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2020 SESSION
HB 1426 School boards; availability of school meals to students, effective date.
Introduced by: Danica A. Roem | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
School boards; school meals; availability to students. Requires each school board to require each public elementary and secondary school in the local school division to participate in the federal National School Lunch Program and the federal School Breakfast Program administered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture and to make meals available pursuant to such programs to any student who requests such a meal, regardless of whether such student has the money to pay for the meal or owes money for meals previously provided, unless the student's parent has provided written permission to the school board to withhold such a meal from the student. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2021.
FULL TEXT
- 01/08/20 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102508D pdf | impact statement
- 02/07/20 House: Printed as engrossed 20102508D-E pdf | impact statement
- 03/06/20 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1426ER) pdf | impact statement
- 04/06/20 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0683) pdf
AMENDMENTS
- House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted
- House amendments adopted
- Senate amendments
- Senate amendments engrossed
HISTORY
- 01/08/20 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102508D
- 01/08/20 House: Referred to Committee on Education
- 01/13/20 House: Assigned Education sub: Pre-K-12
- 01/29/20 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (5-Y 3-N)
- 01/29/20 House: Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
- 02/03/20 House: Reported from Education (17-Y 5-N)
- 02/03/20 House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
- 02/03/20 House: Assigned App. sub: Elementary & Secondary Education
- 02/05/20 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment (7-Y 0-N)
- 02/05/20 House: Reported from Appropriations with amendment (21-Y 0-N)
- 02/06/20 House: Read first time
- 02/07/20 House: Read second time
- 02/07/20 House: Committee amendment agreed to
- 02/07/20 House: Engrossed by House as amended HB1426E
- 02/07/20 House: Printed as engrossed 20102508D-E
- 02/10/20 House: Read third time and passed House (79-Y 19-N)
- 02/10/20 House: VOTE: Passage (79-Y 19-N)
- 02/11/20 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/11/20 Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
- 02/18/20 Senate: Assigned Education sub: Public Education
- 02/27/20 Senate: Reported from Education and Health with amendments (13-Y 2-N)
- 02/28/20 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
- 03/02/20 Senate: Read third time
- 03/02/20 Senate: Reading of amendments waived
- 03/02/20 Senate: Committee amendments agreed to
- 03/02/20 Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended
- 03/02/20 Senate: Passed Senate with amendments (38-Y 2-N)
- 03/02/20 Senate: Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 03/02/20 Senate: Passed Senate with amendments (38-Y 2-N)
- 03/03/20 House: Placed on Calendar
- 03/03/20 House: Senate amendments agreed to by House (79-Y 17-N)
- 03/03/20 House: VOTE: Adoption (79-Y 17-N)
- 03/06/20 House: Enrolled
- 03/06/20 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1426ER)
- 03/06/20 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/06/20 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/12/20 House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020
- 03/12/20 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
- 04/06/20 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 683 (effective 7/1/21)
- 04/06/20 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0683)