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Committee advances bill requiring a brief fetal‑development video as minimum health‑education resource
Summary
Second substitute HB 315 would require a minimum three‑minute video on fetal development as part of health standards; the committee recommended the bill despite objections from local educators citing redundancy and local‑control concerns.
The Senate Judiciary Committee on March 4 favorably recommended second substitute HB 315, which sets a minimum standard that students be shown at least a short (three‑minute minimum) video depicting fetal development as part of health‑education standards.
Representative Peck, the sponsor, said the provision fills a conceptual gap in previous instruction: "So basically what this bill does is it creates a minimum standard for teaching about human fetal development which is part of the health standards... It is a required 3 minute video."
Public testimony split along lines of local…
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