republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2025b/sb-3.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Healthy School Meals For All"
description: "The act amends the ballot title language for the ballot issue concerning increasing taxes annually by $95 million to support the healthy school meals for all program (program) that the secretary of state will submit to the voters at the November 2025 statewide election. The amended ballot title language allows the additional tax revenue authorized by the ballot issue to be spent on supporting access to not just the program but to healthy food for Colorado kids and families.The act also modifies the healthy school meals for all program cash fund (fund), as the fund would exist upon voters approving the ballot issue concerning increasing taxes annually by $95 million to support the program that the secretary of state will submit to the voters at the November 2025 statewide election. The act expands the permissible uses of money in the fund. Specifically, the act allows money in the fund to be used for, among other things, supporting the implementation of the supplemental nutritional assistance program, so long as the program is fully funded first. The act also modifies when money can be expended from the fund so that, beyond providing reimbursements to participating school food authorities and covering the costs of administering the program, money can only be expended from the fund beginning July 1, 2026.APPROVED by Governor August 26, 2025PORTIONS EFFECTIVE August 26, 2025(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2025B"
identifier: "SB 3"
citation: "Colorado SB 3 (2025B)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education & School Finance (Pre & K-12)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["D. Michaelson Jenet", "K. Stewart", "K. Wallace", "L. García"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 12
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2025-08-21"
last_action: "2025-08-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2425a547-0ff5-4f2f-9f07-f0b0f73a871b"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/SB25B-003"
source_hash: "fc7cd4369588559884e731f34e9d8bfa618d2d10a6efa9db068cab3585039f3a"
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 SB 3 (2025B) — Healthy School Meals For All

The act amends the ballot title language for the ballot issue concerning increasing taxes annually by $95 million to support the healthy school meals for all program (program) that the secretary of state will submit to the voters at the November 2025 statewide election. The amended ballot title language allows the additional tax revenue authorized by the ballot issue to be spent on supporting access to not just the program but to healthy food for Colorado kids and families.The act also modifies the healthy school meals for all program cash fund (fund), as the fund would exist upon voters approving the ballot issue concerning increasing taxes annually by $95 million to support the program that the secretary of state will submit to the voters at the November 2025 statewide election. The act expands the permissible uses of money in the fund. Specifically, the act allows money in the fund to be used for, among other things, supporting the implementation of the supplemental nutritional assistance program, so long as the program is fully funded first. The act also modifies when money can be expended from the fund so that, beyond providing reimbursements to participating school food authorities and covering the costs of administering the program, money can only be expended from the fund beginning July 1, 2026.APPROVED by Governor August 26, 2025PORTIONS EFFECTIVE August 26, 2025(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](https://s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/beta.leg.colorado.gov/ab8715724e3fca06d5b4ceb9b209fcc6)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/beta.leg.colorado.gov/940808f77f5462105f3925e85c3e284b)
3. **Final Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/beta.leg.colorado.gov/b3739f507898b1a4a7d8d5df2bf944c8)
4. **Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/beta.leg.colorado.gov/41e520bef8551b59c54dffbb0dab608b)
5. **Rerevised** (committee substitute) — [source](https://s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/beta.leg.colorado.gov/60883d2a5111814c837a3364cbac528e)
6. **Revised** (committee substitute) — [source](https://s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/beta.leg.colorado.gov/1ed271df2b331eeefc9182c8e5ee98f7)
7. **Signed Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/beta.leg.colorado.gov/ae9ed01e16edd58538a0ae896fb4fd7a)

## Votes

- Adopt amendment L.001 — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Refer Senate Bill 25B-003, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Adopt amendment L.003 — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Refer Senate Bill 25B-003 to the Committee of the Whole. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- D. Michaelson Jenet — primary (person)
- K. Stewart — primary (person)
- K. Wallace — primary (person)
- L. García — primary (person)
- A. Boesenecker — cosponsor (person)
- A. Paschal — cosponsor (person)
- A. Valdez — cosponsor (person)
- B. Titone — cosponsor (person)
- C. Clifford — cosponsor (person)
- C. Espenoza — cosponsor (person)
- C. Kipp — cosponsor (person)
- C. Kolker — cosponsor (person)
- D. Roberts — cosponsor (person)
- E. Hamrick — cosponsor (person)
- E. Sirota — cosponsor (person)
- E. Velasco — cosponsor (person)
- F. Winter — cosponsor (person)
- G. Rydin — cosponsor (person)
- I. Jodeh — cosponsor (person)
- J. Amabile — cosponsor (person)
- J. Bacon — cosponsor (person)
- J. Bridges — cosponsor (person)
- J. Coleman — cosponsor (person)
- J. Danielson — cosponsor (person)
- J. Gonzales — cosponsor (person)
- J. Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- J. Joseph — cosponsor (person)
- J. Mabrey — cosponsor (person)
- J. Marchman — cosponsor (person)
- J. McCluskie — cosponsor (person)
- J. Phillips — cosponsor (person)
- J. Willford — cosponsor (person)
- K. Brown — cosponsor (person)
- K. McCormick — cosponsor (person)
- K. Mullica — cosponsor (person)
- L. Cutter — cosponsor (person)
- L. Daugherty — cosponsor (person)
- L. Gilchrist — cosponsor (person)
- L. Smith — cosponsor (person)
- M. Ball — cosponsor (person)
- M. Carter — 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)
- M. Snyder — cosponsor (person)
- M. Weissman — cosponsor (person)
- N. Hinrichsen — cosponsor (person)
- N. Ricks — cosponsor (person)
- R. English — cosponsor (person)
- R. Rodriguez — cosponsor (person)
- R. Stewart — cosponsor (person)
- S. Bird — cosponsor (person)
- S. Camacho — cosponsor (person)
- S. Lieder — cosponsor (person)
- S. Woodrow — cosponsor (person)
- T. Exum — cosponsor (person)
- T. Mauro — cosponsor (person)
- T. Story — cosponsor (person)
- T. Sullivan — cosponsor (person)
- W. Lindstedt — cosponsor (person)
- Y. Zokaie — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-08-26** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2025-08-26** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-08-25** Signed by the Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2025-08-25** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage`
- **2025-08-24** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-08-23** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2025-08-22** House Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2025-08-22** Introduced In House - Assigned to Health & Human Services `introduction`
- **2025-08-22** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-08-21** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **2025-08-21** Senate Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2025-08-21** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Health & Human Services `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2425a547-0ff5-4f2f-9f07-f0b0f73a871b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).