Pennsylvania HB 1768: An Act amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in transfer of State highways, further providing for definitions and for restoration of highways.

Bill Text

PRIOR PRINTER'S NOS. 2177, 2596 PRINTER'S NO. 2638
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 1768
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY BURGOS, FRITZ, KENYATTA, PASHINSKI, McNEILL,
GIRAL, HOHENSTEIN, PIELLI, KHAN, CEPEDA-FREYTIZ, SANCHEZ,
RABB, HADDOCK, BRENNAN, CIRESI, HILL-EVANS, HOWARD, MADDEN,
MALAGARI, NEILSON, FREEMAN, DAVIDSON, DEASY, WARREN, CERRATO,
CURRY, GUZMAN, SCHLOSSBERG, GREEN, PUGH, KINKEAD, HANBIDGE,
BOYD, FRIEL, DOUGHERTY, FRANKEL, TAKAC, K. HARRIS AND MADSEN,
JULY 28, 2025
AS AMENDED ON SECOND CONSIDERATION, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
NOVEMBER 19, 2025
AN ACT
Establishing the Local Food Purchasing Incentive Grant Program,
the Keystone Producer Grant Program, the Keystone Assistance
Grant Program and the Keystone Fresh Farm to School Account;
and imposing duties on the Department of Education and the
Department of Agriculture.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Short title.
This act shall be known and may be cited as the Keystone
Fresh Farm to School Nutrition Act.
Section 2. Findings and declarations.
The General Assembly finds and declares as follows:
(1) Schools across Pennsylvania serve more than
168,000,000 lunches per year, providing critical nutrients to
children across this Commonwealth. Due to the large volume of
food purchased to support nutrition programs, schools have
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the potential to be one of the largest markets for
agricultural producers across this Commonwealth. Farm to
School programs encourage schools to purchase, promote and
serve local foods.
(2) The purpose of the Local Food Purchasing Incentive
Grant Program is to meet Statewide interest in increasing the
amount of local food served in school meals by helping to
change school food procurement practices, provide technical
assistance and training for how to integrate local foods in
school meals and help Pennsylvania producers access the
school food market.
(3) Enacting the Keystone Fresh Farm to School Nutrition
Act will provide State-level investment to expand farm-to-
school efforts and provide economic, public health and
community benefits for Pennsylvanians.
Section 3. Definitions.
The following words and phrases when used in this act shall
have the meanings given to them in this section unless the
context clearly indicates otherwise:
"Account." The Keystone Fresh Farm to School Account
established under section 8(a).
"Department." The Department of Education of the
Commonwealth.
"INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION." ANY OF THE FOLLOWING:
(1) A COMMUNITY COLLEGE OPERATING UNDER ARTICLE XIX-A OF
THE ACT OF MARCH 10, 1949 (P.L.30, NO.14), KNOWN AS THE
PUBLIC SCHOOL CODE OF 1949.
(2) A UNIVERSITY WITHIN THE STATE SYSTEM OF HIGHER
EDUCATION.
(3) THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY.
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(4) THE UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH.
(5) TEMPLE UNIVERSITY.
(6) LINCOLN UNIVERSITY.
(7) ANY OTHER INSTITUTION THAT IS DESIGNATED AS "STATE-
RELATED" BY THE COMMONWEALTH.
(8) ANY ACCREDITED PRIVATE OR INDEPENDENT COLLEGE OR
UNIVERSITY.
"Local food." Fruits, herbs, vegetables, grains, meats,
fish, beans, yogurt and cheese that are grown, harvested or
raised and minimally processed products in this Commonwealth.
"Minimally processed products."
(1) A food product processed in a manner that does not
fundamentally alter the product and that retains its inherent
character so that the primary product can still be
identified.
(2) The process under paragraph (1) includes freezing,
pasteurizing milk for use in yogurt or cheese, butchering
livestock and poultry, cleaning fish, forming ground food
products into patties, grinding meats, grinding grains,
drying grains or beans, dehydrating food products and washing
and cutting produce.
(3) For the purposes of this act, fully cooked items are
not considered minimally processed products.
"National School Lunch Program." As defined in 7 CFR 210.2
(relating to definitions).
"New and beginning farmer or rancher."
(1) A farmer or rancher who has operated a farm or ranch
for less than 10 years.
(2) The term includes a legal entity or joint operation
only if all individual owners thereof have operated farms or
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ranches for 10 years or more NO MORE THAN 10 YEARS.
"Program." The Local Food Purchasing Incentive Grant Program
established under section 4(a).
"School food authority." The governing body responsible for
the administration of one or more schools that has the legal
authority to operate the National School Lunch Program.
"Seamless Summer Option." A Federal program that allows
school districts to operate a modified version of the National
School Lunch Program under the National School Lunch Act (60
Stat. 230, 42 U.S.C. § 1751) to provide summer meals for
children.
"Veteran farmer or rancher."
(1) A producer w