Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Education Committee on February 23, 2016. The 2016 session has ended.
2016 Regular Session
House Bill 50
Science Curriculum; prohibit any state board or local school board prohibition on teacher providing instruction of evolution theory.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO REQUIRE THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION, SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENTS AND OTHER PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT ADMINISTRATORS AND PRINCIPALS TO CREATE AN ENVIRONMENT THAT ENCOURAGES STUDENTS TO EXPLORE SCIENTIFIC QUESTIONS, LEARN ABOUT SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE AND DEVELOP CRITICAL THINKING SKILLS ABOUT SCIENTIFIC SUBJECTS REQUIRED TO BE TAUGHT UNDER THE CURRICULUM FRAMEWORK DEVELOPED BY THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION; TO REQUIRE THESE ENTITIES TO ASSIST TEACHERS IN FINDING EFFECTIVE METHODS OF PRESENTING THE SCIENCE CURRICULUM FRAMEWORK DEVELOPED BY THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION AS IT ADDRESSES SCIENTIFIC SUBJECTS THAT MAY CAUSE DEBATE AND DISPUTATION; TO PROHIBIT THESE ENTITIES FROM PROHIBITING TEACHERS FROM HELPING STUDENTS UNDERSTAND, ANALYZE, CRITIQUE AND REVIEW THE SCIENTIFIC STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES OF ALL EXISTING SCIENTIFIC THEORIES TAUGHT UNDER THE CURRICULUM FRAMEWORK DEVELOPED BY THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
Sponsors
Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.
In the House of Representatives
Sponsor
3 co-sponsors
Its course
February 8 to February 23, 2016, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.
Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.
Every action2 actions on 2 days
In the House of RepresentativesFeb 8 to Feb 23 · stopped15 days
EducationFeb 8 to Feb 23 · stopped15 days
Text
Each version as the Legislature printed it.
l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.
What happened
In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislature published it is below.