HB 1463: Childhood Mental Health, Safety, and Welfare
GENERAL BILL by Beltran
Childhood Mental Health, Safety, and Welfare; Revises array of services offered by child & adolescent mental health system of care; requires specified professionals to complete course on technology addiction & pornography addiction; requires warning label be affixed to packaging of certain digital devices; requires commercial entity to verify age of individuals attempting to access certain material online; prohibits entity from retaining personal identifying information; revises definition of term "harmful to minors"; revises circumstances under which distribution of harmful material to minors is deemed to have occurred; provides exception for certain school-related materials; limits proportion of instructional time that may be delivered in an electronic or digital format; provides that instructional time includes certain standardized or progress monitoring assessments; requires schools to adopt policy regarding use of wireless communications device by students; requires district school boards to adopt policy that prohibits individual from posting student's image or location information on social media platform; removes time limit for parent of public school student to file petition to contest school board's adoption of specific instructional material; requires each district school board to annually publish list of websites for use by students for instructional purposes.
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Bill History
Date Chamber Action 3/3/2023 House • Filed
3/7/2023 House • 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
3/9/2023 House • Referred to Commerce Committee
• Referred to Education & Employment Committee
• Referred to Appropriations Committee
• Referred to Health & Human Services Committee
• Now in Commerce Committee
5/5/2023 House • Died in Commerce Committee
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HB 1463, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 3/3/2023 at 3:11 PM
Bill Text: PDF Analyses: None Related Bills (2)
Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills S 1620 Childhood Mental Health, Safety, and Welfare Grall Similar Last Action: 5/5/2023 S Died in Children, Families, and Elder Affairs, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 379 (Ch. 2023-36) 
H 379 (er) Technology in K-12 Public Schools Choice & Innovation Subcommittee Compare Last Action: 5/10/2023 Chapter No. 2023-36
Citations - Statutes (22)
Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help 381.88 Emergency allergy treatment. Page 39 (pdf) 394.495 Child and adolescent mental health system of care; programs and services. Page 6 (pdf) 394.9086 Commission on Mental Health and Substance Abuse. Page 7 (pdf) 456.0342 Page 10 (pdf) 490.0086 Page 11 (pdf) 491.0066 Page 11 (pdf) 501.172 Page 12 (pdf) 501.173 Page 13 (pdf) 501.174 Page 15 (pdf) 847.001 Definitions. Page 16 (pdf) 847.012 Harmful materials; sale or distribution to minors or using minors in production prohibited; penalty. Page 17 (pdf) 1002.321 Digital learning. Page 19 (pdf) 1002.33 Charter schools. Page 19 (pdf) 1002.42 Private schools. Page 21 (pdf) 1006.07 District school board duties relating to student discipline and school safety. Page 23 (pdf) 1006.28 Duties of district school board, district school superintendent; and school principal regarding K-12 instructional materials. Page 25 (pdf) 1006.29 State instructional materials reviewers. Page 28 (pdf) 1006.31 Duties of the Department of Education and school district instructional materials reviewer. Page 30 (pdf) 1006.34 Powers and duties of the commissioner and the department in selecting and adopting instructional materials. Page 31 (pdf) 1006.40 Use of instructional materials allocation; instructional materials, library books, and reference books; repair of books. Page 28 (pdf) 1011.62 Funds for operation of schools. Page 34 (pdf) 1011.67 Funds for instructional materials. Page 39 (pdf)