BILL · 2001–02 SESSION

HB 2546: School sex education

Requiring that school and other publicly funded sexuality or abstinence education provide only medically and scientifically accurate information.

Summary

  • All public schools and publicly-funded entities under a community network's plan or a TANF plan that provide sexuality or abstinence education must provide only medically and scientifically accurate information. "Medically and scientifically accurate information" means information that is: (1) supported by the weight of research conducted with accepted scientific methods; (2) recognized as accurate and objective by…

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Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee
  1. IntroducedJan 21, 2002
  2. Out of committeestopped here
  3. Passed House
  4. Passed Senate
  5. Governor
  6. Law
Prime sponsor
Kathy Haigh (D-35)
Introduced
January 21, 2002 in the House
Last action
January 22, 2002
Companion bill
SB 6506

AN ACT Relating to medically accurate sexuality education programs;

Sponsors

Votes

No recorded floor votes. This measure never reached a floor vote.

History

  1. Referred to Education.
  2. Committee relieved of further consideration.
  3. First reading, referred to Health Care.

HB 2546 in other sessions

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