Bill Summary for Bill Number SB05-197

Final
BILL SUMMARY for SB05-197

HOUSE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION

Votes:

Action Taken:

Refer Senate Bill 05-197 to the Committee of the W

PASS

01:41 PM -- Senate Bill 05-197

The meeting was called to order by the chairman, Representative Merrifield.

01:41 PM

Representative Cloer reviewed the provisions of Senate Bill 05-197, concerning the provision of healthy nutrition alternatives in public schools. Representative Penry and Representative White asked Representative Cloer about the changes that the bill would make to current law and what would be required of school districts.

01:46 PM

The following persons testified:

01:46 PM -- Jane Urschel, representing the Colorado Association of School Boards, testified in opposition to the bill. She raised concerns about the mandates that the bill would place on school districts, which could be more stringent on school districts than soon-to-be-implemented federal requirements.

01:51 PM

Ms. Urschel responded to questions from committee members regarding the federal requirements.

01:52 PM -- Cindy French, representing the Colorado Dairy Farmers, testified in support of the bill. She distributed a hand-out (Attachment A).

01:55 PM -- Dick Brown, representing the Colorado Beverage Association, provided additional information on the bill. He said that the Colorado Beverage Association had taken no position on the bill. He distributed a hand-out entitled "Beverages in School Programs." (Attachment B).

02:01 PM

Mr. Brown responded to questions about research that may have been done on this issue.

02:02 PM -- Terry Curra, representing Committee on Progress on School Nutrition, testified in support of the bill. She indicated that the committee represents a wide coalition of interests, including health providers. She provided a hand-out (Attachment C).

02:09 PM -- Becky Creighton, representing herself as a parent, testified in support of the bill. She stated that she thought that the mandate in the bill was appropriate.

02:13 PM -- Nancy Fairclough, representing herself as a parent and a nutritionist, testified in support of the bill. She said that she is comfortable that the bill does not go too far in mandating what students may eat.

02:17 PM -- Erin Bertoli, representing the American Heart Association, testified in support of the bill.

02:19 PM -- Cindy Aaron, representing herself, testified in support of the bill (Attachment D). She discussed the involvement of food marketers in what is offered in school vending machines.

2:25 PM

Representative Cloer made final comments on the bill. He responded to additional questions about the monitoring of school vending machines in schools.


BILL:	SB05-197
TIME:	02:35:30 PM
MOVED:	Paccione
MOTION:	Refer Senate Bill 05-197 to the Committee of the Whole with favorable recommendation. The motion passed on a 8-4-1 roll call vote.
SECONDED:	Todd
		VOTE
	Balmer	No
	Benefield	Yes
	King	No
	Larson	Yes
	McKinley	Yes
	Penry	No
	Pommer	Yes
	Rose	Yes
	Solano	Excused
	Todd	Yes
	White	No
	Paccione	Yes
	Merrifield	Yes
Final YES: 8 NO: 4 EXC: 1 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS