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PRESS RELEASE

Rebecca Hain: 513-479-3335

Email: info@saveservices.org

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:

  1. Alaska – HB 105 and SB 96
  2. Alabama – HB 6
  3. Arizona – SB 1005
  4. Connecticut – SB 280, SB 269, SB 279, and SB 278
  5. Georgia – SB 88
  6. Hawaii – HB 1363
  7. Iowa – SF 496
  8. Indiana – HB 1407 and SB 413
  9. Louisiana – HB 152
  10. Maine – LR 1329
  11. Maryland – HB 666 and SB 566
  12. Minnesota – HF 682, HF 353, and SF 76
  13. Missouri – SB 4, HB 165, HB 482, SB 134, and S.J. Res 29
  14. Mississippi – HB 509
  15. North Dakota – HB 1403 and SB 2260
  16. Nebraska – LB 374
  17. New Hampshire – HB 10
  18. Ohio – HB 8
  19. Oklahoma – SB 95
  20. South Carolina – HB 3197, HB 3463, HB 3485, and SB 234
  21. Texas – HB 42, H.J.R 58, HB 631, SB 394, and SJR 29
  22. Utah – SB 93 and SB 100
  23. Virginia – HB 2170 and HB 1707
  24. Washington – SB 5024
  25. 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).

Links:

  1. https://thehill.com/homenews/house/3916114-house-republicans-pass-parents-bill-of-rights/
  2. https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/5?q=%7B%22search%22%3A%5B%22hr+5+parents%22%5D%7D&s=2&r=1
  3. https://www.saveservices.org/2022-policy/network/parental-rights/
  4. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/22/us/gender-identity-students-parents.html
  5. https://www.npr.org/2023/01/28/1151723607/democrats-congressional-dads-caucus