BILL · 2021–22 SESSION

SB 5798: Schools/comm. eligibility

Increasing public school participation in the community eligibility provision of the United States department of agriculture.

Summary

Expands mandatory participation in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP), which allows schools with high numbers of low-income students to serve free meals to all students.
Specifies that mandatory participation applies to all public schools, including charter schools and state-tribal compact schools, with an identified student percentage of 40 percent, or lower if permitted by federal law, instead of only schools with students in or below eighth grade and an identified student percentage of at least 62.5 percent.
Requires school districts, to the extent practicable, to group schools to maximize the number of schools eligible to participate in CEP.

From the Senate Bill Report (SB 5798), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee

AN ACT Relating to increasing public school participation in the community eligibility provision of the United States department of agriculture;

No recorded floor votes. This measure never reached a floor vote.

Bill numbers restart every two years, so the same number is a different bill in each session.

SB 5798 (2025–26) Property tax · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5798 (2023–24) Insurance notices · Enacted · Chapter 244, Laws of 2024
SB 5798 (2019–20) Fish barrier removal/taxes · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5798 (2017–18) Rules, yearly expiration · Did not pass · passed Senate, stalled in House
SB 5798 (2015–16) Paying issuers/second-party · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5798 (2013–14) Termination of pregnancy · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5798 (2011–12) Homeowners' associations · Did not pass · passed Senate, stalled in House
SB 5798 (2009–10) Medical marijuana · Enacted · Chapter 284, Laws of 2010