MA S234

Bill

Relative to healthy youth

Introduced
01/23/2017

In Committee
01/23/2017

Crossed Over

Passed

Dead
12/31/2018

Introduced Session

190th General Court

Bill Summary

For legislation relative to student sex education. Education.

AI Summary

This bill amends the Massachusetts General Laws to require all public schools in the state that offer sexual health education to provide medically accurate, age-appropriate, and comprehensive sexual health education. The bill defines key terms such as "age-appropriate," "consent," and "sexual orientation," and outlines specific topics that must be included in the curriculum, such as human development, anatomy, abstinence, contraception, healthy relationships, and information on gender identity and sexual orientation. The bill also requires schools to adopt a written policy on parental notification and the right to opt out of the instruction, and mandates the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education to promulgate rules and regulations to ensure compliance with the law.

Committee Categories

Education

Sponsors (45)

Cory Atkins (D), Mike Barrett (D), Joseph Boncore (D), Michael Brady (D), Will Brownsberger (D), Harriette Chandler (D), Sonia Chang-Díaz (D), Mike Connolly (D), Cynthia Creem (D), Julian Cyr (D), Marjorie Decker (D), Sal DiDomenico (D), Kenneth Donnelly (D), Eileen Donoghue (D), Lori Ehrlich (D), Jamie Eldridge (D), Linda Forry (D), Carmine Gentile (D), Solomon Goldstein-Rose (I), Danielle Gregoire (D), Paul Heroux (D), Kevin Honan (D), Pat Jehlen (D), Jay Kaufman (D), Mary Keefe (D), Kay Khan (D), Barbara L'Italien (D), John Lawn (D), Eric Lesser (D), Jack Lewis (D), Jason Lewis (D), Jay Livingstone (D), Joan Lovely (D), Elizabeth Malia (D), Juana Matias (D), Thomas McGee (D), Mike Moore (D), Jim O'Day (D), Alice Peisch (D), Denise Provost (D), Danny Ryan (D), John Scibak (D), Tom Stanley (D), José Tosado (D), Steve Ultrino (D),

Last Action

Accompanied a new draft, see S2071 (on 05/18/2017)

Official Document

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/190/S234

(38 Companion Bills)

Version:

Document Type	Source Location
State Bill Page	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/190/S234
Bill	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/190/S234.pdf

Bill	Bill Name	Last Action	Type
H1000	Allowing 12 and 13 year old youth to be employed as soccer referees	Read second and ordered to a third reading	Similar To
H1082	Establishing a community safe school fund	No further action taken	Similar To
H1132	Enabling trained school personnel to administer life saving epinephrine treatment	Accompanied a study order, see H4625	Similar To
H1154	Relative to the access of epinephrine in schools	Accompanied a study order, see H4625	Similar To
H12	Relative to higher education boards and trustees	No further action taken	Similar To
H1878	Prohibiting cell phone use in school zones	Accompanied a study order, see H4502	Similar To
H19	Providing for continuing education credits flexibility	Signed by the Governor, Chapter 439 of the Acts of 2018	Similar To
H226	Clarifying the rights of employees in education collaboratives	Accompanied a study order, see H4706	Similar To
H306	Relative to the incorporation of civics in the high school curriculum	Accompanied a new draft, see S2306	Similar To
H311	Establishing a special commission relative to reimbursements of school busing costs	Accompanied a study order, see H4706	Similar To
H3733	Requiring instruction in CPR and the use of defibrillators for high school graduation	Accompanied a new draft, see H4396	Similar To
H3926	Relative to early literacy education	Accompanied a study order, see H4707	Similar To
H40	Relative to financial literacy	No further action taken	Similar To
H4486	Protecting youth from the health risks of tobacco and nicotine addiction	Signed by the Governor, Chapter 157 of the Acts of 2018	Similar To
H4665	Ensuring high quality early education	Read; and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means	Similar To
H4741	Relative to findings of the foundation budget review commission	Committee of conference appointed (Chang-Diaz-DiDomenico-O'Connor), in concurrence	Similar To
H4815	Relative to the background record check procedures of the department of early education and care.	Signed by the Governor, Chapter 202 of the Acts of 2018	Similar To
H5008	Relative to background checks by the Department of Youth Services	Signed by the Governor, Chapter 424 of the Acts of 2018	Similar To
H5029	Similar Bills	Text of an amendment, see S2330	Similar To
H648	Relative to student’s rights in higher education	Accompanied a new draft, see S2081	Similar To
S1383	Relative to part-time higher education faculty eligibility in the state retirement system	Accompanied a study order, see S2491	Similar To
S193	Relative to early education funding	Accompanied a study order, see S2486	Similar To
S2000	Relative to educational requirements for class 2 motor vehicle licensees	Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means	Similar To
S2071	Relative to healthy youth	New draft substituted, see S2113	Replaced by
S2081	Relative to sexual violence on higher education campuses	New draft substituted, as amended, see S2191	Similar To
S2096	Similar Bills	See H3654	Similar To
S2173	Relative to early literacy education	Hearing scheduled for 01/16/2018 from 10:00 AM-01:00 PM in A-1	Similar To
S224	Relative to special education transportation costs	Accompanied a new draft, see S2325	Similar To
S225	Relative to circuit breaker reimbursement	Accompanied a new draft, see S2325	Similar To
S2256	Commissioning a study of vocational education	Referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means	Similar To
S2257	Promoting local control and effective training of school resource officers	Referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means	Similar To
S2258	Calling for a comprehensive study of vocational education in the Commonwealth	Referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means	Similar To
S2306	To promote and enhance civic engagement	New draft substituted, see S2355	Similar To
S2367	To prohibit the use of Native American mascots by public schools in the Commonwealth	Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means	Similar To
S2528	Report of the Special Senate Sub-committee to the Joint Committee on Education (pursuant to an order adopted by the Senate) submitting its report entitled: Rethinking School Accountability, Opportunities for Massachusetts Under the Every Student Succeeds Act	Placed on file	Similar To
S2631	To promote and enhance civic engagement	Signed by the Governor, Chapter 296 of the Acts of 2018	Similar To
S273	To increase parental awareness of opiate abuse risks	Accompanied a study order, see S2424	Similar To
S313	Relative to dyslexia	Accompanied a new draft, see S2443	Similar To

Bill

Bill Name

Last Action

Type

H1000

Allowing 12 and 13 year old youth to be employed as soccer referees

Read second and ordered to a third reading

Similar To

H1082

Establishing a community safe school fund

No further action taken

Similar To

H1132

Enabling trained school personnel to administer life saving epinephrine treatment

Accompanied a study order, see H4625

Similar To

H1154

Relative to the access of epinephrine in schools

Accompanied a study order, see H4625

Similar To

H12

Relative to higher education boards and trustees

No further action taken

Similar To

H1878

Prohibiting cell phone use in school zones

Accompanied a study order, see H4502

Similar To

H19

Providing for continuing education credits flexibility

Signed by the Governor, Chapter 439 of the Acts of 2018

Similar To

H226

Clarifying the rights of employees in education collaboratives

Accompanied a study order, see H4706

Similar To

H306

Relative to the incorporation of civics in the high school curriculum

Accompanied a new draft, see S2306

Similar To

H311

Establishing a special commission relative to reimbursements of school busing costs

Accompanied a study order, see H4706

Similar To

H3733

Requiring instruction in CPR and the use of defibrillators for high school graduation

Accompanied a new draft, see H4396

Similar To

H3926

Relative to early literacy education

Accompanied a study order, see H4707

Similar To

H40

Relative to financial literacy

No further action taken

Similar To

H4486

Protecting youth from the health risks of tobacco and nicotine addiction

Signed by the Governor, Chapter 157 of the Acts of 2018

Similar To

H4665

Ensuring high quality early education

Read; and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means

Similar To

H4741

Relative to findings of the foundation budget review commission

Committee of conference appointed (Chang-Diaz-DiDomenico-O'Connor), in concurrence

Similar To

H4815

Relative to the background record check procedures of the department of early education and care.

Signed by the Governor, Chapter 202 of the Acts of 2018

Similar To

H5008

Relative to background checks by the Department of Youth Services

Signed by the Governor, Chapter 424 of the Acts of 2018

Similar To

H5029

Similar Bills

Text of an amendment, see S2330

Similar To

H648

Relative to student’s rights in higher education

Accompanied a new draft, see S2081

Similar To

S1383

Relative to part-time higher education faculty eligibility in the state retirement system

Accompanied a study order, see S2491

Similar To

S193

Relative to early education funding

Accompanied a study order, see S2486

Similar To

S2000

Relative to educational requirements for class 2 motor vehicle licensees

Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means

Similar To

S2071

Relative to healthy youth

New draft substituted, see S2113

Replaced by

S2081

Relative to sexual violence on higher education campuses

New draft substituted, as amended, see S2191

Similar To

S2096

Similar Bills

See H3654

Similar To

S2173

Relative to early literacy education

Hearing scheduled for 01/16/2018 from 10:00 AM-01:00 PM in A-1

Similar To

S224

Relative to special education transportation costs

Accompanied a new draft, see S2325

Similar To

S225

Relative to circuit breaker reimbursement

Accompanied a new draft, see S2325

Similar To

S2256

Commissioning a study of vocational education

Referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means

Similar To

S2257

Promoting local control and effective training of school resource officers

Referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means

Similar To

S2258

Calling for a comprehensive study of vocational education in the Commonwealth

Referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means

Similar To

S2306

To promote and enhance civic engagement

New draft substituted, see S2355

Similar To

S2367

To prohibit the use of Native American mascots by public schools in the Commonwealth

Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means

Similar To

S2528

Report of the Special Senate Sub-committee to the Joint Committee on Education (pursuant to an order adopted by the Senate) submitting its report entitled: Rethinking School Accountability, Opportunities for Massachusetts Under the Every Student Succeeds Act

Placed on file

Similar To

S2631

To promote and enhance civic engagement

Signed by the Governor, Chapter 296 of the Acts of 2018

Similar To

S273

To increase parental awareness of opiate abuse risks

Accompanied a study order, see S2424

Similar To

S313

Relative to dyslexia

Accompanied a new draft, see S2443

Similar To

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