Colorado · 2025 First Extraordinary Session · Bill
SB 3: Healthy School Meals For All
Enacted Official data
- Introduced
- In committee
- Passed one chamber
- Passed both chambers
- Enacted
Last official action: ·Record last updated:
Plain-language summary
SB 3 is a bill introduced in the Colorado Senate on August 21, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Healthy School Meals For All. Primary sponsor: K. Stewart, L. García, K. Wallace, D. Michaelson Jenet. It lists 60 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (August 26, 2025): Sent to the Governor.
Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written
Official summary
Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.
The act amends the ballot title language for the ballot issue concerning increasing taxes annually by $95 million to support the healthy school meals for all program (program) that the secretary of state will submit to the voters at the November 2025 statewide election. The amended ballot title language allows the additional tax revenue authorized by the ballot issue to be spent on supporting access to not just the program but to healthy food for Colorado kids and families.The act also modifies the healthy school meals for all program cash fund (fund), as the fund would exist upon voters approving the ballot issue concerning increasing taxes annually by $95 million to support the program that the secretary of state will submit to the voters at the November 2025 statewide election. The act expands the permissible uses of money in the fund. Specifically, the act allows money in the fund to be used for, among other things, supporting the implementation of the supplemental nutritional assistance program, so long as the program is fully funded first. The act also modifies when money can be expended from the fund so that, beyond providing reimbursements to participating school food authorities and covering the costs of administering the program, money can only be expended from the fund beginning July 1, 2026.APPROVED by Governor August 26, 2025PORTIONS EFFECTIVE August 26, 2025(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
Sponsors
| Name | Role | Party | Chamber | District |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| K. Stewart | Primary sponsor | Not applicable (committee) | — | — |
| L. García | Primary sponsor | Not applicable (committee) | — | — |
| K. Wallace | Primary sponsor | Not applicable (committee) | — | — |
| D. Michaelson Jenet | Primary sponsor | Not applicable (committee) | — | — |
| J. Amabile | Co-sponsor | Not applicable (committee) | — | — |
| J. Bacon | Co-sponsor | Not applicable (committee) | — | — |
| M. Ball | Co-sponsor | Not applicable (committee) | — | — |
| S. Bird | Co-sponsor | Not applicable (committee) | — | — |
| A. Boesenecker | Co-sponsor | Not applicable (committee) | — | — |
| J. Bridges | Co-sponsor | Not applicable (committee) | — | — |
| K. Brown | Co-sponsor | Not applicable (committee) | — | — |
| S. Camacho | Co-sponsor | Not applicable (committee) | — | — |
| M. Carter | Co-sponsor | Not applicable (committee) | — | — |
| C. Clifford | Co-sponsor | Not applicable (committee) | — | — |
| J. Coleman | Co-sponsor | Not applicable (committee) | — | — |
| L. Cutter | Co-sponsor | Not applicable (committee) | — | — |
| J. Danielson | Co-sponsor | Not applicable (committee) | — | — |
| L. Daugherty | Co-sponsor | Not applicable (committee) | — | — |
| M. Duran | Co-sponsor | Not applicable (committee) | — | — |
| R. English | Co-sponsor | Not applicable (committee) | — | — |
| C. Espenoza | Co-sponsor | Not applicable (committee) | — | — |
| T. Exum | Co-sponsor | Not applicable (committee) | — | — |
| M. Froelich | Co-sponsor | Not applicable (committee) | — | — |
| L. Gilchrist | Co-sponsor | Not applicable (committee) | — | — |
| J. Gonzales | Co-sponsor | Not applicable (committee) | — | — |
| E. Hamrick | Co-sponsor | Not applicable (committee) | — | — |
| N. Hinrichsen | Co-sponsor | Not applicable (committee) | — | — |
| J. Jackson | Co-sponsor | Not applicable (committee) | — | — |
| I. Jodeh | Co-sponsor | Not applicable (committee) | — | — |
| J. Joseph | Co-sponsor | Not applicable (committee) | — | — |
| C. Kipp | Co-sponsor | Not applicable (committee) | — | — |
| C. Kolker | Co-sponsor | Not applicable (committee) | — | — |
| S. Lieder | Co-sponsor | Not applicable (committee) | — | — |
| M. Lindsay | Co-sponsor | Not applicable (committee) | — | — |
| W. Lindstedt | Co-sponsor | Not applicable (committee) | — | — |
| M. Lukens | Co-sponsor | Not applicable (committee) | — | — |
| J. Mabrey | Co-sponsor | Not applicable (committee) | — | — |
| J. Marchman | Co-sponsor | Not applicable (committee) | — | — |
| M. Martinez | Co-sponsor | Not applicable (committee) | — | — |
| T. Mauro | Co-sponsor | Not applicable (committee) | — | — |
| J. McCluskie | Co-sponsor | Not applicable (committee) | — | — |
| K. McCormick | Co-sponsor | Not applicable (committee) | — | — |
| K. Mullica | Co-sponsor | Not applicable (committee) | — | — |
| A. Paschal | Co-sponsor | Not applicable (committee) | — | — |
| J. Phillips | Co-sponsor | Not applicable (committee) | — | — |
| N. Ricks | Co-sponsor | Not applicable (committee) | — | — |
| D. Roberts | Co-sponsor | Not applicable (committee) | — | — |
| R. Rodriguez | Co-sponsor | Not applicable (committee) | — | — |
| M. Rutinel | Co-sponsor | Not applicable (committee) | — | — |
| G. Rydin | Co-sponsor | Not applicable (committee) | — | — |
| E. Sirota | Co-sponsor | Not applicable (committee) | — | — |
| L. Smith | Co-sponsor | Not applicable (committee) | — | — |
| M. Snyder | Co-sponsor | Not applicable (committee) | — | — |
| R. Stewart | Co-sponsor | Not applicable (committee) | — | — |
| T. Story | Co-sponsor | Not applicable (committee) | — | — |
| T. Sullivan | Co-sponsor | Not applicable (committee) | — | — |
| B. Titone | Co-sponsor | Not applicable (committee) | — | — |
| A. Valdez | Co-sponsor | Not applicable (committee) | — | — |
| E. Velasco | Co-sponsor | Not applicable (committee) | — | — |
| M. Weissman | Co-sponsor | Not applicable (committee) | — | — |
| J. Willford | Co-sponsor | Not applicable (committee) | — | — |
| F. Winter | Co-sponsor | Not applicable (committee) | — | — |
| S. Woodrow | Co-sponsor | Not applicable (committee) | — | — |
| Y. Zokaie | Co-sponsor | Not applicable (committee) | — | — |
“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.
Recent official actions
- Sent to the Governor
- Governor Signed
- Signed by the President of the Senate
- Signed by the Speaker of the House
- House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments
- House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments
- Introduced In House - Assigned to Health & Human Services
- House Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole
- Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Health & Human Services
- Senate Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole
- Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee