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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to prohibiting certain food additives from being included |
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at primary and secondary schools. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter Z, Chapter 33, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 33.9011 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 33.9011. PROHIBITION ON CERTAIN ADDITIVES IN SCHOOL |
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MEALS. A school district or open-enrollment charter school that |
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provides meals to students may not provide any food that contains |
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the following substances: |
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(1) brominated vegetable oil (BVO); |
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(2) potassium bromate; |
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(3) propylparaben; |
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(4) azodicarbonamide; |
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(5) butylated hydroxyanisole (BHA); |
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(6) titanium dioxide; |
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(7) red dye 3 (CAS 16423-68-0); |
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(8) blue 1 (CAS 3844-45-9); |
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(9) blue 2 (CAS 860-22-0); |
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(10) green 3 (CAS 2353-45-9); |
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(11) red 40 (CAS 25956-17-6); |
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(12) yellow 5 (CAS 1934-21-0); |
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(13) yellow 6 (CAS 2783-94-0); or |
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(14) any additive that is substantially similar to an |
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additive specified in Subdivisions (7) through (13). |
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SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2026-2027 |
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school year. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |