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Texas · 89th Legislature 1st Special Session

SB64 Relating to fetal development instruction included as part of the public school health curriculum in certain grade levels.

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Abortion personhood ivfAI label

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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Transgender educationAI label

No change to transgender recognition & access model confidence 80%

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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  1. Filed
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  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both
  5. Governor
  6. Law

Status: Died (session ended)

Last action
2025-08-04: Filed
Filed
2025-08-04
Sponsor
Angela Paxton R

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, custody/support, or any transgender-specific topics, so the

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History (2 actions)
DateChamberAction
2025-08-04SFiled
2025-08-04SReceived by the Secretary of the Senate