HB5507 - 104th General Assembly (2025-2026)

FOOD REFORM-STUDENT HEALTH
Last Action
3/26/2026 - House: Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
Hearings
Public Health Committee Hearing Apr 9 2026 8:00AM Capitol Building Room 122 Springfield, IL - House Floor Amendment 1
Statutes Amended In Order of Appearance
New Act  
Synopsis As Introduced
Creates the Food Reform to Ensure Student Health Act. Requires each school district in the State to begin to eliminate ultraprocessed foods of concern and restricted school foods by July 1, 2029. Provides that, beginning July 1, 2032, a vendor may not offer to a school either an ultraprocessed food of concern or a restricted school food. Requires food vendors to report to the Department of Public Health certain information about ultraprocessed foods of concern and restricted school foods that they have sold to schools. Requires the Department, in consultation with the State Board of Education, to submit to the General Assembly and Governor annual summary reports of the data submitted to it by food vendors. Directs the Department to post these reports on its website. Requires the Department of Public Health to adopt rules establishing definitions of the terms "ultraprocessed foods of concern" and "restricted school foods" for purposes of these requirements. Requires the Department to review those rules and, if needed, update them every 5 years. Requires the Department to consult with the State Board of Education and to provide compliance training for school food service and procurement staff. Describes the topics to be covered by the Department in the training. Provides for the repeal of the Act on January 1, 2034. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement.
Actions
DateChamberAction
2/06/2026HouseFiled with the Clerk by Rep. Sonya M. Harper
2/13/2026HouseFirst Reading
2/13/2026HouseReferred to Rules Committee
3/12/2026HouseAssigned to Public Health Committee
3/26/2026HouseDo Pass / Short Debate Public Health Committee; 006-002-000
3/26/2026HousePlaced on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
4/07/2026HouseHouse Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Sonya M. Harper
4/07/2026HouseHouse Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee
4/08/2026HouseHouse Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Public Health Committee
4/09/2026HouseHouse Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Public Health Committee; 007-002-000
4/09/2026HouseAdded Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael Crawford
4/09/2026HouseAdded Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Anne Stava
4/09/2026HouseAdded Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Lilian Jiménez
4/09/2026HouseAdded Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Yolonda Morris
4/09/2026HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Justin Slaughter
4/09/2026HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. William "Will" Davis
4/09/2026HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Carol Ammons
4/09/2026HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Norma Hernandez
4/09/2026HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Laura Faver Dias
4/09/2026HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Kevin John Olickal
4/09/2026HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Joyce Mason
4/09/2026HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Nabeela Syed
4/09/2026HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Edgar González, Jr.
4/09/2026HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Abdelnasser Rashid
4/09/2026HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Mary Beth Canty
4/09/2026HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Kelly M. Cassidy
4/09/2026HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Diane Blair-Sherlock
4/09/2026HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Nicholas K. Smith
4/09/2026HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Janet Yang Rohr
4/09/2026HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Kevin Schmidt
4/09/2026HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Kimberly Du Buclet
4/09/2026HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Tracy Katz Muhl