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Requires school districts to establish written policies for protecting students with food allergies and allows for the procurement of stock epinephrine.

Permits schools and camps to stock non-patient-specific epinephrine auto-injectors.

SponsorReps. Mike Duffey, Terry Johnson

Updates Ohio law to include FDA-approved intranasal epinephrine spray and other future delivery systems as authorized treatments for severe allergic reactions in schools.

Ohio School Food Allergy & Epinephrine Law

Requires Ohio school districts to establish written food allergy protection policies and permits schools to procure and maintain stock epinephrine auto-injectors under a prescriber-issued protocol.

Ensures students with severe allergies have access to the most up-to-date lifesaving treatment options, including intranasal epinephrine spray, while at school.

To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to add alpha-gal to the definition of major food allergen.

A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to add alpha-gal to the definition of major food allergen.

To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to establish a grant program for provide access to, and training on the administration of, epinephrine products for law enforcement officers.

SponsorNot available

Food Allergy Safety, Treatment, Education, and Research Act

To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to include barley, rye, and oats as major food allergens, and for other purposes.

SponsorRep. Luna, Anna Paulina [R-FL-13] (Republican)

Requires the North Carolina State Board of Education to adopt a mandatory policy for all local school administrative units to manage students with life-threatening food allergies.

Elijah's Law

This bill establishes food allergy safety and anaphylaxis response protocols in licensed child care centers and family day care homes.

School nurse or trained employee may administer epinephrine under standing protocol.

Stock Epinephrine in Maine Schools

Permits public and private schools in Maine to stock non-patient-specific epinephrine auto-injectors under a collaborative practice agreement or standing order to treat suspected anaphylaxis.

Chapter 40 Medication Rule

Provides specific regulatory requirements for training unlicensed school personnel to administer medications and outlines the protocols for students to self-carry emergency inhalers and epinephrine.

Student Asthma and Anaphylaxis Self-Carry Update

Proposed bill to modernize student self-carry rights to explicitly include intranasal epinephrine and updated asthma rescue delivery methods.

Pending Bill H.3621 (School Bus Safety and Health)

A proposed bill (tracked in recent sessions) aimed at enhancing bus safety. Legislative analysts have suggested amendments to include mandatory medical kits including epinephrine.

Epinephrine Update Bill

Proposed legislation to clarify and expand the ability of school nurses and designated personnel to administer epinephrine to any individual on school premises believed to be experiencing anaphylaxis, providing further liability protections.

New Jersey Restaurant Allergen Disclosure Act (S.3394/A.4826)

S.3394/A.4826 requires New Jersey food service businesses to provide clear and conspicuous written notice of major food allergens (the top 9) that they know or reasonably should know are contained in each menu item, including temporary menu items. Disclosure may be on the menu, via a QR code linking to a website, or on separate written materials. More than 950,000 New Jersey residents live with food allergies, yet restaurants are currently not required to clearly disclose allergens.

Michigan House Bill 5402 (introduced Dec. 18, 2025), referred to the Regulatory Reform Committee, would amend the Michigan Food Law to require food service establishments to provide written, item-level major food allergen notices to consumers for unpackaged food items.

Maryland House Bill 181 (2026 Regular Session), introduced January 14, 2026, would require restaurants to provide each customer a written disclosure of the main food allergens in each menu item, effective October 1, 2026.

Food Allergy Awareness Act

Amends Title 3 (Agriculture) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes to require retail food facilities to prominently display employee food-allergy-awareness posters and to include customer allergen notices on menus or other written information, and updates the state Food Code to the 2022 FDA edition.

The Strengthening Protections for Children with Food Allergies Act (H.R. 10228) would amend the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to require food allergy identification and response training for staff in federal child nutrition programs, including the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) and summer meal programs. Introduced by Rep. Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA-10) on September 2, 2026, and referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.

SponsorRep. Mark DeSaulnier [D-CA-10] (Democratic)

Missouri House Bill 3446 (2026 Regular Session), introduced by Rep. Walsh Moore, would add RSMo § 196.184 requiring restaurants to provide written disclosure of major food allergens in each menu item, on the menu or via a QR/digital menu with a non-digital alternative.