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Rep. Steube, W. Gregory [R-FL-17] · R–FL
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Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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Based on the full Introduced in House · 2026-08-27 text. This explanation has not received human editorial review. This overview describes the proposal’s major provisions; it does not establish what its real-world effects would be.
This proposal would restrict who may distribute abortion information to students through schools. Local educational agencies receiving funding under applicable programs could not allow organizations that provide abortions, or their subsidiaries, to distribute information about abortion or related services on school grounds or agency virtual platforms. This includes sharing or reposting that information on social media on behalf of such an outside organization.
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).
Section 1 would name the bill the School Health and Instructional Environment Limits and Disclosure Act, or SHIELD Act.
This Act may be cited as the School Health and Instructional Environment Limits and Disclosure Act or the SHIELD Act.
Section 2 would add activities distributing information about abortion or abortion-related services to students to paragraph (2)(C) of section 445(c) of the General Education Provisions Act. The supplied text does not reproduce that paragraph, so it does not establish the full requirements that this addition would trigger.
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.
The proposed prohibition would place responsibility on local educational agencies receiving funds under an applicable program. It targets distribution by abortion-providing organizations and their subsidiaries; its wording does not prohibit every source of abortion 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
The bill would define an abortion-related service as any medical, surgical, or support care directly related to terminating a woman’s pregnancy.
The term abortion-related service means any medical, surgical, or support care directly related to terminating the pregnancy of a woman.
The supplied official-actions snapshot, updated September 8, 2026, records introduction in the House and referral to the House Committee on Education and Workforce on August 27, 2026.
Source snapshot updated 2026-09-08T18:33:37Z. 2026-08-27: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce. 2026-08-27: Introduced in House
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