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HB0331 • 2026

Reproductive Health and Instructional Materials

Reproductive Health and Instructional Materials

Education
Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Hart-Lowman ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Campbell
Last action
2026-03-13
Official status
House - Died in Education Administration Subcommittee
Effective date
2026-07-01

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide specific details on organizing and running the public meetings, nor does it mention teachers directly.

Reproductive Health and Instructional Materials

This bill requires school districts to annually approve instructional materials about reproductive health and specified diseases like HIV/AIDS at public meetings.

What This Bill Does

  • Requires district school boards to review and approve instructional materials about reproductive health and specific diseases each year during open, noticed public meetings.

Who It Names or Affects

  • District school boards

Terms To Know

Reproductive Health
Information about human reproduction, including sexual education and contraception.
HIV/AIDS
A serious illness caused by a virus that weakens the immune system.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill does not specify what happens if materials are not approved.
  • It is unclear how often these meetings will be held beyond the requirement of annual approval.

Bill History

  1. 2026-03-13 House

    • Died in Education Administration Subcommittee

  2. 2026-01-13 House

    • 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)

  3. 2025-11-12 House

    • Referred to Education Administration Subcommittee • Referred to Education & Employment Committee • Now in Education Administration Subcommittee

  4. 2025-11-04 House

    • Filed

Official Summary Text

Reproductive Health and Instructional Materials ; Requires materials used in instruction of reproductive health & specified diseases to be annually approved at district school board meeting.

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
HB 331 2026

CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions.
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F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S

A bill to be entitled 1
An act relating to reproductive health and disease 2
instructional materials; amending s. 1003.42, F.S.; 3
requiring materials used in the instruction of 4
reproductive health and specified diseases to be 5
annually approved at a district school board meeting; 6
providing requirements for such meeting; providing an 7
effective date. 8
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 10
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Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subsection (1) of section 12
1003.42, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 13
1003.42 Required instruction.— 14
(1) 15
(b) All materials used to teach reproductive health or any 16
disease, including HIV/AIDS, its symptoms, development, and 17
treatment, as part of the courses referenced in subsection (5), 18
must be annually approved by the district school board in an 19
open, noticed public meeting department. 20
Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2026. 21