SB42Introduced in the Senate
School boards; payment of school meal debt.
Introduced by Danica Roem, District 30
What does this bill do?
Plain-English breakdown
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Official description
Department of Education; impact of requiring each school board to pay unpaid meal balance from uncollectible school meal debts; report. Directs the Department of Education to evaluate and submit to the chairs of the Senate Committees on Finance and Appropriations and Education and Health and the House Committees on Appropriations and Education by November 1, 2026, a report on the impact of requiring each school board, at the end of each school year, to pay for the total unpaid school meal balance on the nonprofit food service account of each public elementary or secondary school in the school division resulting from uncollectible school meal debts on any student account.
Where it stands
Continued to next session in Rules (Voice Vote)
March 6, 2026
How did lawmakers vote?
House of Delegates votes
2 recorded votes · each counted separately
Senate votes
4 recorded votes · each counted separately
House of DelegatesStage: Reported from Education and referred to Rules (16-Y 6-N) · February 25, 2026
16
Yes
6
No
0
Absent or Not Voting
22 delegates recorded in this House of Delegates vote. Colors show vote categories only, not whether a vote was good or bad.
What do people think?
Citizen Voice
How would you vote on this bill?
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See how each delegate voted
| Delegate | District | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Gretchen Bulova | 11 | Yes |
| Briana Sewell | 25 | Yes |
| Atoosa Reaser | 27 | Yes |
| Elizabeth Guzman | 31 | Yes |
| Sam Rasoul | 38 | Yes |
| Madison Whittle | 49 | No |
| Eric Zehr | 51 | No |
| Amy Laufer | 55 | Yes |
| Thomas Garrett | 56 | No |
| Phillip Scott | 63 | No |
Bill history
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26100754D
Referred to Committee on Education and Health
Assigned Education sub: Public Education
Reported from Education and Health and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (13-Y 1-N)
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB42)
Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
Committee substitute printed 26106624D-S1
Rules suspended
Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
Read second time
Courts of Justice Substitute agreed to
Engrossed by Senate committee substitute (Voice Vote)
Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB42)
Placed on Calendar
Read first time
Referred to Committee on Education
Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 2-N)
Reported from Education and referred to Rules (16-Y 6-N)
Assigned HRUL sub: Studies Subcommittee
Subcommittee recommends continuing to (Voice Vote)
Continued to next session in Rules (Voice Vote)
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