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type: "Bill"
title: "Food Waste Reduction in Public Schools"
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2025A"
identifier: "HB 25-1059"
citation: "Colorado HB 25-1059 (2025A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Janice Marchman", "Janice Rich", "Lisa Feret", "Ron Weinberg"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 14
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-01-08T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2025-04-17T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a12755d0-cad0-44a5-8f2c-55afd483ad07"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb25-1059"
source_hash: "5b0eb694181dbc1e329b6ad6de83135ab1850de4daf770b7fde3b31354b0419e"
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 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](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2025a_hb1059_s_ed_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (02/18/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1059_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (04/08/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1059_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (01/08/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1059_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (02/14/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1059_h_ed_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (03/13/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1059_s_ed_01.pdf)
7. **Reengrossed (02/19/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1059_ren.pdf)
8. **Rerevised (03/18/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1059_rer.pdf)
9. **Revised (03/17/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1059_rev.pdf)
10. **Signed Act (04/17/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2025a_1059_signed.pdf)
## 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a12755d0-cad0-44a5-8f2c-55afd483ad07`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).