HR10178Referred to Committee
SHIELD Act
Introduced
In Committee
3
Passed One Chamber4
Passed Both5
Signed into Law119th
Congress
2026-08-27
Introduced
6
Cosponsors
HR
ⓘType
Sponsor
W. Gregory Steube
Republican · FL · Representative
Votes with party: 90.3% (652 recorded votes)
Full profile: /officials/S001214
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Cosponsors (6)
Members who have signed on to support this bill since introduction. Source: Congress.gov.
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Committee Activity
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- House Committee on Education and WorkforceReferred To · 2026-08-27
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Subjects
Education
Full Bill Text
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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 10178 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 10178 To amend the General Education Provisions Act to require certain local educational agencies to notify parents before distributing or disseminating information about abortion or abortion-related services to students, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES August 27, 2026 Mr. Steube (for himself, Ms. Hageman, Mrs. Biggs of South Carolina, and Mrs. Harshbarger) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend the General Education Provisions Act to require certain local educational agencies to notify parents before distributing or disseminating information about abortion or abortion-related services to students, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``School Health and Instructional Environment Limits and Disclosure Act'' or the ``SHIELD Act''. SEC. 2. RESTRICTIONS ON DISTRIBUTING INFORMATION ABOUT ABORTION AT SCHOOLS. Section 445(c) of the General Education Provisions Act (20 U.S.C. 1232h(c)) is amended-- (1) in paragraph (2)(C), by adding at the end the following: ``(iv) Activities involving the distribution or dissemination of information about abortion or abortion-related services to students.''; (2) by redesignating paragraphs (5) and (6) as paragraphs (6) and (7), respectively; (3) by inserting after paragraph (4) the following: ``(5) Prohibition on certain organizations distributing abortion-related information.--A local educational agency that receives funds under any applicable program may not allow any organization that provides abortions (or a subsidiary of such an organization), including an abortion service provider, to distribute or disseminate information about abortion or abortion-related services to students on school grounds or a virtual platform of the local educational agency (including sharing or reposting such information on behalf of such outside organization on social media).''; and (4) in paragraph (7), as so redesignated, by adding at the end the following: ``(H) Abortion-related service.--The term `abortion-related service' means any medical, surgical, or support care directly related to terminating the pregnancy of a woman.''. <all>
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