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House narrows sex‑education language, adopts amendments requiring medically accurate, age‑appropriate content
Summary
Lawmakers amended Senate Bill 442 to add instruction on consent, require information on sexually transmitted infections and FDA‑approved birth‑control effectiveness, and add 'medically accurate and age‑appropriate' qualifiers for new video content; some broader proposals were defeated on roll calls.
Members considered multiple amendments to Senate Bill 442, which addresses human sexuality instruction in schools. Representative Grossman presented an amendment to include instruction on consent between two people; he said the change "includes the instruction of consent to sexual activity between two individuals." The amendment passed by voice vote.
Representative Hamilton brought an amendment that added the words "medically accurate and age…
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