Skip to Navigation | Skip to Main Content | Skip to Site Map

MyFloridaHouse.gov | Mobile Site

Senate Tracker: Sign Up | Login

The Florida Senate

HB 521: School Food and Nutrition Services

GENERAL BILL by Webb ; Williams ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Antone ; Bell ; Brown ; Gottlieb ; Mercado

School Food and Nutrition Services; Provides tax credits for certain farmers; revises rate of reimbursement & allocation of funds relating to free & reduced-price meals; removes exemption from requirement to implement free breakfast meals; provides funds for certain breakfast meals; authorizes school districts to use share tables; directs DACS, in collaboration with DOH, to distribute share table information; requires school districts to implement specified practices; directs DACS to create specified campaign, allocate additional reimbursements for school meals, conduct food access study, & develop Florida Gleaning Support Grant Program; provides appropriations; authorizes DACS to contract with third-party vendor & to adopt rules. APPROPRIATION: $1,650,000

Effective Date: 7/1/2020
Last Action: 3/14/2020 House - Died in Ways and Means Committee
Bill Text: PDF

Expand All Collapse All

  • Bill History

    Date Chamber Action
    11/4/2019 House • Filed
    11/15/2019 House • Referred to Ways and Means Committee; State Affairs Committee; Appropriations Committee -HJ 44
    1/14/2020 House • Introduced -HJ 44
    3/14/2020 House • Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
    • Died in Ways and Means Committee

    Top of SectionTop of Page

  • HB 521, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 11/4/2019 at 3:51 PM

    Bill Text:   PDF
    Analyses:   None

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    S 1526 Food Donation Programs Albritton Similar Last Action: 3/14/2020 S Died in Agriculture

    Citations - Statutes (7)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    220.192 Page 2 (pdf)
    595.402 Definitions. Page 4 (pdf)
    595.404 School food and other nutrition programs; powers and duties of the department. Page 6 (pdf)
    595.405 School nutrition program requirements. Page 7 (pdf)
    595.406 Florida Farm to School Program. Page 9 (pdf)
    595.422 Page 10 (pdf)
    595.801 Page 10 (pdf)

    Top of SectionTop of Page