Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Education Committee on February 3, 2026.
2026 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2102
High school graduation requirements; include passing score on U.S. citizenship test.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO REQUIRE THAT, BEGINNING IN THE 2027-2028 SCHOOL YEAR, EVERY PUBLIC AND CHARTER SCHOOL STUDENT WITHIN THE STATE PASS THE USCIS NATURALIZATION CIVICS TEST AS A REQUIREMENT FOR HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION; TO PROVIDE THAT STUDENTS MUST PASS THE TEST DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR BEFORE GRADUATION; TO PROVIDE THAT SCHOOLS SHALL DESIGNATE FACULTY TO ADMINISTER THE TEST IN WRITING UNDER STANDARD TESTING CONDITIONS FOUR TIMES PER SCHOOL YEAR; TO REQUIRE THAT THE TEST CONSIST OF 20 QUESTIONS SELECTED FROM THE LIST OF 128 CIVICS TEST QUESTIONS IN THE USCIS QUESTION POOL; TO SPECIFY THAT A STUDENT MUST ANSWER 12 OF THE 20 QUESTIONS CORRECTLY TO PASS; TO REQUIRE THAT THE QUESTIONS BE ROTATED SO THAT NO QUESTIONS ARE REPEATED ON ANY OF THE FOUR TESTS WITHIN THE SAME SCHOOL YEAR; TO ALLOW SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND CHARTER SCHOOLS FLEXIBILITY AS TO THE MEANS OF EQUIPPING THEIR STUDENTS WITH THE KNOWLEDGE NEEDED TO PASS THE TEST; TO AUTHORIZE THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO PROMULGATE RULES AND REGULATIONS TO GUIDE SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND CHARTERS SCHOOLS IN IMPLEMENTING 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 9 to February 3, 2026, 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 9 to Feb 3 · stopped25 days
EducationJan 9 to Feb 3 · stopped25 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.