# Virginia HB1910: Public elementary and secondary schools; nutritional standards for school meals and other foods. Virginia HB1910, Public elementary and secondary schools; nutritional standards for school meals and other foods., is a 2025 Regular Session House bill sponsored by Hillary Pugh Kent (Republican); status to governor, last action 2025-03-21 (Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0212)) (as of 2026-10-17). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB1910-2025 - As of: 2026-10-17 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Virginia HB1910 - State: Virginia - Session: 2025 Regular Session - Title: Public elementary and secondary schools; nutritional standards for school meals and other foods. - Status: to governor - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2025-01-06 - Last action: 2025-03-21, Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0212) - Sponsor: Hillary Pugh Kent (Republican) - Cosponsors: 0 - Touches household money: no - Roll calls: 7 (315 yes, 0 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 0 ## Summary Public elementary and secondary schools; nutritional standards for school meals and other foods; nutrition requirements; certain color additives prohibited. Prohibits any public elementary or secondary school from offering or making available to any student any food served as a part of a school meal or any competitive food, as defined in applicable law, that contains any of the seven color additives listed in the bill. The bill directs the Board of Education to amend its nutritional guidelines for competitive foods promulgated pursuant to relevant law in accordance with the provisions of the bill. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2027, and is identical to SB 1289. ## Bill overview No economic impacts identified for this bill. ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Hillary Pugh Kent (Republican), House ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-02-19 | House | Senate Amendment agreed to by House | pass | 96 | 0 | | | 2025-02-18 | Senate | Passed Senate with amendment Block Vote | pass | 40 | 0 | | | 2025-02-17 | Senate | Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) | pass | 39 | 0 | | | 2025-02-13 | Senate | Reported from Education and Health with amendment | pass | 15 | 0 | | | 2025-01-21 | House | Read third time and passed House Block Vote | pass | 96 | 0 | | | 2025-01-15 | House | Reported from Education with amendment(s) | pass | 21 | 0 | | | 2025-01-14 | House | Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) | pass | 8 | 0 | 1 | ## Actions (34) - 2025-03-21: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0212) (Governor) - 2025-03-21: Approved by Governor-Chapter 212 (Effective 07/01/27) (Governor) - 2025-03-11: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 (Governor) - 2025-03-11: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2025 (House) - 2025-03-10: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1910) (House) - 2025-03-10: Signed by President (Senate) - 2025-03-07: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1910ER) (House) - 2025-03-07: Enrolled (House) - 2025-03-07: Signed by Speaker (House) - 2025-02-19: Senate Amendment agreed to by House (96-Y 0-N) (House) - 2025-02-18: Passed Senate with amendment Block Vote (40-Y 0-N) (Senate) - 2025-02-18: Engrossed by Senate as amended (Senate) - 2025-02-18: Education and Health Amendment agreed to (Senate) - 2025-02-18: Read third time (Senate) - 2025-02-18: Reading of amendment waived (Senate) - 2025-02-17: Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (Senate) - 2025-02-17: Passed by for the day (Senate) - 2025-02-17: Rules suspended (Senate) - 2025-02-13: Reported from Education and Health with amendment (15-Y 0-N) (Senate) - 2025-02-06: Assigned Education sub: Public Education (Senate) - 2025-01-22: Referred to Committee on Education and Health (Senate) - 2025-01-22: Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (Senate) - 2025-01-21: Read third time and passed House Block Vote (96-Y 0-N) (House) - 2025-01-20: Printed as engrossed 25101008D-E (House) - 2025-01-20: Engrossed by House as amended (House) - 2025-01-20: Education Amendment agreed to (House) - 2025-01-20: Read second time (House) - 2025-01-17: Read first time (House) - 2025-01-15: Reported from Education with amendment(s) (21-Y 0-N) (House) - 2025-01-14: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (8-Y 0-N) (House) - 2025-01-14: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1910) (House) - 2025-01-13: Assigned Educ sub: K-12 Subcommittee (House) - 2025-01-06: Referred to Committee on Education (House) - 2025-01-06: Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-13-2025 25101008D (House) ## Bill text - Chaptered, 2025-03-21: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1072199.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1072198.PDF) - Enrolled, 2025-03-07: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1064322.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1064321.PDF) - Amendment, 2025-02-18: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1059833.HTML) - Amendment, 2025-02-14: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1052513.HTML) - Amendment, 2025-02-13: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1051698.HTML) - Engrossed, 2025-01-20: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1021443.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1021442.PDF) - Amendment, 2025-01-15: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1020235.HTML) - Introduced, 2025-01-06: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1013994.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1013992.PDF) ## Related bills - HR671: Commending JR's Auto Care. 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(to governor) ## Sources - [Chaptered (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1072199.HTML) - [Chaptered (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1072198.PDF) - [Enrolled (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1064322.HTML) - [Enrolled (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1064321.PDF) - [Amendment (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1059833.HTML) - [Amendment (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1052513.HTML) - [Amendment (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1051698.HTML) - [Engrossed (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1021443.HTML) - [Engrossed (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1021442.PDF) - [Amendment (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1020235.HTML) - [Introduced (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1013994.HTML) - [Introduced (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1013992.PDF) ## Related - [HR671: Commending JR's Auto Care.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HR671-2025) - [SB941: Robbery; use of air or gas operated weapon, etc., penalty.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-SB941-2025) - [HB1746: Public safety officer; definition.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB1746-2025) - [HB1600: Budget Bill.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB1600-2025) - [SB1449: Data centers; site assessment for high energy use facility.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-SB1449-2025) - [HB1609: Essential health benefits benchmark plan; Commission to consider coverage for i…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB1609-2025) - [Virginia bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/virginia/bills) - [Virginia state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/virginia) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB1910-2025 (as of 2026-10-17).