School boards; distribution of excess food.
Summary
School boards; distribution of excess food. Allows public school boards to distribute excess food to students eligible for the School Breakfast Program or National School Lunch Program administered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture or to students who the school board determines are otherwise eligible to receive excess food. A school board is also allowed to develop a policy for distributing excess food, saving it for later, or donating it.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2020
Committee Review
Feb 2020
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2020
Senate Passage
Mar 2020
Signed into Law
Mar 2020
Introduced Jan 6, 2020
Signed Mar 31, 2020
Floor votes
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate. No roll call record of that vote is available.
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
28
Key actions
7
Committee
8
Amendments
1
Mar 31, 2020
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 574 (effective 7/1/20)
executive
Mar 2, 2020
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 27, 2020
Upper · Passed
Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 18, 2020
Committee
Assigned Education sub: Public Education
upper
Feb 10, 2020
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education and Health
upper
Feb 7, 2020
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 6, 2020
Introduced
Engrossed by House as amended HB698E
lower
Feb 6, 2020
Lower · Passed
Committee amendments agreed to
lower
Feb 3, 2020
Lower · Passed
Reported from Education with amendments (22-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 29, 2020
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 13, 2020
Committee
Assigned Education sub: Pre-K-12
lower
Jan 6, 2020
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education
lower
Jan 6, 2020
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20100879D
lower
1 primary · 13 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Danica Roem
DDemocratic
Co
Alfonso Lopez
DDemocratic
Co
Chris L. Hurst
DDemocratic
Co
Glenn R. Davis
RRepublican
Co
Hala S. Ayala
DDemocratic
Co
Ibraheem S. Samirah
DDemocratic
Co
Karrie Delaney
DDemocratic
Co
Kathleen Murphy
DDemocratic
Co
Kaye Kory
DDemocratic
Co
Lee Ware
RRepublican
Co
Mark L. Keam
DDemocratic
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