89R2775 SRA-D
By: Menéndez S.B. No. 802
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to educational and informational materials provided
through the Thriving Texas Families Program.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 54.003, Health and Safety Code, as added
by Chapter 1033 (S.B. 24), Acts of the 88th Legislature, Regular
Session, 2023, is amended by adding Subsection (b-1) to read as
follows:
(b-1) Educational and informational materials provided
through the program, including lesson curricula and promotional
items:
(1) may include only medically accurate and
scientifically supported information;
(2) must be provided in a non-coercive, factual
manner; and
(3) may not explicitly endorse any religious ideology,
teaching, or practice.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.