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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to prohibiting public and private institutions of higher |
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education from accepting federal funding for embryonic or fetal |
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stem cell research. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter Z, Chapter 51, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 51.994 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 51.994. PROHIBITION ON FEDERAL FUNDING FOR EMBRYONIC |
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OR FETAL STEM CELL RESEARCH. (a) In this section, "institution of |
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higher education" has the meaning assigned by Section 61.003. |
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(b) An institution of higher education or a private |
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institution of higher education may not accept federal funding for |
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embryonic or fetal stem cell research. |
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(c) If the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board |
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determines that a private institution of higher education has |
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violated this section, for the academic year following the academic |
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year in which the determination is made: |
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(1) the institution may not receive any state money, |
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including grant funding; and |
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(2) a student enrolled at the institution may not |
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receive a tuition equalization grant under Subchapter F, Chapter |
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61. |
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SECTION 2. Section 51.994, Education Code, as added by this |
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Act, applies beginning with the 2025-2026 academic year. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |