North Dakota legislation · 69th Legislative Assembly Special Session
North Dakota HB1627: A BILL for an Act to provide an appropriation to the department of public instruction to provide school meals at no cost to eligible students; and to provide an effective date.
Status: Failed, January 22, 2026
What the bill says
A bill for an Act to provide an appropriation to the department of public instruction to provide school meals at no cost to eligible students; and to provide an effective date.
From the introduced text, January 21, 2026:
A BILL for an Act to provide an appropriation to the department of public instruction to provide school meals at no cost to eligible students; and to provide an effective date. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF NORTH DAKOTA: SECTION 1. APPROPRIATION - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION - GRANTS FOR SCHOOL MEALS. There is appropriated out of any moneys in the general fund in the state treasury, not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $7,000,000, or so much of the sum as may be necessary, to the department of public instruction for the purpose of providing grants to school districts to defray the expenses of providing school meals during the 2026-27 school year at no cost to students enrolled in public or nonpublic school whose household income does not exceed three hundred percent of the federal poverty guidelines, for the biennium beginning July 1, 2025, and ending June 30, 2027. SECTION 2. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act becomes effective on July 1, 2026. Page No. 1 25.1417.01000
Sponsors
- Ty Dressler (R, 36) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : Second reading, failed to pass, yeas 45 nays 48
- : Reported back without recommendation 12 10 1
- : Committee Hearing 01:30
- : Introduced, first reading, referred Joint Appropriations Committee
Votes
- Final Passage (January 22, 2026): 45 yea, 48 nay, failed
Common questions
- What is HB1627?
- HB1627 is a bill in the North Dakota Legislature (69th Legislative Assembly Special Session): A BILL for an Act to provide an appropriation to the department of public instruction to provide school meals at no cost to eligible students; and to provide an effective date.
- What does HB1627 do?
- In its own words: A bill for an Act to provide an appropriation to the department of public instruction to provide school meals at no cost to eligible students; and to provide an effective date.
- What is the status of HB1627?
- Failed as of January 22, 2026. Latest action: Second reading, failed to pass, yeas 45 nays 48 (January 22, 2026).
- Who sponsored HB1627?
- Ty Dressler (R, 36).
- Where is the official record for HB1627?
- On the North Dakota Legislature website: https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/special/bill-overview/bo1627.html
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