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Delaware · 153rd General Assembly (2025-2026) · Bill

HB 125: AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE FREE SCHOOL MEALS PROGRAM.

In committee Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

HB 125 is a bill introduced in the Delaware House on March 13, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE FREE SCHOOL MEALS PROGRAM. Primary sponsor: Rae Moore (Democratic), Tizzy Lockman (Democratic). It lists 8 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (April 17, 2025): Assigned to Appropriations Committee in House.

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Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

This Act builds on House Substitute 2 for House Bill No. 125, enacted by the 152nd General Assembly, which extended free meals to students eligible for a reduced-price meal under federal law. This Act expands the availability of free meals by making them available to all public school students attending schools participating in the federal School Breakfast Program or National School Lunch Program. This Act requires public schools participating in the School Breakfast Program to make available free breakfasts to all attending students, regardless of household income. This Act also requires public schools participating in the National School Lunch Program to make available free lunches to all attending students, regardless of household income. This Act requires the Department of Education to reimburse schools for costs of eligible meals not reimbursed by the United States Department of Agriculture under the School Breakfast Program and National School Lunch Program. This Act adds definitions for breakfast, lunch, and eligible meal. This Act also removes the provision about the requirement for meals to follow the meal pattern requirements under the School Breakfast Program and the National School Lunch Program because the definitions of breakfast and lunch now include that requirement by reference to federal law. This Act takes effect 30 days following the date of publication in the Register of Regulations of a notice from the Controller General that funds have been appropriated to implement the provisions of this Act. This Act also makes technical corrections to conform existing law to the standards of the Delaware Legislative Drafting Manual.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 10

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Rae MoorePrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse8
Tizzy LockmanPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate3
Frank BurnsCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse21
Bill BushCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse29
Larry LambertCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse7
Melanie Ross LevinCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse10
Eric MorrisonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse27
DeShanna NealCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse13
Sophie PhillipsCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse18
Madinah Wilson-AntonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse26

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Assigned to Appropriations Committee in House
  2. Reported Out of Committee (Education) in House with 7 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits
  3. Amendment HA 1 to HB 125 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
  4. Amendment HA 2 to HB 125 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
  5. Not Worked in Committee
  6. Introduced and Assigned to Education Committee in House

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source