By: Campbell, et al. S.B. No. 163

(In the Senate - Filed November 14, 2022; February 15, 2023, read first time and referred to Committee on Education; April 6, 2023, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 12, Nays 0; April 6, 2023, sent to printer.) Click here to see the committee vote

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to parental approval for a student's participation in human sexuality instruction in public schools.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 28.004(i-3), Education Code, is repealed.

SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this Act takes effect September 1, 2023.

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