Year 2021

New Mexico State Profile

New Mexico’s Sex Education Snapshot Advocates have faced significant challenges in advancing sex education in New Mexico in recent years. In 2019, legislators sought to advance sex education through the introduction of two bills. House Bill 133, introduced by Representative…

New York State Profile

New York’s Sex Education Snapshot Steady efforts to address barriers in sex education in New York have cumulated in the recent introduction of eight bills to improve sex education curriculum, along with a number of local actions to improve curriculum.…

Texas State Profile

Texas’ Sex Education Snapshot Advocates in Texas have diligently worked against efforts to limit sex education across the state and are gearing up for a historic opportunity to advance comprehensive sex education for young people. While the Texas legislature was…

Ohio State Profile

Ohio’s Sex Education Snapshot Advocates have faced a continuously uphill battle toward advancing sex education in Ohio, most recently cumulating in the introduction of several anti-abortion and restrictive sex education bills. House Bill 110, enrolled as the Ohio Operating Appropriation…

Oklahoma State Profile

Oklahoma’s Sex Education Snapshot Sex education continues to be a topic of debate among Oklahoma legislators, with legislation introduced over the past several years seeking to advance the quality of instruction young people receive. Senate Bill 89, introduced by Senator…

Washington State Profile

Washington’s Sex Education Snapshot Advocates have successfully advanced sex education across Washington over the past decade beginning in 2007 with the passage of the Healthy Youth Act. The Healthy Youth Act requires sex education curriculum to be medically and scientifically…

Oregon State Profile

Oregon’s Sex Education Snapshot Advocates in Oregon have championed significant advancements for the state’s sex education requirements, cumulating in mandating all schools to provide comprehensive sex education through the implementation of the Human Sexuality Education Law of 2009, the Healthy…

Missouri State Profile

Missouri’s Sex Education Snapshot Advocates in Missouri have successfully made incremental advancements to Missouri’s sex education requirements and are now considering further efforts to revise the state’s current mandate. In 2015, Representative Genise Montecillo successfully championed House Bill 501, which…

Pennsylvania State Profile

Pennsylvania’s Sex Education Snapshot Advocates have worked diligently over recent years to advance sex education in Pennsylvania, their most recent efforts cumulating in efforts to reintroduce legislation to mandate comprehensive sex education. Advocates have been diligently working to advance several…

Nevada State Profile

Nevada’s Sex Education Snapshot Advocates have actively worked to advance sex education in Nevada at the state and local level over the past seven years, celebrating numerous successes and some set-backs. While advocates continue to push for an advanced statewide…

Kentucky State Profile

Kentucky’s Sex Education Snapshot Advocates have worked diligently to advance sex education in Kentucky over the past few years, most recently cumulating in the introduction of House Bill 296, known as the Education for Healthy Youth Act. This bill, introduced…

Minnesota State Profile

Minnesota’s Sex Education Snapshot Advocates have taken incremental steps to improve sex education in Minnesota over the past decade, most recently culminating in the introduction of three bills aiming to advance sex education requirements. House Bill 1414, introduced by Representative…