Tennessee · 114th Regular Session (2025-2026) · Bill

HB 134: Local Education Agencies - As enacted, requires, beginning August 1, 2027, each LEA and public charter school to prohibit food or beverage items that contain Allura Red AC, which is Chemical Abstracts Service registry number 25956-17-6 and also known as Red 40, to be sold, offered for sale, or provided to students on school property through the school nutrition program provided by the LEA, public charter school, or a third party expressly authorized by the LEA or public charter school. - Amends TCA Title 49.

Enacted Last action May 27, 2025: Pub. Ch. 476

Plain-language summary

HB 134 is a bill introduced in the Tennessee House on January 13, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Local Education Agencies - As enacted, requires, beginning August 1, 2027, each LEA and public charter school to prohibit food or beverage items that contain Allura Red AC, which is Chemical Abstracts Service registry number 25956-17-6 and also known as Red 40, to be sold, offered for sale, or provided to students on school property through the school nutrition program provided by the LEA, public charter school, or a third party expressly authorized by the LEA or public charter school. - Amends TCA Title 49. Primary sponsor: Elaine Davis (Republican). Most recent recorded action (May 27, 2025): Pub. Ch. 476.

Sponsors

Primary sponsor: Elaine Davis (Republican).