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Indiana · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

SB 277: Indiana grown produce for students 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

SB 277 is a bill introduced in the Indiana Senate on January 13, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Indiana grown produce for students program. Primary sponsor: Shelli Yoder (Democratic). Most recent recorded action (January 13, 2025): Authored by Senator Yoder.

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.

Establishes the Indiana grown produce for students program (program) to improve the nutrition and eating habits for children through the school setting while investing in the state's agricultural and related food business economy. Establishes the Indiana grown produce for students fund (fund) to provide grants to eligible schools for the reimbursement of certain expenses. Provides that an eligible school may receive a total grant amount based on the number of meals served by the eligible school during the previous school year. Requires the department of education to: (1) develop guidelines to award grants from the fund; (2) work in collaboration with the Indiana state department of agriculture to assist eligible schools in sourcing Indiana grown produce for the purposes of the program; and (3) submit an annual report concerning the program to the legislative council.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Shelli YoderPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate40

“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. Authored by Senator Yoder
  2. First reading: referred to Committee on Agriculture

Sources

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