Texas legislation · 89th Legislature Regular Session
Texas SB379: Relating to prohibiting the purchase of sweetened drinks and candy under the supplemental nutrition assistance program.
Status: Signed into law, June 20, 2025
What the bill says
An act relating to prohibiting the purchase of sweetened drinks and candy under the supplemental nutrition assistance program.
From the enrolled text, June 1, 2025:
AN ACT relating to prohibiting the purchase of sweetened drinks and candy under the supplemental nutrition assistance program. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 33, Human Resources Code, is amended by adding Section 33.031 to read as follows: [ADDED: Sec.][ADDED: ][ADDED: 33.031.][ADDED: ][ADDED: ][ADDED: PURCHASE OF SWEETENED DRINKS AND CANDY ] [ADDED: PROHIBITED UNDER SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. (a) ] [ADDED: In this section, "sweetened drink" means a nonalcoholic beverage ] [ADDED: made with water that contains five grams or more of added sugar or ] [ADDED: any amount of artificial sweeteners. The term does not include a ] [ADDED: beverage that contains:] [] [ or] [ADDED: (3)][ADDED: ][ADDED: ][ADDED: more than 50 percent of vegetable or fruit juice by ] [ADDED: volume.] [ADDED: (b)][ADDED: ][ADDED: ][ADDED: A recipient of supplemental nutrition assistance ] [ADDED: program benefits may not use those benefits to purchase:] [ or] [ADDED: (2)][ADDED: ][ADDED: ][ADDED: candy ordinarily packaged and sold for consumption ] [ADDED: without further preparation.] SECTION 2. If before implementing any provision of this Act a state agency determines that a waiver or authorization from a federal agency is necessary for implementation of that provision, the agency affected by the provision shall request the waiver or authorization and may delay implementing that provision …
Sponsors
- Mayes Middleton (R) · primary sponsor
- Bob Hall (R, SD-002)
- Bryan Hughes (R, SD-001)
- Lois Kolkhorst (R, SD-018)
- Angela Paxton (R, SD-008)
- Charles Schwertner (R, SD-005)
- Kevin Sparks (R, SD-031)
- Stan Gerdes (R, HD-017)
- Jeff Barry (R, HD-029)
- Cecil Bell (R, HD-003)
- Keith Bell (R, HD-004)
- Ben Bumgarner (R, HD-063)
Latest actions
- : Effective on 9/1/25
- : Signed by the Governor
- : Sent to the Governor
- : Signed in the House
- : Signed in the Senate
- : Reported enrolled
- : House adopts conf. comm. report-reported
- : Senate adopts conf. comm. report-reported
- : Record vote
- : Senate adopts conference committee report
Votes
- Human Services Committee Vote (Out of committee): 9 yea, 2 nay, passed
- Health & Human Services Committee Vote (Out of committee): 5 yea, 2 nay, passed
- Senate adopts conference committee report (May 31, 2025): 22 yea, 9 nay, passed
- Record vote RV#4118 RV#4118 (May 31, 2025): 84 yea, 45 nay, passed
- Record vote RV#4118 (May 31, 2025): 84 yea, 45 nay, passed
- Record vote RV#4027 (May 23, 2025): 130 yea, 2 nay, passed
Subjects: Human Services--Food Programs, FOOD
Common questions
- What is SB379?
- SB379 is a bill in the Texas Legislature (89th Legislature Regular Session): Relating to prohibiting the purchase of sweetened drinks and candy under the supplemental nutrition assistance program.
- What does SB379 do?
- In its own words: An act relating to prohibiting the purchase of sweetened drinks and candy under the supplemental nutrition assistance program.
- What is the status of SB379?
- Signed into law as of June 20, 2025. Latest action: Effective on 9/1/25 (June 20, 2025).
- Who sponsored SB379?
- Mayes Middleton (R), with 11 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for SB379?
- On the Texas Legislature website: https://capitol.texas.gov/BillLookup/History.aspx?LegSess=89R&Bill=SB00379
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