West Virginia Senate Bill 37 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3)
Status: Introduced on January 9 2008 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2008-01-09 - To Health and Human Resources
Pending: Senate Health and Human Resources Committee

The purpose of this bill is to prohibit the serving of soft drinks in elementary, middle or junior high schools during the school day; to require high schools selling or serving soft drinks during the school day to sell and make equally accessible to students healthy beverages; to prohibit the sale or serving of soft drinks in high schools during breakfast and lunch periods; to require that the sale of soft drinks and healthy beverages be administered by the West Virginia Department of Education; requiring profits from the sale of healthy beverages to the benefit of the nutrition program; and prohibiting competitive sales of foods and beverages of minimal nutritional value in the food service areas during meal service periods, pursuant to 7 CFR §210.11(2006)

Relating to sale of beverages in public schools

Sen. Dan Foster [D]

Sen. Jon Hunter [D]

Sen. Randy White [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2008-01-09		To Health and Human Resources
2008-01-09		To Health and Human Resources then Education
2008-01-09		Introduced in Senate
2008-01-09		To Health and Human Resources then Education
2008-01-09		Filed for introduction

HB4051 (Similar To) 2010-02-12 - To House Judiciary

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=37&year=2008&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill