l9n/ Mississippi

2026 Regular Session

Senate Bill 2303

School curricula; require inclusion of fetal development videos and graphics in grades 6-12.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Education Committee on February 3, 2026.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO PROVIDE THAT EACH SCHOOL DISTRICT OR PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL SHALL INCLUDE THE "MEET BABY OLIVIA" VIDEO OR A SIMILAR ANIMATION SHOWING EVERY STAGE OF HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INSIDE THE UTERUS, NOTING SIGNIFICANT MARKERS IN CELL GROWTH AND ORGAN DEVELOPMENT FOR EVERY SIGNIFICANT MARKER OF PREGNANCY UNTIL BIRTH, IN ITS SCIENCE CURRICULUM EACH YEAR BETWEEN GRADES 6 AND 12; TO REQUIRE WRITTEN PARENTAL NOTIFICATION AND ALLOW PARENTS AND GUARDIANS TO OPT THEIR CHILDREN OUT OF THE SHOWING; TO REQUIRE THAT SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND CHARTER SCHOOLS NOT VIOLATE FEDERAL OR STATE LAW IN COMPLYING WITH 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

Its course

January 19 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 19 to Feb 3 · stopped15 days

EducationJan 19 to Feb 3 · 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.

In the Senate Jan 19 – Feb 3

  1. Referred to the Senate committee on Education
  2. Died in committee in the Senate
All 2 actions, as published