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69th Legislature 2025 HB 753.1
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1 HOUSE BILL NO. 753
2 INTRODUCED BY L. SCHUBERT, V. RICCI, K. LOVE, C. HINKLE, M. NOLAND
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4 A BILL FOR AN ACT ENTITLED: “AN ACT REVISING REQUIREMENTS FOR HUMAN SEXUALITY
5 INSTRUCTION IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS; REQUIRING THAT A SCHOOL DISTRICT THAT OFFERS HUMAN
6 SEXUALITY INSTRUCTION INCLUDE AT LEAST ONE VISUAL IMAGE OF A DILATION AND EVALUATION
7 ABORTION PERFORMED BETWEEN 20 AND 25 WEEKS OF GESTATION; AMENDING SECTION 20-7-120,
8 MCA; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.”
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10 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MONTANA:
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12Section 1. Section 20-7-120, MCA, is amended to read:
13 "20-7-120. Human sexuality instruction -- Excused excused absences from curriculum
14requirements -- notice -- prohibited activities. (1) A parent, guardian, or other person who is responsible for
15 the care of a child may refuse to allow the child to attend or withdraw the child from a course of instruction, a
16 class period, an assembly, an organized school function, or instruction provided by the district through its staff
17 or guests invited at the request of the district regarding human sexuality instruction. The withdrawal or refusal to
18 attend is an excused absence pursuant to 20-5-103.
19 (2) A school district offering human sexuality instruction shall ensure that the instruction includes at
20 least one visual image of a dilation and evacuation abortion that is performed between 20 and 25 weeks of
21 gestation.
22 (2)(3) Any A school implementing or maintaining a curriculum, providing materials, or holding an
23 event or assembly at which the district provides human sexuality instruction, whether introduced by school
24 educators, administrators, or officials or by guests invited at the request of the school, shall adopt a policy
25 ensuring parental or guardian notification no less than 48 hours prior to holding an event or assembly or
26 introducing materials for instructional use.
27 (3)(4) A school district shall annually notify the parent or guardian of each student scheduled to be
28 enrolled in human sexuality instruction in the district or school in advance of the instruction of:
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1 (a) the basic content of the district's or school's human sexuality instruction intended to be taught
2 to the student; and
3 (b) the parent's or guardian's right to withdraw the student from the district's or school's human
4 sexuality instruction.
5 (4)(5) A school district shall make all curriculum materials used in the district's or school's human
6 sexuality instruction available for public inspection prior to the use of the materials in actual instruction.
7 (5)(6) A school district or its personnel or agents may not permit a person, entity, or any affiliate or
8 agent of the person or entity to offer, sponsor, or furnish in any manner any course materials or instruction
9 relating to human sexuality or sexually transmitted diseases to its students or personnel if the person, entity, or
10 any affiliate or agent of the person or entity is a provider of abortion services.
11 (6)(7) For purposes of this section, "human sexuality instruction" means teaching or otherwise
12 providing information about human sexuality, including intimate relationships, human sexual anatomy, sexual
13 reproduction, sexually transmitted infections, sexual acts, sexual orientation, gender identity, abstinence,
14 contraception, or reproductive rights and responsibilities."
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16 NEW SECTION. Section 2. Effective date. [This act] is effective July 1, 2025.
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