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

SB 476: 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.

In committee Last action May 27, 2025: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 476

Plain-language summary

SB 476 is a bill introduced in the Tennessee Senate on January 29, 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: Janice Bowling (Republican). Most recent recorded action (May 27, 2025): Comp. became Pub. Ch. 476.

Sponsors

Primary sponsor: Janice Bowling (Republican).