Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama House Bill HB491 Compare Versions

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33 HB491
44 QNCRM41-1
55 By Representative Ingram
66 RFD: Health
77 First Read: 01-Apr-25
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1212 5 QNCRM41-1 03/27/2025 ZAK (L)ma 2025-1411
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1515 SYNOPSIS:
1616 This bill would prohibit public K-12 schools
1717 from selling, permitting the sale of, or serving any
1818 food item that contains certain additives.
1919 A BILL
2020 TO BE ENTITLED
2121 AN ACT
2222 Relating to public K-12 schools; to prohibit the sale
2323 or provision of food items containing certain additives; and
2424 to provide exceptions.
2525 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:
2626 Section 1. (a) No public K-12 school located in this
2727 state may sale, permit the sale of, serve, or provide any food
2828 item containing any of the following:
2929 (1) Red Dye No. 3 (CAS Reg. No. 16423-68-0).
3030 (2) Red Dye No. 40 (CAS Reg. No. 25956-17-6).
3131 (3) Yellow Dye No. 5 (CAS Reg. No. 1934-21-0).
3232 (4) Yellow Dye No. 6 (CAS Reg. No. 2783-94-0).
3333 (5) Blue Dye No. 1 (CAS Reg. No. 3844-45-8).
3434 (6) Blue Dye No. 2 (CAS Reg. No. 860-22-0).
3535 (7) Green Dye No. 3 (CAS Reg. No. 2353-45-9).
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6565 (7) Green Dye No. 3 (CAS Reg. No. 2353-45-9).
6666 (b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), a public K-12
6767 school may permit the sale of a food item containing an
6868 ingredient listed in subsection (a) as part of a school
6969 fundraising event if the sale of the item takes place off of
7070 the school's premises or the sale of the item takes place on
7171 the school's premises at least one-half hour after the end of
7272 the school day.
7373 Section 2. This act shall become effective on August 1,
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