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HB 1131 — An Act amending the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), known as the Public School Code of 1949, in school health services, providing for prohibited substances in competitive foods.

Congress · introduced 2025-04-21

Latest action: — Referred to CONSUMER PROTECTION, TECHNOLOGY AND UTILITIES, April 21, 2025

Sponsors

Action timeline

  1. · house — Referred to CONSUMER PROTECTION, TECHNOLOGY AND UTILITIES, April 21, 2025

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Bill text

Printer's No. 1416 · 2,633 characters · source document

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PRINTER'S NO.   1416

                     THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA



                         HOUSE BILL
                         No. 1131
                                               Session of
                                                 2025

     INTRODUCED BY MIHALEK, SHUSTERMAN, ROWE, SCIALABBA, O'MARA,
        MAJOR, FLEMING, HOGAN, WARNER, KAIL, LABS, LEADBETER, GLEIM,
        BOROWSKI, BENHAM, METZGAR, SAPPEY, PICKETT, GIRAL, SANCHEZ,
        KULIK, NEILSON, KAUFFMAN, OTTEN, KAZEEM, KOZAK, RIVERA,
        GREEN, KERWIN, HAMM, COOPER, BANTA AND PUGH, APRIL 21, 2025

     REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON CONSUMER PROTECTION, TECHNOLOGY AND
        UTILITIES, APRIL 21, 2025


                                    AN ACT
 1   Amending the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), entitled "An
 2      act relating to the public school system, including certain
 3      provisions applicable as well to private and parochial
 4      schools; amending, revising, consolidating and changing the
 5      laws relating thereto," in school health services, providing
 6      for prohibited substances in competitive foods.
 7      The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
 8   hereby enacts as follows:
 9      Section 1.    The act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), known
10   as the Public School Code of 1949, is amended by adding a
11   section to read:
12      Section 1422.4.    Prohibited Substances in Competitive
13   Foods.--(a)   A public school may not sell or offer a competitive
14   food on school grounds during the school day if the competitive
15   food contains any of the following substances:
16      (1)   Blue 1 (CAS 3844-45-9).
17      (2)   Blue 2 (CAS 860-22-0).
18      (3)   Green 3 (CAS 2353-45-9).
 1      (4)   Red 40 (CAS 25956-17-6).
 2      (5)   Yellow 5 (CAS 1934-21-0).
 3      (6)   Yellow 6 (CAS 2783-94-0).
 4      (b)   As used in this section, the following words and phrases
 5   shall have the meanings given to them in this subsection unless
 6   the context clearly indicates otherwise:
 7      "CAS" means the unique accession number assigned by the
 8   Chemical Abstracts Service, a division of the American Chemical
 9   Society, as of the effective date of this section, to a
10   substance.
11      "Competitive food" means a food offered or sold in
12   competition with reimbursable meals served under the National
13   School Lunch or School Breakfast Program.
14      "School day" has the same meaning as provided in section
15   1326.
16      Section 2.   This act shall take effect July 1, 2027.




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Inbound (44)

datefromtypeamountrolesource
2025-04-21Jamie Walshcosponsor_of_bill—cosponsorsponsorship
2025-04-21Ryan Warnercosponsor_of_bill—cosponsorsponsorship
2025-04-21Jacob D. Bantacosponsor_of_bill—cosponsorsponsorship
2025-04-21Jessica Benhamcosponsor_of_bill—cosponsorsponsorship
2025-04-21Lisa A. Borowskicosponsor_of_bill—cosponsorsponsorship
2025-04-21Jill N. Coopercosponsor_of_bill—cosponsorsponsorship
2025-04-21Wendy Finkcosponsor_of_bill—cosponsorsponsorship
2025-04-21Justin C. Flemingcosponsor_of_bill—cosponsorsponsorship
2025-04-21Jose Giralcosponsor_of_bill—cosponsorsponsorship
2025-04-21Barbara Gleimcosponsor_of_bill—cosponsorsponsorship
2025-04-21G. Roni Greencosponsor_of_bill—cosponsorsponsorship
2025-04-21Joe Hammcosponsor_of_bill—cosponsorsponsorship
2025-04-21Joe Hogancosponsor_of_bill—cosponsorsponsorship
2025-04-21Joshua D. Kailcosponsor_of_bill—cosponsorsponsorship
2025-04-21Rob W. Kauffmancosponsor_of_bill—cosponsorsponsorship
2025-04-21Carol Kazeemcosponsor_of_bill—cosponsorsponsorship
2025-04-21Joe Kerwincosponsor_of_bill—cosponsorsponsorship
2025-04-21Emily Kinkeadcosponsor_of_bill—cosponsorsponsorship
2025-04-21Roman Kozakcosponsor_of_bill—cosponsorsponsorship
2025-04-21Anita ASTORINO Kulikcosponsor_of_bill—cosponsorsponsorship
2025-04-21Shelby Labscosponsor_of_bill—cosponsorsponsorship
2025-04-21Robert Leadbetercosponsor_of_bill—cosponsorsponsorship
2025-04-21Abby Majorcosponsor_of_bill—cosponsorsponsorship
2025-04-21Carl WALKER Metzgarcosponsor_of_bill—cosponsorsponsorship
2025-04-21Marci Mustellocosponsor_of_bill—cosponsorsponsorship
2025-04-21Ed Neilsoncosponsor_of_bill—cosponsorsponsorship
2025-04-21Jennifer O'Maracosponsor_of_bill—cosponsorsponsorship
2025-04-21Danielle Friel Ottencosponsor_of_bill—cosponsorsponsorship
2025-04-21Tina Pickettcosponsor_of_bill—cosponsorsponsorship
2025-04-21Tarah Probstcosponsor_of_bill—cosponsorsponsorship
2025-04-21Brenda M. Pughcosponsor_of_bill—cosponsorsponsorship
2025-04-21Nikki Riveracosponsor_of_bill—cosponsorsponsorship
2025-04-21David H. Rowecosponsor_of_bill—cosponsorsponsorship
2025-04-21Alec J. Ryncavagecosponsor_of_bill—cosponsorsponsorship
2025-04-21Benjamin V. Sanchezcosponsor_of_bill—cosponsorsponsorship
2025-04-21Christina D. Sappeycosponsor_of_bill—cosponsorsponsorship
2025-04-21Jeremy Shaffercosponsor_of_bill—cosponsorsponsorship
2025-04-21Melissa L. Shustermancosponsor_of_bill—cosponsorsponsorship
2025-04-21Jared G. Solomoncosponsor_of_bill—cosponsorsponsorship
2025-04-21Mandy Steelecosponsor_of_bill—cosponsorsponsorship
2025-04-21Paul Takaccosponsor_of_bill—cosponsorsponsorship
2025-04-21Kathleen C. Tomlinsoncosponsor_of_bill—cosponsorsponsorship
2025-04-21David H. Zimmermancosponsor_of_bill—cosponsorsponsorship
2025-04-21Natalie Mihaleksponsor_of_bill—sponsorsponsorship

Outbound (1)

datetypetoamountrolesource
—referred_to_committeePennsylvania House Consumer Protection, Technology And Utilities Committee—pa-leg

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Every typed relationship touching this entity — 45 edges across 2 categories. Grouped by what the connection is; the heaviest few are shown, with a link to the full list.

Committees

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Legislation

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Who matters

Members ranked by combined influence on this bill: role (sponsor 5 / cosponsor 1), capped speech count from the Congressional Record, and recorded-vote engagement.

#MemberRoleSpeechesVotedScore
1Natalie Mihalek (R, state_lower PA-40)sponsor0—5
2Abby Major (R, state_lower PA-60)cosponsor0—1
3Alec J. Ryncavage (R, state_lower PA-119)cosponsor0—1
4Anita ASTORINO Kulik (D, state_lower PA-45)cosponsor0—1
5Barbara Gleim (R, state_lower PA-199)cosponsor0—1
6Benjamin V. Sanchez (D, state_lower PA-153)cosponsor0—1
7Brenda M. Pugh (R, state_lower PA-120)cosponsor0—1
8Carl WALKER Metzgar (R, state_lower PA-69)cosponsor0—1
9Carol Kazeem (D, state_lower PA-159)cosponsor0—1
10Christina D. Sappey (D, state_lower PA-158)cosponsor0—1
11Danielle Friel Otten (D, state_lower PA-155)cosponsor0—1
12David H. Rowe (R, state_lower PA-85)cosponsor0—1
13David H. Zimmerman (R, state_lower PA-99)cosponsor0—1
14Ed Neilson (D, state_lower PA-174)cosponsor0—1
15Emily Kinkead (D, state_lower PA-20)cosponsor0—1
16G. Roni Green (D, state_lower PA-190)cosponsor0—1
17Jacob D. Banta (R, state_lower PA-4)cosponsor0—1
18Jamie Walsh (R, state_lower PA-117)cosponsor0—1
19Jared G. Solomon (D, state_lower PA-202)cosponsor0—1
20Jennifer O'Mara (D, state_lower PA-165)cosponsor0—1
21Jeremy Shaffer (R, state_lower PA-28)cosponsor0—1
22Jessica Benham (D, state_lower PA-36)cosponsor0—1
23Jill N. Cooper (R, state_lower PA-55)cosponsor0—1
24Joe Hamm (R, state_lower PA-84)cosponsor0—1
25Joe Hogan (R, state_lower PA-142)cosponsor0—1

Predicted vote

Aggregated from: actual roll-call votes (when present) → sponsor → cosponsor → party median (predicts YES when ≥25% of the caucus sponsored/cosponsored). Each row labels its confidence tier so you can see why a position was predicted.

0 predicted yes (0%) · 543 predicted no (100%) · 0 unknown (0%)

By party: · R: 0 yes / 277 no · D: 0 yes / 263 no · I: 0 yes / 3 no

Activity

Every typed-graph event involving this entity, newest first. Each row is one edge in the influence graph; click the date to jump to its provenance.

  1. 2026-05-20 · was referred to Pennsylvania House Consumer Protection, Technology And Utilities Committee · pa-leg
  2. 2025-04-21 · cosponsored by Jacob D. Banta (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  3. 2025-04-21 · cosponsored by Tarah Probst (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  4. 2025-04-21 · cosponsored by Mandy Steele (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  5. 2025-04-21 · cosponsored by Joshua D. Kail (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  6. 2025-04-21 · cosponsored by Melissa L. Shusterman (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  7. 2025-04-21 · sponsored by Natalie Mihalek (sponsor) · sponsorship
  8. 2025-04-21 · cosponsored by Kathleen C. Tomlinson (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  9. 2025-04-21 · cosponsored by Shelby Labs (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  10. 2025-04-21 · cosponsored by Robert Leadbeter (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  11. 2025-04-21 · cosponsored by Jeremy Shaffer (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  12. 2025-04-21 · cosponsored by Wendy Fink (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  13. 2025-04-21 · cosponsored by Marci Mustello (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  14. 2025-04-21 · cosponsored by Jamie Walsh (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  15. 2025-04-21 · cosponsored by Benjamin V. Sanchez (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  16. 2025-04-21 · cosponsored by Roman Kozak (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  17. 2025-04-21 · cosponsored by Brenda M. Pugh (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  18. 2025-04-21 · cosponsored by Carl WALKER Metzgar (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  19. 2025-04-21 · cosponsored by Jessica Benham (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  20. 2025-04-21 · cosponsored by Jill N. Cooper (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  21. 2025-04-21 · cosponsored by Nikki Rivera (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  22. 2025-04-21 · cosponsored by Ryan Warner (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  23. 2025-04-21 · cosponsored by Abby Major (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  24. 2025-04-21 · cosponsored by Barbara Gleim (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  25. 2025-04-21 · cosponsored by Carol Kazeem (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  26. 2025-04-21 · cosponsored by Joe Kerwin (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  27. 2025-04-21 · cosponsored by Jared G. Solomon (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  28. 2025-04-21 · cosponsored by Joe Hogan (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  29. 2025-04-21 · cosponsored by Anita ASTORINO Kulik (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  30. 2025-04-21 · cosponsored by David H. Rowe (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  31. 2025-04-21 · cosponsored by Ed Neilson (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  32. 2025-04-21 · cosponsored by Danielle Friel Otten (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  33. 2025-04-21 · cosponsored by Paul Takac (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  34. 2025-04-21 · cosponsored by Emily Kinkead (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  35. 2025-04-21 · cosponsored by Jennifer O'Mara (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  36. 2025-04-21 · cosponsored by Alec J. Ryncavage (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  37. 2025-04-21 · cosponsored by Tina Pickett (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  38. 2025-04-21 · cosponsored by G. Roni Green (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  39. 2025-04-21 · cosponsored by David H. Zimmerman (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  40. 2025-04-21 · cosponsored by Rob W. Kauffman (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  41. 2025-04-21 · cosponsored by Joe Hamm (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  42. 2025-04-21 · cosponsored by Christina D. Sappey (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  43. 2025-04-21 · cosponsored by Jose Giral (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  44. 2025-04-21 · cosponsored by Lisa A. Borowski (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  45. 2025-04-21 · cosponsored by Justin C. Fleming (cosponsor) · sponsorship

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