| 1 | 1 | | 89R14042 BCH-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Metcalf H.B. No. 3292 |
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| 7 | 7 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 8 | 8 | | AN ACT |
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| 9 | 9 | | relating to prohibiting ultraprocessed food from being served or |
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| 10 | 10 | | sold to students in public schools. |
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| 11 | 11 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 12 | 12 | | SECTION 1. Subchapter Z, Chapter 33, Education Code, is |
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| 13 | 13 | | amended by adding Section 33.9011 to read as follows: |
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| 14 | 14 | | Sec. 33.9011. PROHIBITION ON ULTRAPROCESSED FOOD. (a) In |
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| 15 | 15 | | this section, "ultraprocessed food" means a food or beverage that |
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| 16 | 16 | | contains: |
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| 17 | 17 | | (1) brominated vegetable oil (BVO); |
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| 18 | 18 | | (2) potassium bromate; |
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| 19 | 19 | | (3) propylparaben; |
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| 20 | 20 | | (4) red 3 (CAS 16423-68-0); |
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| 21 | 21 | | (5) red 40 (CAS 25956-17-6); |
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| 22 | 22 | | (6) yellow 5 (CAS 1934-21-0); |
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| 23 | 23 | | (7) yellow 6 (CAS 2783-94-0); |
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| 24 | 24 | | (8) blue 1 (CAS 3844-45-9); |
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| 25 | 25 | | (9) blue 2 (CAS 860-22-0); |
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| 26 | 26 | | (10) green 3 (CAS 2353-45-9); |
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| 27 | 27 | | (11) titanium dioxide; or |
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| 28 | 28 | | (12) any additive that is substantially similar to an |
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| 29 | 29 | | additive specified in Subdivisions (1) through (11). |
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| 30 | 30 | | (b) A school district or open-enrollment charter school may |
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| 31 | 31 | | not serve or sell ultraprocessed food on the school campus during |
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| 32 | 32 | | regular school hours. |
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| 33 | 33 | | (c) This section does not prevent a student's parent or |
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| 34 | 34 | | guardian from providing ultraprocessed food to the student during |
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| 35 | 35 | | regular school hours. |
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| 36 | 36 | | SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2025-2026 |
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| 37 | 37 | | school year. |
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| 38 | 38 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 39 | 39 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 40 | 40 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 41 | 41 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 42 | 42 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |
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