SB 1581 — Requires school districts to offer lunch and breakfast to students at no charge, regardless of income.
Congress · introduced 2026-01-16
Digest: Makes school meals available at no cost. (Flesch Readability Score: 78.8). Requires school districts to offer lunch and breakfast to students at no charge, regardless of income. Provides exceptions. Requires school districts that make breakfast accessible at a school site to make breakfast accessible at the school site after the beginning of the day. [<i>Prescribes nutrition standards for reimbursable meals that are paid for by state sources.</i>] Takes effect on July 1, 2026.
Latest action: — In Senate Committee
Sponsors
- Neron Misslin, Courtney (D, OR-13) — sponsor
- Bowman, Ben (D, OR-25) — sponsor
- Campos, Wlnsvey (D, OR-18) — sponsor
- Frederick, Lew (D, OR-22) — sponsor
- Dobson, April (D, OR-39) — sponsor
- Javadi, Cyrus (D, OR-32) — sponsor
- Levy, Emerson (D, OR-53) — sponsor
- Pham, Hai (D, OR-36) — sponsor
- Wise, Lamar (D, OR-48) — sponsor
- Manning Jr., James (D, OR-7) — sponsor
- Patterson, Deb (D, OR-10) — sponsor
- Pham, Khanh (D, OR-23) — cosponsor
- Weber, Suzanne (R, OR-16) — cosponsor
- Andersen, Tom (D, OR-19) — cosponsor
- Chaichi, Farrah (D, OR-35) — cosponsor
- Chotzen, Willy (D, OR-46) — cosponsor
- Evans, Paul (D, OR-20) — cosponsor
- Gamba, Mark (D, OR-41) — cosponsor
- Gomberg, David (D, OR-10) — cosponsor
- McDonald , Sarah (D, OR-16) — cosponsor
- Muñoz, Lesly (D, OR-22) — cosponsor
- Nelson, Travis (D, OR-44) — cosponsor
- Nosse, Rob (D, OR-42) — cosponsor
- Owens, Mark (R, OR-60) — cosponsor
- Walters, Jules (D, OR-37) — cosponsor
- Nguyen, Daniel (D, OR-38) — cosponsor
- Jama, Kayse (D, OR-24) — cosponsor
- Meek, Mark (D, OR-20) — cosponsor
Action timeline
- · state_upper — Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk.
- · state_upper — Referred to Education.
- · state_upper — Informational Meeting held.
- · state_upper — Public Hearing held.
- · state_upper — Work Session held.
- · state_upper — Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be referred to Ways and Means. (Printed A-Eng.)
- · state_upper — Referred to Ways and Means by order of the President.
- · state_upper — In committee upon adjournment.
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Who matters
Members ranked by combined influence on this bill: role (sponsor 5 / cosponsor 1), capped speech count from the Congressional Record, and recorded-vote engagement.
| # | Member | Role | Speeches | Voted | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bowman, Ben (D, state_lower OR-25) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Campos, Wlnsvey (D, state_upper OR-18) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 3 | Dobson, April (D, state_lower OR-39) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 4 | Frederick, Lew (D, state_upper OR-22) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 5 | Javadi, Cyrus (D, state_lower OR-32) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 6 | Levy, Emerson (D, state_lower OR-53) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 7 | Manning Jr., James (D, state_upper OR-7) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 8 | Neron Misslin, Courtney (D, state_upper OR-13) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 9 | Patterson, Deb (D, state_upper OR-10) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 10 | Pham, Hai (D, state_lower OR-36) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 11 | Wise, Lamar (D, state_lower OR-48) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 12 | Andersen, Tom (D, state_lower OR-19) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 13 | Chaichi, Farrah (D, state_lower OR-35) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 14 | Chotzen, Willy (D, state_lower OR-46) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 15 | Evans, Paul (D, state_lower OR-20) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 16 | Gamba, Mark (D, state_lower OR-41) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 17 | Gomberg, David (D, state_lower OR-10) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 18 | Jama, Kayse (D, state_upper OR-24) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 19 | McDonald , Sarah (D, state_lower OR-16) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 20 | Meek, Mark (D, state_upper OR-20) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 21 | Muñoz, Lesly (D, state_lower OR-22) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 22 | Nelson, Travis (D, state_lower OR-44) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 23 | Nguyen, Daniel (D, state_lower OR-38) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 24 | Nosse, Rob (D, state_lower OR-42) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 25 | Owens, Mark (R, state_lower OR-60) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
Predicted vote
Aggregated from: actual roll-call votes (when present) → sponsor → cosponsor → party median (predicts YES when ≥25% of the caucus sponsored/cosponsored). Each row labels its confidence tier so you can see why a position was predicted.
0 predicted yes (0%) · 543 predicted no (100%) · 0 unknown (0%)
By party: · R: 0 yes / 277 no · D: 0 yes / 263 no · I: 0 yes / 3 no