BILL · 2025–26 SESSION

HB 1404: Free school meals

Increasing student access to free meals served at public schools.

Summary

Requires public schools, beginning with the 2026-27 school year, to provide breakfast and lunch each school day to any requesting students, and at no charge to the students.
Extends eligibility provisions for Learning Assistance Program and National Board Certification funding for school districts and schools subject to the meal provision requirements through the 2029-30 school year.
Requires a state reimbursement up to the federal free meal rate for all meals not reimbursed at the federal free meal rate, plus an additional 5 cents per meal.

From the House Bill Analysis 2025 (HB 1404), 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 student access to free meals served at public schools;

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.

HB 1404 (2023–24) State building code council · Did not pass · died in committee
HB 1404 (2021–22) Highly capable student prgs. · Did not pass · died in committee
HB 1404 (2019–20) Streambed impacts study · Did not pass · died in committee
HB 1404 (2017–18) Workforce study/ag., etc. · Did not pass · died in committee
HB 1404 (2015–16) Trans proj/bistate wrk group · Did not pass · died in committee
HB 1404 (2013–14) Alcohol poisoning deaths · Enacted · Chapter 112, Laws of 2013
HB 1404 (2011–12) Local ballot measures · Did not pass · died in committee
HB 1404 (2009–10) State heritage center spaces · Did not pass · died in committee