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HB1603 • 2026

Schools; requiring age-appropriate human growth and development curriculum to be taught in public schools; guidelines and resources; effective date.

Schools; requiring age-appropriate human growth and development curriculum to be taught in public schools; guidelines and resources; effective date.

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Sponsor
Gise
Last action
2025-04-01
Official status
Second Reading referred to Education
Effective date
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Schools; requiring age-appropriate human growth and development curriculum to be taught in public schools; guidelines and resources; effective date.

Schools; requiring age-appropriate human growth and development curriculum to be taught in public schools; guidelines and resources; effective date.

What This Bill Does

  • Schools; requiring age-appropriate human growth and development curriculum to be taught in public schools; guidelines and resources; effective date.
  • Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for HB 1603 (House): Proposed Policy Committee Substitute 1 (3/4/2025) Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for HB 1603 (House): Proposed Committee Substitute (full committee) 1 (3/4/2025) Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for HB 1603 (House): Committee Substitute (3/14/2025) Fiscal Impact Statements For HB 1603 (Senate): HB1603 ENGR FI.PDF (Fiscal (Senate))

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Filed

Plain English: (Floor Amendments Only) Date and Time Filed: Untimely Amendment Cycle Extended Secondary Amendment SENATE CHAMBER STATE OF OKLAHOMA DISPOSITION FLOOR AMENDMENT No.

  • (Floor Amendments Only) Date and Time Filed: Untimely Amendment Cycle Extended Secondary Amendment SENATE CHAMBER STATE OF OKLAHOMA DISPOSITION FLOOR AMENDMENT No.
  • ________ COMMITTEE AMENDMENT (Date) I move to amend House Bill No.
  • 1603 as follows: 1.
  • On page 2, line 22, by removing the word “or” and inserting in lieu thereof a comma; and 2.
Filed

Plain English: HB1603 FULLPCS1 Emily Gise-AQH 3/3/2025 2:34:25 pm AMEND TITLE TO CONFORM TO AMENDMENTS Amendment submitted by: Emily Gise Adopted: _____________________________ ______________________________________ Reading Clerk COMMITTEE AMENDMENT HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES State of Oklahoma SPEAKER: CHAIR: I move to amend HB1603 Of the printed Bill Page Section Lines Of the Engrossed Bill By deleting the content of the entire measure, and by inserting in lieu thereof the following language: Req.

  • HB1603 FULLPCS1 Emily Gise-AQH 3/3/2025 2:34:25 pm AMEND TITLE TO CONFORM TO AMENDMENTS Amendment submitted by: Emily Gise Adopted: _____________________________ ______________________________________ Reading Clerk COMMITTEE AMENDMENT HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES State of Oklahoma SPEAKER: CHAIR: I move to amend HB1603 Of the printed Bill Page Section Lines Of the Engrossed Bill By deleting the content of the entire measure, and by inserting in lieu thereof the following language: Req.
  • No.
  • 13060 Page 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 STATE OF OKLAHOMA 1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025) PROPOSED COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR HOUSE BILL 1603 By: Gise PROPOSED COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE An Act relating to schools; requiring teaching of human growth and development curriculum; specifying curriculum requirements; requiring school districts to offer human growth and development curriculum; allowing district to choose how to incorporate certain instruction; requiring certain instruction for graduation; requiring integration of certain instruction with health or science education; requiring opt-in permission form be provided to parents and legal guardians; providing for opt-in permission form; mandating the human growth and development curriculum be incorporated in the state academic content standards; directing the State Department of Education to develop certain guidelines and resources for schools and teachers; providing for codification; and providing an effective date.
  • BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA: SECTION 1.
Filed

Plain English: HB1603 POLPCS1 Emily Gise-AQH 2/7/2025 11:18:41 am AMEND TITLE TO CONFORM TO AMENDMENTS Amendment submitted by: Emily Gise Adopted: _____________________________ ______________________________________ Reading Clerk COMMITTEE AMENDMENT HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES State of Oklahoma SPEAKER: CHAIR: I move to amend HB1603 Of the printed Bill Page Section Lines Of the Engrossed Bill By deleting the content of the entire measure, and by inserting in lieu thereof the following language: Req.

  • HB1603 POLPCS1 Emily Gise-AQH 2/7/2025 11:18:41 am AMEND TITLE TO CONFORM TO AMENDMENTS Amendment submitted by: Emily Gise Adopted: _____________________________ ______________________________________ Reading Clerk COMMITTEE AMENDMENT HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES State of Oklahoma SPEAKER: CHAIR: I move to amend HB1603 Of the printed Bill Page Section Lines Of the Engrossed Bill By deleting the content of the entire measure, and by inserting in lieu thereof the following language: Req.
  • No.
  • 12464 Page 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 STATE OF OKLAHOMA 1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025) PROPOSED POLICY COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR HOUSE BILL 1603 By: Gise PROPOSED POLICY COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE An Act relating to schools; requiring teaching of human growth and development curriculum; specifying curriculum requirements; requiring school districts to offer human growth and development curriculum in an age-appropriate manner; allowing district to choose how to incorporate certain instruction; requiring certain instruction for graduation; requiring integration of certain instruction with health or science education; requiring opt-out option be provided to parents and legal guardians; providing for opt-out form; mandating the human growth and development curriculum be incorporated in the state academic content standards; directing the State Department of Education to develop certain guidelines and resources for schools and teachers; providing for noncodification; providing for codification; and providing an effective date.
  • BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA: SECTION 1.

Bill History

  1. 2025-04-01 Senate

    Second Reading referred to Education

  2. 2025-03-25 House

    Engrossed, signed, to Senate

  3. 2025-03-25 Senate

    First Reading

  4. 2025-03-24 House

    General Order

  5. 2025-03-24 House

    Coauthored by Representative(s) Woolley

  6. 2025-03-24 House

    Authored by Senator Gillespie (principal Senate author)

  7. 2025-03-24 House

    Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 75 Nays: 18

  8. 2025-03-24 House

    Referred for engrossment

  9. 2025-03-05 House

    CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Rules Committee

  10. 2025-03-05 House

    Coauthored by Representative(s) Adams

  11. 2025-03-05 House

    Title stricken

  12. 2025-03-05 House

    Emergency removed

  13. 2025-02-04 House

    Second Reading referred to Rules

  14. 2025-02-03 House

    First Reading

  15. 2025-02-03 House

    Authored by Representative Gise

Official Summary Text

Schools; requiring age-appropriate human growth and development curriculum to be taught in public schools; guidelines and resources; effective date.
Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for HB 1603 (House): Proposed Policy Committee Substitute 1 (3/4/2025)
Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for HB 1603 (House): Proposed Committee Substitute (full committee) 1 (3/4/2025)
Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for HB 1603 (House): Committee Substitute (3/14/2025)
Fiscal Impact Statements For HB 1603 (Senate): HB1603 ENGR FI.PDF (Fiscal (Senate))

Current Bill Text

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ENGROSSED HOUSE
BILL NO. 1603 By: Gise, Adams, and Woolley of
the House

and

Gillespie of the Senate

[ schools - human growth and development curriculum -
instruction for graduation - guidelines and
resources – codification - effective date ]

BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 11-203 of Title 70, unless there
is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
A. Human growth and development curriculum shall be taught in
the public schools of this state. Human growth and development
education shall include, but is not limited to:
1. Human biology related to pregnancy;
2. Human development inside of a womb;
3. A high-definition ultrasound video, at least three (3)
minutes in duration, showing the development of the fetus in a
biological woman; and

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4. A high-quality, computer-generated rendering or animation
showing the process of fetal development, highlighting significant
markers in cell growth and organ development until birth.
B. School districts shall provide the curriculum described in
subsection A of this section to students if the student's parent or
legal guardian completes an opt-in permission form. Schools may
incorporate the curriculum into an existing course or courses or
develop curriculum for a separate course. Schools shall provide
parents and legal guardians an opt-in permission form to authorize
their child be taught the curriculum described in subsection A of
this section two (2) weeks prior to the date the curriculum is to be
taught. The opt-in permission shall be on a form prescribed by the
State Board of Education and retained by the school district.
C. In order to graduate from a public high school accredited by
the State Board of Education with a standard diploma, students in
grades nine through twelve shall receive human growth and
development instruction as described in subsection A of this section
unless the student's parent or legal guardian did not complete an
opt-in permission form as provided for in subsection B of this
section or the student has an Individualized Education Program (IEP)
for a significant cognitive disability. Such instruction shall be
integrated into health or science education and shall be
incorporated into the state academic content standards adopted by

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the State Board of Education pursuant to Section 11-103.6 of Title
70 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2025.
Passed the House of Representatives the 24th day of March, 2025.

Presiding Officer of the House
of Representatives

Passed the Senate the ____ day of __________, 2025.

Presiding Officer of the Senate