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87th Texas Legislature Bill Tracking on
Religious Liberty, Abortion, Child and Gender Modification,
Education, Election Integrity, Monuments, Obscenity Exemption, Sex Ed and Public Political/Ideological Curriculum in Public Ed
| General Subject | Bill Number | Bill Author | Bill Purpose | Movement |
| Religious Liberty | ||||
| SB 26
Priority Bill via Lt Gov Patrick
|
Sen Angela Paxton
Paxton
Sanford |
Freedom to Worship Act defining churches as an essential service protecting churches from governmental shutdowns espec when other businesses are allowed to open during pandemics/emergency issues | Passed out of Senate 3-25
Ref to State Affairs
Ref to State Affairs |
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| SJR 27 | Sen Kelly Hancock | Constitutional amendment to prohibit govt from closing or limiting a religious service | Passed out of Senate 3-25- | |
| SB 247 | Senator Charles Perry | Protect the liberty & freedom of assoc rights of attorneys | Voted out of committee 3-27 | |
| HB 525 | Shaheen | Defining churches as essential services; similar to SB 26 | Left Pending in State Affairs 3/27 | |
| Abortion | HB 1291
|
Kaufman
Springer |
Right to object to abortion process
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Ref to Public Health
Ref To State Affairs |
| HCR 1 | Stephenson | No defacing of monuments | Lft pending in Public Health 3-27 | |
| SB 391
|
Paxton
Paxton Caprigilone |
Prohibition of Abortion with exceptions of life threatening circumstances with penalities | Ref to State Affairs
State Aff Hearing 3-15 Ref to Public Health
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| SJR 25
|
Hail
Kolkhorst
Frank
Hernandez |
Constitutional Amend gtd right to life of unborn | Left Pending in Health & Human Services
Ref Health&Hunan Ser
Left Pending in Human Ser Com Filed
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| Child & Gender Modification | ||||
| HB 68 | Toth | Defines re-gendering of a child as abuse with penalties | Ref to Public Health | |
| Election Integrity | ||||
| HB 335 | Cain | Voter Registration Cancelled if not a citizen | Ref to Elections | |
| HB 574 | Bonnen | Prevention of election fraud in elections | Voted out of Elections Comm as substituted 3-27 | |
| HB 1368 | Leach | Election Fraud > Penatly | Ref to Elections | |
| Monuments | ||||
| HB 446 | Allison | Ø Penalty for Damage or Public Monument | Ref to Crim Justice | |
| Obscenity Exemption | SB 977 | Hall | Takes away education exemption that allowed offensive materials to children | Ref to Criim Justice
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| Sex Ed | SB 1083 | Hall | Bans sex ed from schools | Filed |
| SB 1811 | Swanson | Regulates Tx schools to filter inappropriate content such as pornography for minors | Filed | |
| SB 442
|
Hughes
Dutton
|
SHAC membership appt by board, 50% present, post minutes, public hearings, etc. | Considered in Educa Public Hearing 3-18 and 3-25 | |
| Political/Ideological Subjects Public Schools Curriculum | HB 57
|
Talerico
Johnson |
Adding social justice, civil rights, civil engagement to mandate civics courses
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Ref to Public Ed
Ref to Education |
| HB 153 | Gervi-Hawkins | Inclusion of culturally inclusive curriculum reflecting cultural, linguistic & religious diversity of society; id acts of discrim & stereotype image | Ref to Public Ed | |
| HB 256 | Cortez | Addressing bullying of a teacher by a parent | Hearing Public Ed 3-30 | |
| HB 422 | Gonzalez, M | Allowing unfiltered freedom of speech in journalism in schools | Ref to Public Ed | |
| HB 445 | Allison | Include positive character trains in public schools of diversity equity, inclusion | Left pending in committee 3-16
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| HB 759 | Harless | Threat assessment teams in public schools with a database, creating a criminal offense | Left pending in Public Ed | |
| HB 771 | Allison | Instruction of bullying and cyberbullying in the required curriculum | Ref to Public Ed | |
| HB 972 | Gonzalez, M | Social/emotional learning | Ref to Public Ed | |
| HB 1417 | Harless/Allen | Content of school campus improvement plan-teachers to provide a respectful & caring atmosphere | Ref to Public Ed | |
| HB 1504 | Morales, C/Allen | Adding ethnic studies | Ref to Public Ed | |
| HB 1673 | Buy | Info re process of voting as part of civics requirements | Ref to Public Ed | |
| HB 1776
|
Bell, K
Campbell
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Adding elective HS course re founding documents of America | Ref to Public Ed | |
| HB 1870 | Rogers | Required Tx and US Constitution | Ref to Public Ed
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| HB 2003 | Sanford | Re to fetal development instruction as part of sex ed | Ref to Public Ed
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| HB 2399
|
Middleton
Hughes |
Prayer in public school and at school sponsored event with consent form
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Ref to Public Ed
Filed |
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| HB 2465 | Gervin-Hawkins | Requiring cultural inclusion curriculum | Ref to Public Ed | |
| HB 2681 | Wilson | Academic study of the bible offered to certain students | Ref to Public Ed | |
| HB 2685 | VanDever | Term of Office for certain trustees of ISD | Ref to Human Services | |