Parental Rights Bills Advance Across the Nation

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Rebecca Hain: 513-479-3335

Parental Rights Bills Advance Across the Nation

WASHINGTON / March 28, 2023 – In a historic move, the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 5, the Parents Bill of Rights Act this past Friday (1). The bill requires schools to notify parents of their rights regarding the education of their children, including the rights to review the curriculum, meet with teachers, inspect the books, and more (2).

Long-time observers say this is the first parental rights bill that has been ever approved by the House of Representatives.

Thus far in 2023, parental rights bills have been introduced in 25 states across the country. In some states, two or more parental rights bills are under consideration:

Alaska – HB 105 and SB 96
Alabama – HB 6
Arizona – SB 1005
Connecticut – SB 280, SB 269, SB 279, and SB 278
Georgia – SB 88
Hawaii – HB 1363
Iowa – SF 496
Indiana – HB 1407 and SB 413
Louisiana – HB 152
Maine – LR 1329
Maryland – HB 666 and SB 566
Minnesota – HF 682, HF 353, and SF 76
Missouri – SB 4, HB 165, HB 482, SB 134, and S.J. Res 29
Mississippi – HB 509
North Dakota – HB 1403 and SB 2260
Nebraska – LB 374
New Hampshire – HB 10
Ohio – HB 8
Oklahoma – SB 95
South Carolina – HB 3197, HB 3463, HB 3485, and SB 234
Texas – HB 42, H.J.R 58, HB 631, SB 394, and SJR 29
Utah – SB 93 and SB 100
Virginia – HB 2170 and HB 1707
Washington – SB 5024
West Virginia – HB 3118

These bills reveal how parental rights has become a hot-button issue as growing numbers of parents from across the political spectrum express alarm over policies that allow schools to promote sexually charged agendas to students. Many of these policies are based on controversial interpretations of the federal Title IX law, which was originally intended to stop sex discrimination in schools (3).

Parental rights has become a bipartisan issue. For example, the New York Times published an article highlighting the concerns of parents in liberal Westchester County, NY, who were kept in the dark about their child’s gender dilemmas (4). In January, Democrat Jimmy Gomez of California established the first-ever Congressional Dads Caucus (5).

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