Provides relative to discussion of sexual orientation and gender identity in public schools
2024 Regular Session
Sexual orientation, gender identity; prohibited instruction, discussion. No teacher, school employee, or other presenter at a school shall engage in the following discussions with students in grades kindergarten through twelve: (1) Covering the topics of sexual orientation or gender identity in any classroom discussion or instruction in a manner that deviates from state content standards or curricula developed or approved by public school governing authorities. (2) Covering the topics of sexual orientation or gender identity during any extracurricular academic, athletic, or social activity under the jurisdiction of the school or public school governing authority. (3) Discussing his own sexual orientation or gender identity.
| date | time | type | location | description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-05-15 | 13:00 | Hearing | John J. Hainkel, Jr. Room | Senate Committee on Education |
| 2024-04-10 | 12:00 | Hearing | Room 1 | House Committee on Education |
History
| Date | Action |
|---|---|
| 2024-06-19 | Effective date: 08/01/2024. |
| 2024-06-19 | Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 681. |
| 2024-05-31 | Sent to the Governor for executive approval. |
| 2024-05-28 | Signed by the President of the Senate. |
| 2024-05-28 | Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House. |
| 2024-05-28 | Received from the Senate without amendments. |
| 2024-05-23 | Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 28 yeas and 7 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. |
| 2024-05-21 | Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage. |
| 2024-05-20 | Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau. |
| 2024-05-16 | Reported favorably. |
| 2024-04-22 | Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Education. |
| 2024-04-17 | Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading. |
| 2024-04-16 | Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 69, nays 28. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. |
| 2024-04-11 | Scheduled for floor debate on 04/16/2024. |
| 2024-04-11 | Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading. |
| 2024-04-10 | Reported favorably (9-3). |
| 2024-03-11 | Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Education. |
| 2024-02-23 | First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/23/2024. |
| 2024-02-22 | Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Education. |
| 2024-02-22 | Prefiled. |