Bill Text: TX HB3739 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Introduced

Texas House Bill 3739

Introduced

Bill Title: Relating to fetal development instruction included as part of the public school health curriculum in certain grade levels.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 12)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2025-03-26 - Referred to Public Education [HB3739 Detail]

Download: Texas-2025-HB3739-Introduced.html

	89R13861 KRM-D

	By: Shofner	H.B. No. 3739



	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to fetal development instruction included as part of the
	public school health curriculum in certain grade levels.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. Section 28.002, Education Code, is amended by
	adding Subsection (r-1) to read as follows:
	(r-1) The State Board of Education shall adopt rules
	requiring students enrolled in grades 7 through 12 to receive
	instruction on fetal development and the consequences of fetal
	termination as part of the essential knowledge and skills for the
	health curriculum required under Subsection (a)(2)(B). The
	instruction must include:
	(1) information on and depictions of:
	(A) medically assisted fetal termination
	procedures, including the use of abortion-inducing drugs, as
	defined by Section 171.061, Health and Safety Code;
	(B) other acts of intentional or negligent fetal
	termination, including termination resulting from the adverse
	effects of drugs and alcohol; and
	(C) the growth and development of an unborn child
	that occur during each week of pregnancy; and
	(2) information on pregnancy-related resources
	available to students, including resources provided by local
	faith-based organizations, that:
	(A) support carrying a child to term; and
	(B) are not associated with an organization that
	provides or advocates for fetal termination procedures.
	SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2025-2026
	school year.
	SECTION 3. 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, 2025.