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2022 SESSION
SB 656 Sexually explicit content; DOE shall develop model policies, parental notification.
Introduced by: Siobhan S. Dunnavant | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE: (all summaries)
Department of Education; local school boards; policies on sexually explicit content in instructional material. Requires the Department of Education to develop no later than July 31, 2022, model policies and each local school board to adopt no later than January 1, 2023, policies for ensuring parental notification of any instructional material that includes sexually explicit content and include information, guidance, procedures, and standards relating to (i) ensuring parental notification; (ii) directly identifying the specific instructional material and sexually explicit subjects; and (iii) permitting the parent of any student to review instructional material that includes sexually explicit content and provide, as an alternative, nonexplicit instructional material and related academic activities to any student whose parent so requests. The bill provides that the local school board policies shall be consistent with but may be more comprehensive than the model policies developed by the Department. The bill states that the provisions of the bill shall not be construed as requiring or providing for the censoring of books in public elementary and secondary schools.
FULL TEXT
- 01/19/22 Senate: Presented and ordered printed 22100756D pdf | impact statement
- 02/03/22 Senate: Committee substitute printed 22105720D-S1 pdf
- 02/07/22 Senate: Floor substitute printed 22106195D-S2 (Dunnavant) pdf | impact statement
- 03/02/22 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB656ER) pdf | impact statement
- 04/06/22 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0100) pdf
AMENDMENTS
- Senate subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
HISTORY
- 01/19/22 Senate: Presented and ordered printed 22100756D
- 01/19/22 Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
- 01/25/22 Senate: Assigned Education sub: Public Education
- 02/03/22 Senate: Committee substitute printed 22105720D-S1
- 02/03/22 Senate: Reported from Education and Health with substitute (8-Y 7-N)
- 02/04/22 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (35-Y 0-N)
- 02/07/22 Senate: Floor substitute printed 22106195D-S2 (Dunnavant)
- 02/07/22 Senate: Read second time
- 02/07/22 Senate: Committee substitute rejected 22105720D-S1
- 02/07/22 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/07/22 Senate: Substitute by Senator Dunnavant agreed to 22106195D-S2
- 02/07/22 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - floor substitute SB656S2
- 02/08/22 Senate: Passed by for the day
- 02/09/22 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (20-Y 18-N)
- 02/21/22 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/21/22 House: Read first time
- 02/21/22 House: Referred to Committee on Education
- 02/23/22 House: Reported from Education (12-Y 10-N)
- 02/25/22 House: Read second time
- 02/28/22 House: Read third time
- 02/28/22 House: Passed House (52-Y 46-N)
- 02/28/22 House: VOTE: Passage (52-Y 46-N)
- 03/02/22 Senate: Enrolled
- 03/02/22 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB656ER)
- 03/02/22 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/03/22 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/09/22 Senate: Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 9, 2022
- 03/09/22 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
- 04/06/22 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 100 (effective 7/1/22)
- 04/06/22 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0100)