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HB1313
HB1313: Required Education on Prenatal Human Growth and Development
Last scannedAug 25, 2026, 3:29 AM
In one sentence
This law requires South Dakota schools to teach about prenatal human growth using specific videos recommended by the Board of Education while banning materials from groups that perform or promote abortions.
What it does
- Requires the State Board of Education to recommend age-appropriate, research-based teaching resources on prenatal development.
- Mandates school districts use these recommended resources in their health or science classes.
- Requires showing a high-definition ultrasound video that displays the brain, heart, and other major organs at different stages of growth.
- Requires showing an animation, computer-generated rendering, or high-definition ultrasound video tracking human development from fertilization to birth for at least three minutes.
- Prohibits schools from using any books, videos, handouts, articles, outlines, or other materials created by entities that perform abortions.
Who it affects
- The South Dakota Board of Education
- Public school districts in South Dakota
Limits and unknowns
- The law does not specify which grade levels must receive this instruction.
- The official effective date is listed as blank in the provided metadata.
Plain language
Terms to know
- Prenatal human growth and development
- The process by which a human grows from fertilization until birth.
- Ultrasound video
- A recording that uses sound waves to create images of organs or body parts, used here to show fetal development.
Official record
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Official summary
require education in prenatal human growth and development.
Official activity
Bill history
- Signed by the Governor