HB 1131 — An Act amending the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), known as the Public School Code of 1949, in school health services, providing for prohibited substances in competitive foods.

PRINTER'S NO.   1416

                     THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA



                         HOUSE BILL
                         No. 1131
                                               Session of
                                                 2025

     INTRODUCED BY MIHALEK, SHUSTERMAN, ROWE, SCIALABBA, O'MARA,
        MAJOR, FLEMING, HOGAN, WARNER, KAIL, LABS, LEADBETER, GLEIM,
        BOROWSKI, BENHAM, METZGAR, SAPPEY, PICKETT, GIRAL, SANCHEZ,
        KULIK, NEILSON, KAUFFMAN, OTTEN, KAZEEM, KOZAK, RIVERA,
        GREEN, KERWIN, HAMM, COOPER, BANTA AND PUGH, APRIL 21, 2025

     REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON CONSUMER PROTECTION, TECHNOLOGY AND
        UTILITIES, APRIL 21, 2025


                                    AN ACT
 1   Amending the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), entitled "An
 2      act relating to the public school system, including certain
 3      provisions applicable as well to private and parochial
 4      schools; amending, revising, consolidating and changing the
 5      laws relating thereto," in school health services, providing
 6      for prohibited substances in competitive foods.
 7      The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
 8   hereby enacts as follows:
 9      Section 1.    The act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), known
10   as the Public School Code of 1949, is amended by adding a
11   section to read:
12      Section 1422.4.    Prohibited Substances in Competitive
13   Foods.--(a)   A public school may not sell or offer a competitive
14   food on school grounds during the school day if the competitive
15   food contains any of the following substances:
16      (1)   Blue 1 (CAS 3844-45-9).
17      (2)   Blue 2 (CAS 860-22-0).
18      (3)   Green 3 (CAS 2353-45-9).
 1      (4)   Red 40 (CAS 25956-17-6).
 2      (5)   Yellow 5 (CAS 1934-21-0).
 3      (6)   Yellow 6 (CAS 2783-94-0).
 4      (b)   As used in this section, the following words and phrases
 5   shall have the meanings given to them in this subsection unless
 6   the context clearly indicates otherwise:
 7      "CAS" means the unique accession number assigned by the
 8   Chemical Abstracts Service, a division of the American Chemical
 9   Society, as of the effective date of this section, to a
10   substance.
11      "Competitive food" means a food offered or sold in
12   competition with reimbursable meals served under the National
13   School Lunch or School Breakfast Program.
14      "School day" has the same meaning as provided in section
15   1326.
16      Section 2.   This act shall take effect July 1, 2027.




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