Added by Stats. 2025, Ch. 467, Sec. 8. (AB 1264) Effective January 1, 2026. Inoperative August 1, 2033, by its own provisions. Repealed as of January 1, 2034, by its own provisions.
(a)On or before July 1, 2028, and on or before July 1 of each year thereafter through July 1, 2032, the department, in consultation with the State Department of Education and using information reported pursuant to Section 104665, shall submit to the Legislature a written report containing all of the following information:
(1)A summary and analysis of information reported pursuant to Section 104665 for the prior year.
(2)A summary and analysis of the progress of the restricted school foods and ultraprocessed foods of concern phaseout required by this article.
(3)Estimates of the amount of foods that are not
ultraprocessed food items and are sold or served to pupils on campus during the schoolday in elementary, middle, and high schools.
(4)Estimates of the portion of the average elementary school, middle school, and high school student’s school food intake, in calories, that is composed of ultraprocessed foods.
(5)A strategy for reducing the consumption of ultraprocessed foods, restricted school foods, and ultraprocessed foods of concern in schools.
(6)Analysis of the feasibility of reducing the sale or service of ultraprocessed foods, restricted school foods, and ultraprocessed foods of concern in schools.
(7)Any actions the department or the State Department of Education plans to take regarding restricted school foods and ultraprocessed foods of
concern.
(8)Recommendations for state and local legislative actions that could reduce the consumption of restricted school foods and ultraprocessed foods of concern in schools.
(b)A report to be submitted to the Legislature pursuant to subdivision (a) shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.
(c)The department shall annually submit the report prepared pursuant to subdivision (a) to the Governor.
(d)The department shall make the report prepared pursuant to subdivision (a) publicly available on its internet website.
This section shall become inoperative on August 1, 2033, and, as of January 1, 2034, is repealed.
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