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Texas · 89th Legislature (2025) · Bill

HB 1290: Relating to prohibiting certain food additives from being included in free or reduced-price meals provided by school districts.

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 1290 is a bill introduced in the Texas House on November 13, 2024. According to its official title, it concerns: Relating to prohibiting certain food additives from being included in free or reduced-price meals provided by school districts. Primary sponsor: Caroline Harris Davila (Republican), Carrie Isaac (Republican), Lacey Hull (Republican), Helen Kerwin (Republican), Diego Bernal (Democratic). It lists 13 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (May 9, 2025): Laid on the table subject to call.

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

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 2 · Republican 15

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Caroline Harris DavilaPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse52
Carrie IsaacPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse73
Lacey HullPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse138
Helen KerwinPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse58
Diego BernalPrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse123
Daniel AldersCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse6
CookCo-sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
James FrankCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse69
Stan GerdesCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse17
Andy HopperCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse64
Jeff LeachCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse67
Claudia OrdazCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse79
Keresa RichardsonCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse61
Alan SchoolcraftCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse44
Joanne ShofnerCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse11
Valoree SwansonCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse150
Ellen TroxclairCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse19
Cody VasutCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse25

“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. Laid on the table subject to call
  2. Companion considered in lieu of
  3. Placed on General State Calendar
  4. Considered in Calendars
  5. Committee report sent to Calendars
  6. Committee report distributed
  7. Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
  8. Reported favorably as substituted
  9. Committee substitute considered in committee
  10. Considered in public hearing
  11. Left pending in committee
  12. Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee

Showing 12 most recent of 17 actions. Full history

Sources

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