-01** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-05** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2025-05-05** Committee report distributed
- **2025-05-05** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2025-05-19** Considered in Calendars
- **2025-05-21** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2025-05-22** Rules suspended
- **2025-05-22** Additional sponsor(s) authorized
- **2025-05-22** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-05-22** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-22** Passed to 3rd reading as amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-22** Record vote
- **2025-05-22** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-23** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-23** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-23** Record vote
- **2025-05-23** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-23** House passage as amended reported `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-25** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
- **2025-05-25** Read
- **2025-05-25** Senate refuses to concur
- **2025-05-25** Senate requests conference committee
- **2025-05-25** Senate appoints conferees
- **2025-05-25** Senate refuses to concur-reported
- **2025-05-25** Senate requests conference committee-reported
- **2025-05-25** Senate appoints conferees-reported
- **2025-05-29** House grants request for conference committee
- **2025-05-29** House appoints conferees
- **2025-05-29** House grants request for conf comm-reported
- **2025-05-29** House appoints conferees-reported
- **2025-05-30** Conference committee report filed `filing`
- **2025-05-30** Conf. Comm. Report distributed
- **2025-05-31** Co-author authorized
- **2025-05-31** House adopts conference committee report `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-31** Record vote
- **2025-05-31** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-31** Senate adopts conference committee report `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-31** Record vote
- **2025-05-31** Senate adopts conf. comm. report-reported
- **2025-05-31** House adopts conf. comm. report-reported
- **2025-06-01** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-06-02** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2025-06-02** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2025-06-03** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-20** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-06-20** Effective on 9/1/25 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/04d73edd-ff7a-48d2-887b-a6c941d8c6d2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).