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type: "Bill"
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title: "Public elementary and secondary schools; nutritional standards for school meals and other foods."
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description: "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 SB 1289."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2025"
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identifier: "HB 1910"
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citation: "Virginia HB 1910 (2025)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Hillary Pugh Kent"]
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version_count: 7
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action_count: 34
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vote_count: 8
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first_action: "2025-01-06"
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last_action: "2025-03-21"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b102a236-6c7b-45d4-a6b6-19a4cdfbe2a5"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/HB1910"
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source_hash: "53478cadcbf14ca08d53f7abd5a0be68e005a2e9e040590312a3257f3a1d1a37"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia HB 1910 (2025) — Public elementary and secondary schools; nutritional standards for school meals and other foods.
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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 SB 1289.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1013992.PDF)
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2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1072198.PDF)
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3. **Education Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1020235.HTML)
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4. **Education and Health Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1052513.HTML)
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5. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1021442.PDF)
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6. **Senate Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1059833.HTML)
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7. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1064321.PDF)
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## Votes
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reading waived (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Education and Health with amendment (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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- Read third time and passed House (96-Y 0-N) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Education with amendment(s) (21-Y 0-N) — **21–0** (pass) · lower
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- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Senate Amendment agreed to by House (96-Y 0-N) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Hillary Pugh Kent — primary (person)
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- A.C. Cordoza — cosponsor (person)
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- Anne Ferrell Tata — cosponsor (person)
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- Bill Wiley — cosponsor (person)
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- Carrie E. Coyner — cosponsor (person)
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- Chris Obenshain — cosponsor (person)
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- David Owen — cosponsor (person)
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- Delores Oates — cosponsor (person)
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- Eric Phillips — cosponsor (person)
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- Eric R. Zehr — cosponsor (person)
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- Geary Higgins — cosponsor (person)
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- Ian T. Lovejoy — cosponsor (person)
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- James W. Morefield — cosponsor (person)
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- Jason S. Ballard — cosponsor (person)
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- Jonathan "Jed" Arnold — cosponsor (person)
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- Karrie K. Delaney — cosponsor (person)
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- Kim A. Taylor — cosponsor (person)
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- Mark L. Earley, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
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- Mike A. Cherry — cosponsor (person)
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- N. Baxter Ennis — cosponsor (person)
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- Nadarius E. Clark — cosponsor (person)
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- Nicholas J. Freitas — cosponsor (person)
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- Paul V. Milde — cosponsor (person)
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- Phillip A. Scott — cosponsor (person)
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- Rae Cousins — cosponsor (person)
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- Robert D. Orrock, Sr. — cosponsor (person)
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- Scott A. Wyatt — cosponsor (person)
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- Terry G. Kilgore — cosponsor (person)
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- Terry L. Austin — cosponsor (person)
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- Timothy P. Griffin — cosponsor (person)
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- Tony O. Wilt — cosponsor (person)
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- W. Chad Green — cosponsor (person)
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- Wendell S. Walker — cosponsor (person)
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- Will Davis — cosponsor (person)
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- Wren M. Williams — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-01-06** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-13-2025 25101008D `filing, introduction`
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- **2025-01-06** Referred to Committee on Education `referral-committee`
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- **2025-01-13** Assigned Educ sub: K-12 Subcommittee `referral-committee`
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- **2025-01-14** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1910)
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- **2025-01-14** Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (8-Y 0-N)
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- **2025-01-15** Reported from Education with amendment(s) (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2025-01-17** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2025-01-20** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2025-01-20** Education Amendment agreed to `amendment-passage`
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- **2025-01-20** Engrossed by House as amended
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- **2025-01-20** Printed as engrossed 25101008D-E
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- **2025-01-21** Read third time and passed House (96-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2025-01-22** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
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- **2025-01-22** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
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- **2025-02-06** Assigned Education sub: Public Education `referral-committee`
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- **2025-02-13** Reported from Education and Health with amendment (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2025-02-17** Rules suspended
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- **2025-02-17** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading)
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- **2025-02-17** Passed by for the day
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- **2025-02-18** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2025-02-18** Reading of amendment waived
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- **2025-02-18** Education and Health Amendment agreed to `amendment-passage`
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- **2025-02-18** Engrossed by Senate as amended
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- **2025-02-18** Passed Senate with amendment (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2025-02-19** Senate Amendment agreed to by House (96-Y 0-N) `amendment-passage`
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- **2025-03-07** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2025-03-07** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1910ER) `passage`
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- **2025-03-07** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2025-03-10** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1910)
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- **2025-03-10** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2025-03-11** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2025 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
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- **2025-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-03-21** Approved by Governor-Chapter 212 (Effective 07/01/27) `executive-signature`
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- **2025-03-21** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0212)
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b102a236-6c7b-45d4-a6b6-19a4cdfbe2a5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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