Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Education Committee on February 4, 2025. The 2025 session has ended.
2025 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2896
Families' Rights and Responsibilities Act; enact.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO ENACT THE "FAMILIES' RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES ACT"; TO PROVIDE THAT THE LIBERTY OF A PARENT TO DIRECT THE UPBRINGING, EDUCATION, HEALTH CARE AND MENTAL HEALTH OF THAT PARENT'S CHILD SHALL BE A FUNDAMENTAL RIGHT; TO PROVIDE THAT THE STATE, ANY POLITICAL SUBDIVISION OF THIS STATE OR ANY OTHER GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY SHALL NOT SUBSTANTIALLY BURDEN THE FUNDAMENTAL RIGHT OF A PARENT TO DIRECT THE UPBRINGING, EDUCATION, HEALTH CARE AND MENTAL HEALTH OF THAT PARENT'S CHILD WITHOUT DEMONSTRATING THAT THE BURDEN IS REQUIRED BY A COMPELLING GOVERNMENTAL INTEREST OF THE HIGHEST ORDER AS APPLIED TO THE PARENT AND THE CHILD AND IS THE LEAST RESTRICTIVE MEANS OF FURTHERING THAT COMPELLING GOVERNMENTAL INTEREST; TO PROVIDE SPECIFIC RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF PARENTS; TO SET STANDARDS FOR THE EDUCATIONAL INVOLVEMENT FOR PARENTS IN SCHOOL DISTRICTS; TO PROVIDE THAT A PERSON, CORPORATION, ASSOCIATION, ORGANIZATION, STATE-SUPPORTED INSTITUTION OR INDIVIDUAL EMPLOYED BY ANY OF THESE ENTITIES SHALL OBTAIN THE CONSENT OF A PARENT OF A CHILD BEFORE TAKING ANY SPECIFIC MEDICAL CARE; TO PROVIDE A CAUSE OF ACTION FOR ANY VIOLATION OF THE ACT; TO PROVIDE THAT PARENTS HAVE INALIENABLE RIGHTS THAT ARE MORE COMPREHENSIVE THAN THOSE LISTED IN THIS ACT; 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 Senate
Sponsor
Its course
January 20 to February 4, 2025, 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 SenateJan 20 to Feb 4 · stopped15 days
EducationJan 20 to Feb 4 · 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.