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HB 127: Required Instruction in Cursive Writing

GENERAL BILL by Overdorf ; Trabulsy ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Benarroch ; Blanco

Required Instruction in Cursive Writing; Requires students in specified grades to receive instruction in cursive writing; provides requirements for such instruction; requires students to demonstrate proficiency in cursive writing by end of specified grade; defines "proficiency in cursive writing".

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• Bill History

  Date	Chamber	Action
  10/8/2025	House	• Filed
  10/14/2025	House	• Referred to Student Academic Success Subcommittee • Referred to Education & Employment Committee • Now in Student Academic Success Subcommittee
  11/10/2025	House	• Added to Student Academic Success Subcommittee agenda
  11/18/2025	House	• Favorable by Student Academic Success Subcommittee • Reported out of Student Academic Success Subcommittee • Now in Education & Employment Committee

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• HB 127, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 10/8/2025 at 12:25 PM

  Bill Text:	PDF

  Analyses:	Student Academic Success Subcommittee (Post-Meeting) 11/18/2025 (pdf)

  Related Bills (1)

  Bill Number	Subject	Filed By	Relationship	Last Action and Location	Track Bills
  S 444	Required Instruction in Cursive Writing	Grall	Identical	Last Action: 12/1/2025 S Referred to Education Pre-K - 12; Appropriations Committee on Pre-K - 12 Education; Rules

  Citations - Statutes (1)

  Citation	Catchline	Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
  1003.42	Required instruction.	Page 1 (pdf)

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