Restricts abortion access model confidence 70%
Requires public schools to teach a description of the growth and development of an 'unborn child' during each trimester of pregnancy, so more presentation of fetal development as a distinct entity in education.
a description of the growth and development of an unborn child that occur during each trimester of pregnancy.
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No change to transgender recognition & access model confidence 90%
Adds fetal development instruction to the required health curriculum for grades 7-8 and optionally other grades, with no provisions on gender identity, pronouns, or transgender topics.
The State Board of Education shall adopt rules requiring students enrolled in grade levels seven and eight to receive age-appropriate and medically accurate instruction on fetal development as part of the essential knowledge and skills for the health curriculum required under Subsection (a)(2)(B).
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Status: Died (session ended)
Why the model tagged it this way: The bill mandates age-appropriate instruction on fetal development, including the human reproductive process, pregnancy, infertility, prevention of birth defects, and trimester-by-trimester growth of an 'unborn child' in public school health classes. This directly implicates abortion/personhood-ivf by using personhood language for the fetus in required curriculum. It also amends school health advisory council duties to include recommending curriculum for this fetal development instruction. No provisions address firearms, immigration enforcement, custody/support, or any transgender-specific or
| Date | Chamber | Motion | Yea-Nay | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-05-12 | S | Rules suspended-Regular order of business | 26-4 | Passed |
| 2025-05-12 | S | Amendment fails of adoption | 11-19 | Failed |
| 2025-05-12 | S | Record vote | 26-4 | Passed |
| 2025-05-12 | S | Three day rule suspended | 26-4 | Passed |
| 2025-05-12 | S | Read 3rd time | 20-10 | Passed |
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-05-14 | H | Referred to Public Education |
| 2025-05-14 | H | Read first time |
| 2025-05-12 | H | Received from the Senate |
| 2025-05-12 | S | Reported engrossed |
| 2025-05-12 | S | Record vote |
| 2025-05-12 | S | Passed |
| 2025-05-12 | S | Read 3rd time |
| 2025-05-12 | S | Record vote |
| 2025-05-12 | S | Three day rule suspended |
| 2025-05-12 | S | Record vote |
| 2025-05-12 | S | Passed to engrossment as amended |
| 2025-05-12 | S | Record vote |
| 2025-05-12 | S | Amendment fails of adoption |
| 2025-05-12 | S | Amendment(s) offered FA2 Eckhardt |
| 2025-05-12 | S | Vote recorded in Journal |
| 2025-05-12 | S | Amended |
| 2025-05-12 | S | Amendment(s) offered FA1 Menéndez |
| 2025-05-12 | S | Read 2nd time |
| 2025-05-12 | S | Record vote |
| 2025-05-12 | S | Rules suspended-Regular order of business |
| 2025-05-12 | S | Co-author authorized |
| 2025-05-09 | S | Placed on intent calendar |
| 2025-05-08 | S | Co-author authorized |
| 2025-05-07 | S | Committee report printed and distributed |
| 2025-05-07 | S | Reported favorably w/o amendments |
| 2025-05-06 | S | Vote taken in committee |
| 2025-05-06 | S | Considered in public hearing |
| 2025-05-01 | S | Co-author authorized |
| 2025-04-29 | S | Left pending in committee |
| 2025-04-29 | S | Testimony taken in committee |
| 2025-04-29 | S | Considered in public hearing |
| 2025-04-29 | S | Scheduled for public hearing on . . . |
| 2025-03-26 | S | Co-author authorized |
| 2025-02-03 | S | Referred to Education K-16 |
| 2025-02-03 | S | Read first time |
| 2024-11-12 | S | Filed |
| 2024-11-12 | S | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |