HB1037
Instructional materials on climate change & environtl. literacy; model pol. & proced. for selection.
Status:
Passed
Latest Action:
March 10, 2026
Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026
Chief Patron:
Betsy Carr (D)
Session:
2026 Regular Session
Summary
As Introduced. Board of Education; instructional materials on climate change and environmental literacy; model policies and procedures for selection.
Requires the Board of Education to make available to each local school board instructional materials on climate change and environmental literacy that are based on and include peer-reviewed scientific sources. The bill requires the Board of Education to develop, adopt, and make available to each local school board model policies ... (More) and procedures, based on peer-reviewed scientific sources, pertaining to the selection of instructional materials on climate change and environmental literacy, including a requirement for any such selected material to accurately portray changes in weather and climate patterns over time, the impacts of human activity on changes in weather and climate patterns, and the effects of climate change on people and resources. (Less)-
Bill History
- 01/14/2026 - House: Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26102265D
- 01/14/2026 - House: Referred to Committee on Education
- 01/30/2026 - House: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1037)
- 01/30/2026 - House: Placed on Education Agenda
- 02/02/2026 - House: Reported from Education (15-Y 7-N)
- 02/04/2026 - House: Read first time
- 02/05/2026 - House: Read second time and engrossed
- 02/06/2026 - House: Read third time and passed House (65-Y 33-N 0-A) Close Floor Vote
- 02/09/2026 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- 02/09/2026 - Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
- 02/19/2026 - Senate: Assigned Education sub: Public Education
- 02/26/2026 - Senate: Reported from Education and Health (9-Y 6-N)
- 02/27/2026 - Senate: Rules suspended
- 02/27/2026 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (37-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 02/27/2026 - Senate: Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- 03/02/2026 - Senate: Read third time
- 03/02/2026 - Senate: Passed Senate (21-Y 19-N 0-A) Close Floor Vote
- 03/09/2026 - House: Enrolled
- 03/09/2026 - House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1037ER)
- 03/09/2026 - House: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1037)
- 03/09/2026 - House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/09/2026 - Senate: Signed by President
- 03/10/2026 - House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 10, 2026
- 03/10/2026 - Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026
