S.B. No. 314
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to prohibiting certain food additives from being included
  in free or reduced-price meals provided by school districts.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter Z, Chapter 33, Education Code, is
  amended by adding Section 33.9011 to read as follows:
         Sec. 33.9011.  PROHIBITION ON CERTAIN ADDITIVES IN FREE OR
  REDUCED-PRICE MEALS. (a) In this section:
               (1)  "National school breakfast program" means the
  national school breakfast program under the Child Nutrition Act of
  1966 (42 U.S.C. Section 1773).
               (2)  "National school lunch program" means the national
  school lunch program of free or reduced-price lunches under 42
  U.S.C. Section 1751 et seq.
         (b)  A school district or open-enrollment charter school
  that provides free or reduced-price meals to eligible students
  under Section 33.901, the national school breakfast program, or the
  national school lunch program may not provide as part of a free or
  reduced-price meal any food that contains the following substances:
               (1)  brominated vegetable oil (BVO);
               (2)  potassium bromate;
               (3)  propylparaben;
               (4)  azodicarbonamide;
               (5)  butylated hydroxyanisole (BHA);
               (6)  red 3 (CAS 16423-68-0);
               (7)  red 40 (CAS 25956-17-6);
               (8)  yellow 5 (CAS 1934-21-0);
               (9)  yellow 6 (CAS 2783-94-0);
               (10)  blue 1 (CAS 3844-45-9);
               (11)  blue 2 (CAS 860-22-0);
               (12)  green 3 (CAS 2353-45-9);
               (13)  citrus red 3 (CAS 6358-53-8);
               (14)  orange B (CAS 15139-76-1);
               (15)  INS No. 150c/ammonia caramel (Class III);
               (16)  INS No. 150d/sulfite ammonia caramel (Class IV);
               (17)  titanium dioxide; or
               (18)  any additive that is substantially similar to an
  additive specified in Subdivisions (1) through (17).
         (c)  A school district or open-enrollment charter school
  that receives a waiver under Section 7.056 is not in violation of
  this section.
         SECTION 2.  (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b) of this
  section, this Act applies beginning with the 2026-2027 school year.
         (b)  This Act applies only to a contract to provide food for
  free or reduced-price meals, as described by Section 33.9011,
  Education Code, as added by this Act, entered into or renewed on or
  after September 1, 2026.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
  a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
  provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
  Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
  Act takes effect September 1, 2025.
 
 
 
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
         I hereby certify that S.B. No. 314 passed the Senate on
  March 12, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 1; and that
  the Senate concurred in House amendment on May 14, 2025, by the
  following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
 
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate    
 
         I hereby certify that S.B. No. 314 passed the House, with
  amendment, on May 10, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 123,
  Nays 0, two present not voting.
 
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
 
 
  Approved:
 
  ______________________________ 
              Date
 
 
  ______________________________ 
            Governor