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Bill Public elementary and secondary schools; nutritional standards for school meals and other foods. 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 HB 1910. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2025 SB 1289 Virginia SB 1289 (2025)
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Virginia SB 1289 (2025) — Public elementary and secondary schools; nutritional standards for school meals and other foods.

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 HB 1910.

Version chain

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

  1. Introduced (filed) — source
  2. Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
  3. Education and Health Amendment (committee substitute) — source
  4. Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
  5. SEH Sub: Public Education Amendments (committee substitute) — source
  6. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

  • Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 400 (pass) · upper
  • Passed House (98-Y 0-N) — 980 (pass) · lower
  • Constitutional reading dispensed (on 3rd reading) — 400 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Education and Health with amendments (15-Y 0-N) — 150 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Education (22-Y 0-N) — 220 (pass) · lower
  • Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (39-Y 0-N) — 390 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Emily M. Jordan — primary (person)
  • Christie New Craig — cosponsor (person)
  • Danica A. Roem — cosponsor (person)
  • Tara A. Durant — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2025-01-08 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25101748D filing, introduction
  • 2025-01-08 Referred to Committee on Education and Health referral-committee
  • 2025-01-23 Assigned Education sub: Public Education referral-committee
  • 2025-01-30 Reported from Education and Health with amendments (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2025-01-31 Rules suspended
  • 2025-01-31 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (39-Y 0-N)
  • 2025-01-31 Passed by for the day
  • 2025-02-03 Read second time reading-2
  • 2025-02-03 Reading of amendment waived
  • 2025-02-03 Education and Health Amendment agreed to amendment-passage
  • 2025-02-03 Engrossed by Senate as amended
  • 2025-02-03 Printed as engrossed 25101748D-E
  • 2025-02-03 Rules suspended
  • 2025-02-03 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 3rd reading) (40-Y 0-N)
  • 2025-02-03 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) passage
  • 2025-02-04 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1289)
  • 2025-02-06 Placed on Calendar
  • 2025-02-06 Read first time reading-1
  • 2025-02-06 Referred to Committee on Education referral-committee
  • 2025-02-17 Reported from Education (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2025-02-19 Read second time reading-2
  • 2025-02-20 Read third time reading-3
  • 2025-02-20 Passed House (98-Y 0-N) passage
  • 2025-03-07 Enrolled enrolled
  • 2025-03-07 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1289ER) passage
  • 2025-03-07 Signed by Speaker passage
  • 2025-03-10 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1289)
  • 2025-03-10 Signed by President passage
  • 2025-03-11 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2025 enrolled
  • 2025-03-11 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 executive-receipt
  • 2025-03-21 Approved by Governor-Chapter 222 (Effective 07/01/27) executive-signature
  • 2025-03-21 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0222)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/51d3f5b4-8bbe-428c-b7a1-7db64c9d6df9. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).