Requires schools and nonpublic schools with lunch programs to provide free lunch to increasing numbers of income-eligible students and, after five-year phase-in, to provide free lunch to all students, regardless of income or federal eligibility.*
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jun 2023
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Jun 12, 2023
Last action Jun 27, 2023
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Total actions
3
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1
Committee
2
Jun 27, 2023
Upper · Passed
Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading
upper
Jun 20, 2023
Committee
Transferred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee
upper
Jun 12, 2023
Introduced
Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Education Committee
upper
2 primary · 0 co-sponsors
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