SB 5637: Promoting student access to information about media literacy and civic education.
Did not pass. The 2025-26 session has ended.
- Sponsor
- Fortunato
- Introduced
- February 3, 2025
- Status
- S Rules X
- Last action
- Senate Rules "X" file. (February 26, 2026)
- As of
- October 16, 2026, 5:15 AM Pacific, from the Legislature’s records
What this bill does
Adds specified content to a mandatory one-half credit stand-alone high school civics course. Directs the Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction to collaborate with nonprofits to identify, and post on its website, materials and resources for use in the civics course.
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Floor votes
- Senate: 3rd Reading & Final Passage · March 12, 202548 yea · 0 nay · 1 not voting
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