Virginia House Bill 1516 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: Introduced on January 19 2024 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2024-02-13 - Left in Education
Pending: House Education Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Health education and family life education; certain videos and animations relating to human development inside the uterus. Requires health education instruction to include an oral, written, or digital lesson, lecture, or presentation about human biology relating to pregnancy and human development inside the uterus, including (i) a high-definition ultrasound video, at least three minutes in duration, showing the development of the brain, heart, sex organs, and other vital organs in early fetal development and (ii) a high-quality, computer-generated rendering or animation showing the process of fertilization and every stage of human development inside the uterus, noting significant markers in cell growth and organ development for each significant marker of pregnancy until birth. The bill requires any family life education curriculum or similar curriculum offered by a local school division that includes any oral, written, or digital lesson, lecture, or presentation about sexual activity and pregnancy in the context of student health or healthy relationships to also include such a video and rendering or animation.

Health education and family life education; certain videos and animations relating to human dev.

Del. Mark Earley [R]

Del. Ian Lovejoy [R]

2024-02-06 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (6-Y 2-N) (Y: 6 N: 2 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-02-13	House	Left in Education
2024-02-06	House	Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (6-Y 2-N)
2024-02-01	House	Assigned Education sub: K-12 Subcommittee
2024-01-19	House	Referred to Committee on Education
2024-01-19	House	Presented and ordered printed 24105275D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
22	1	207	(n/a)	See Bill Text
22	1	207.1:1	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB1516
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB1516+hil
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+oth+HB1516F122+PDF
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+vot+H0901V0105+HB1516