Gov. Greg Abbott signed more than 1,100 bills into law before the Sunday midnight deadline, with one of those being legislation aiming to “Make Texas Healthy Again.”
Senate Bill (SB) 25, one of Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick’s legislative priorities, was authored by Sen. Lois Kolkhorst (R-Brenham) to make fundamental changes to how food products in Texas are labeled, as well as enhance nutrition education.
The new law, which is set to go into effect on September 1, creates a requirement that Texas public schools include “nutrition instruction based on nutritional guidelines recommended by the Texas Nutrition Advisory Committee” for kindergarten through eighth grade. Additionally, Texas colleges will now be required to provide students with the opportunity to take a course of instruction in nutrition education, including mandating medical students or “other majors related to health care service” to complete nutrition curricula.
