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HB3365 • 2025

Directs the State Board of Education to ensure that any revisions to the academic content standards for certain core subjects include standards that address the causes and effects of climate change and strategies for mitigating, adapting to and strengthening community resilience to those causes and effects.

Directs the State Board of Education to ensure that any revisions to the academic content standards for certain core subjects include standards that address the causes and effects of climate change and strategies for mitigating, adapting to and strengthening community resilience to those causes and effects.

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Sponsor
Representative Fragala,, McDonald,, Senator Frederick,, Manning Jr, Representative Andersen,, Gamba,, Gomberg,, Lively,, Nelson,, Neron,, Nosse,, Senator Gelser Blouin,, Meek,, Patterson,, Pham,, Taylor
Last action
2025-07-25
Official status
Chapter Number Assigned
Effective date
Not listed

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Bill History

  1. 2025-07-25 House

    Chapter 445, (2025 Laws): Effective date January 1, 2026.

  2. 2025-06-26 House

    Governor signed.

  3. 2025-06-18 House

    Speaker signed.

  4. 2025-06-18 Senate

    President signed.

  5. 2025-06-17 House

    House concurred in Senate amendments and repassed bill. Ayes, 32; Nays, 21--Boice, Breese-Iverson, Cate, Drazan, Edwards, Elmer, Harbick, Helfrich, Javadi, Levy B, Lewis, Mannix, McIntire, Osborne, Owens, Reschke, Scharf, Skarlatos, Smith G, Wright, Yunker; Excused, 7--Boshart Davis, Diehl, Fragala, Hartman, Munoz, Nguyen H, Wallan.

  6. 2025-06-12 Senate

    Third reading. Carried by Gelser Blouin. Passed. Ayes, 18; Nays, 10--Anderson, Bonham, Girod, Hayden, Linthicum, McLane, Robinson, Smith DB, Thatcher, Weber; Excused, 2--Nash, Starr.

  7. 2025-06-11 Senate

    Carried over to 06-12 by unanimous consent.

  8. 2025-06-10 Senate

    Carried over to 06-11 by unanimous consent.

  9. 2025-06-09 Senate

    Carried over to 06-10 by unanimous consent.

  10. 2025-06-05 Senate

    Carried over to 06-09 by unanimous consent.

  11. 2025-06-04 Senate

    Carried over to 06-05 by unanimous consent.

  12. 2025-06-03 Senate

    Carried over to 06-04 by unanimous consent.

  13. 2025-06-02 Senate

    Second reading.

  14. 2025-05-30 Senate

    Recommendation: Do pass with amendments to the A-Eng. bill. (Printed B-Eng.)

  15. 2025-05-21 Senate

    Work Session held.

  16. 2025-05-07 Senate

    Public Hearing held.

  17. 2025-04-21 Senate

    First reading. Referred to President's desk.

  18. 2025-04-21 Senate

    Referred to Education.

  19. 2025-04-17 House

    Third reading. Carried by Fragala. Passed. Ayes, 32; Nays, 23--Boice, Boshart Davis, Cate, Diehl, Drazan, Edwards, Elmer, Harbick, Helfrich, Javadi, Levy B, Lewis, Mannix, McIntire, Osborne, Owens, Reschke, Scharf, Skarlatos, Smith G, Wallan, Wright, Yunker; Excused, 5--Breese-Iverson, Dobson, McDonald, Nguyen H, Valderrama.

  20. 2025-04-16 House

    Rules suspended. Carried over to April 17, 2025 Calendar.

  21. 2025-04-15 House

    Rules suspended. Carried over to April 16, 2025 Calendar.

  22. 2025-04-14 House

    Second reading.

  23. 2025-04-11 House

    Recommendation: Do pass with amendments, be printed A-Engrossed, and subsequent referral to Ways and Means be rescinded.

  24. 2025-04-11 House

    Subsequent referral to Ways and Means rescinded by order of the Speaker.

  25. 2025-04-09 House

    Work Session held.

  26. 2025-03-12 House

    Public Hearing held.

  27. 2025-01-30 House

    Referred to Education with subsequent referral to Ways and Means.

  28. 2025-01-28 House

    First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk.

Official Summary Text

<b>Digest: The Act would make new laws with respect to updates to academic content standards in certain core subjects. The updates must include standards about the causes and effects of climate change. (Flesch Readability Score: 62.8).</b>
[<i>Digest: The Act would make new laws that would require climate change instruction to be included in certain subjects taught in public schools. (Flesch Readability Score: 65.2).</i>]
Directs the State Board of Education to ensure that [<i>academic content standards for core subjects include sufficient instruction on the causes and effects of climate change and strategies for responding to such causes and effects</i>] <b>any revisions to the academic content standards for certain core subjects include standards that address the causes and effects of climate change and strategies for mitigating, adapting to and strengthening community resilience to those causes and effects</b>.
Applies to academic content standards that are reviewed and revised on or after the effective date of the Act.
Relating to: Relating to climate change instruction in public schools.
Current location: Chapter Number Assigned