SB 190 creates a new law that establishes parental rights as a fundamental protection, preventing state agencies and local governments from restricting parents' ability to direct their children's upbringing, education, health care, and moral or religious training unless the government can prove it has a compelling reason to do so. The bill specifically lists parental rights including decisions about health care, access to medical and school records, choice of education, religious excuses from school, and participation in school organizations.
This bill does not directly amend codified state law.
The amendment made minor technical changes to section numbering (changing references from "26.713.9" to "26.713.10") and added a "SENATE JUDICIARY ENGROSSED" designation to indicate the bill's committee processing, but made no substantive changes to the bill's codification of parental rights.
The amendment significantly narrows the bill's parental consent requirements by carving out a substantial exception: instead of allowing any person or entity to perform medical care without parental consent in emergencies, it now limits this exception to licensed physicians and other health professionals acting within their professional scope. This change WEAKENS the bill's broad parental rights protections by creating a clearer legal pathway for medical professionals to provide necessary emergency care based on their clinical judgment rather than requiring blanket parental notification.
The amendment changes the bill's title from "provide for" to "codify" parental rights and substantially strengthens the legislation by adding the word "fundamental" to describe parent rights, clarifying that government burdens must be the "least restrictive means," adding detailed enumerated parental rights (including consent requirements for biometric scans, DNA records, and recordings), and creating new sections establishing restrictions on state employees encouraging minors to withhold information from parents. These revisions STRENGTHEN and BROADEN the original bill by creating more comprehensive legal protections for parental authority and more explicit limitations on state agency actions.
Other amendments
House of Representatives Reconsidered Failed, YEAS 30, NAYS 36. H.J. 484
House of Representatives Intent to reconsider H.J. 475
House of Representatives Do Pass Amended Failed, YEAS 30, NAYS 35. H.J. 474
House of Representatives Motion to amend H.J. 474
State Affairs Do Pass Amended Passed, YEAS 8, NAYS 5.
State Affairs Motion to amend
State Affairs Scheduled for hearing
First read in House and referred to House State Affairs H.J. 356
Senate Do Pass Amended Passed, YEAS 19, NAYS 15. S.J. 271
Senate Motion to amend S.J. 270
Senate Reconsidered Passed, YEAS 19, NAYS 15. S.J. 270
Senate Intent to reconsider S.J. 263
Senate Do Pass Amended Failed, YEAS 17, NAYS 16. S.J. 263
Judiciary Do Pass Amended Passed, YEAS 5, NAYS 2. S.J. 21
Judiciary Motion to amend S.J. 20
Judiciary Scheduled for hearing S.J. 1
First read in Senate and referred to Senate Judiciary S.J. 140
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Reconsidered
Do Pass Amended
State Affairs — Do Pass Amended
Reconsidered
Do Pass Amended
Do Pass Amended
Judiciary — Do Pass Amended