Bill Title: Enacts the "making equitable and alternative lunches (MEAL) act"; requires a public school to offer a plant-based food option, a halal food option and a kosher food option as an alternative to every meal or snack offered in food service to any student who chooses such alternative meal or snack as an option.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2025-01-08 - referred to education [A01087 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

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Sponsors

Name	Type	Contact	Phone	District	Sponsorship	State Profile	Financial	Encyclopedia	Biography
Assemblymember Chantel Jackson [D]	Primary	Email	518-455-5272	HD-079	Sponsored Bills	State Profile	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Assemblymember David Weprin [D]	Cosponsor	Email	518-455-5806	HD-024	Sponsored Bills	State Profile	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Assemblymember Maryjane Shimsky [D]	Cosponsor	Email	518-455-5753	HD-092	Sponsored Bills	State Profile	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Assemblymember Alicia Hyndman [D]	Cosponsor	Email	518-455-4451	HD-029	Sponsored Bills	State Profile	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart

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