Utah legislation · 2026 General Session
Utah SB320: School-based Food Pantry Amendments
Status: Failed, March 6, 2026
This bill addresses foods available at a public school.
What the bill says
From the introduced text, February 23, 2026:
0 School-based Food Pantry Amendments 2026 GENERAL SESSION STATE OF UTAH Chief Sponsor: Emily Buss House Sponsor: LONG TITLE General Description: This bill addresses foods available at a public school. Highlighted Provisions: This bill: - defines terms; - exempts foods made available for distribution from a school-based food pantry (pantry), including a teen center, from lawful presence verification requirements for receipt of a food item from the pantry; and - makes technical and conforming changes. Money Appropriated in this Bill: None Other Special Clauses: None Utah Code Sections Affected: AMENDS: 53G-9-205.2 , as enacted by Laws of Utah 2025, Chapter 466 ENACTS: 53G-7-228 , Utah Code Annotated 1953 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah: Section 1. Section 53G-7-228 is enacted to read: 53G-7-228 . After school food program. (1) As used in this section: (a) (i) "School based food pantry" means a location within or near a public school that distributes food for students and families to consume outside of a school day. (ii) "School-based food pantry" includes a teen center located within a public school. (b) "Teen center" means a location within a public school that provides a student with support services, including access to a food pantry. (2) If an LEA participates as a distribution point for a school-based food pantry, the LEA …
Sponsors
- Buss, Emily (I, 11) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : Senate/ filed
- : Senate/ strike enacting clause
- : Senate/ comm rpt/ sent to Rules
- : Senate Comm - Recommends Returned to Rules
- : Senate/ to standing committee
- : Senate/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- : LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for SB0320
- : LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for SB0320
- : Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- : Senate/ received bill from Legislative Research
Subjects: Education, Economic Development, K-12 Education, Public Assistance, School Districts, Workforce Services
Common questions
- What is SB320?
- SB320 is a bill in the Utah Legislature (2026 General Session): School-based Food Pantry Amendments.
- What does SB320 do?
- This bill addresses foods available at a public school.
- What is the status of SB320?
- Failed as of March 6, 2026. Latest action: Senate/ filed (March 6, 2026).
- Who sponsored SB320?
- Buss, Emily (I, 11).
- Where is the official record for SB320?
- On the Utah Legislature website: https://le.utah.gov/~2026/bills/static/SB0320.html
Source: official Utah record. Tracked by Delilah, AI for legislation across all 50 states and Congress.