HB 134 - SB 476
FISCAL NOTE
Fiscal Review Committee
Tennessee General Assembly
March 11, 2025
Fiscal Analyst: Alan Hampton | Email: alan.hampton@capitol.tn.gov | Phone: 615-741-2564
HB 134 - SB 476
SUMMARY OF BILL: Beginning August 1, 2027, requires each local education agency
(LEA) and public charter school to prohibit food or beverage items that contain the synthetic food
dye known as Red 40, to be sold, offered for sale, or provided to students on school property unless
the food or beverage item is sold to the student as part of a school fundraising event.
FISCAL IMPACT:
NOT SIGNIFICANT
Assumptions:
• The Department of Education (DOE) will implement all necessary changes and train,
monitor, document, and assist local school food authorities utilizing existing resources,
without a significant increase in state expenditures.
• It is reasonably assumed, that by utilizing the assistance and guidance of the DOE’s school
nutrition team, LEAs and public charter schools will be able to amend their policies within
existing resources and will be able to procure food items through contracts with existing or
futures vendors such that no received products will contain Red 40.
• Any increase in local expenditures is estimated to be not significant.
CERTIFICATION:
The information contained herein is true and correct to the best of my knowledge.
Bojan Savic, Executive Director