Bill Text: CA SB1138 | 2017-2018 | Regular Session | Introduced

California Senate Bill 1138 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Bill Title: Food options: plant-based meals.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2018-09-18 - Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 512, Statutes of 2018. [SB1138 Detail]

Download: California-2017-SB1138-Introduced.html

CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2017–2018 REGULAR SESSION

Senate Bill

No. 1138

Introduced by Senator Skinner

February 13, 2018

An act relating to nutrition.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

SB 1138, as introduced, Skinner. Healthy food options.

Existing law establishes, until July 1, 2023, the California Healthy Food Financing Initiative for the purpose of supporting access to healthy food for all Californians. Existing law also establishes, within the State Department of Education, the California Fresh Start Pilot Program to provide fresh fruits and vegetables for public school pupils. Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation of certain hospitals by the State Department of Public Health. Existing law provides for the establishment and administration of state prisons and county jails for the confinement of persons who are convicted of crimes.

This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to ensure that pupils in schools, patients in hospitals, and inmates in prisons, that are administered by the state or private entities, are provided with healthy food options, by requiring schools, hospitals, and prisons, that are administered by the state or private entities, to provide plant-based meal options.

Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.

It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to ensure that pupils in schools, patients in hospitals, and inmates in prisons, that are administered by the state or private entities, are provided with healthy food options, which are a central aspect of the management of obesity, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and many other conditions, by requiring schools, hospitals, and prisons, that are administered by the state or private entities, to provide plant-based meal options.