Bill Text: TX HB625 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to a halal food option for breakfast and lunch programs provided by public schools.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-11-12 - Filed [HB625 Detail]
Download: Texas-2025-HB625-Introduced.html
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| By: Lalani | H.B. No. 625 | |
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| relating to a halal food option for breakfast and lunch programs | ||
| provided by public schools. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter Z, Chapter 33, Education Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 33.914 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 33.914. HALAL BREAKFAST AND LUNCH OPTION. (a) In this | ||
| section, "halal" has the meaning assigned by Section 17.881, | ||
| Business & Commerce Code. | ||
| (b) On request by a student or the parent or person standing | ||
| in parental relation to the student, a school district or | ||
| open-enrollment charter school shall provide a halal option to the | ||
| student for any breakfast or lunch program provided by the district | ||
| or school. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2025-2026 | ||
| school year. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
| a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
| provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
| Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
| Act takes effect September 1, 2025. | ||
