Mississippi House Bill 494 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: Failed on January 30 2018 - 100% progression
Action: 2018-01-30 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Amend Section 37-13-137, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require The State Board Of Education To Adopt A Regulation Requiring Local School Districts To Provide Low-fat Snacks And Meals To Children Diagnosed By A Physician As Overweight And To Children Whose Parents Request Only Low-fat Snacks And Meals For Their Children; To Require The State Board Of Education To Adopt A Regulation Addressing Food Sales Outside Of The Child Nutrition School Breakfast And Lunch Programs Which Are Made Available At The Discretion Of The Local School District; And For Related Purposes.

School nutrition; require school districts to serve low-fat meals and snacks to students diagnosed as overweight.

Rep. Omeria Scott [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2018-01-30	House	Died In Committee
2018-01-08	House	Referred To Education

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2018/pdf/history/HB/HB0494.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2018/html/HB/0400-0499/HB0494IN.htm