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  89R2852 CMO-D     By: Lalani H.B. No. 667       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to a halal food option for breakfast and lunch programs   provided by certain public schools.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subchapter Z, Chapter 33, Education Code, is   amended by adding Section 33.911 to read as follows:           Sec.   33.911.     HALAL BREAKFAST AND LUNCH OPTION. (a)   In this   section, "halal" has the meaning assigned by Section 17.881,   Business & Commerce Code.           (b)     This section applies only to a school district or   open-enrollment charter school that is wholly or partly located in   a county:                 (1)  with a population of 2.1 million or more; or                 (2)     that is adjacent to a county described by   Subdivision (1).           (c)     On request by a student or the parent or person standing   in parental relation to the student, a school district or   open-enrollment charter school to which this section applies shall   provide a halal option to the student for any breakfast or lunch   program provided by the district or school.          SECTION 2.  This Act applies beginning with the 2025-2026   school year.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives   a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as   provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this   Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this   Act takes effect September 1, 2025.