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House Bill 589, which would have required that Massachusetts's state science standards "include only peer-reviewed and age-appropriate subject matter," died in the House Committee on Ways and Means when the legislative session ended on July 31, 2026.
The bill’s sponsor, Kenneth I. Gordon (D-21st Middlesex), previously introduced identical bills: House Bill 491 in 2023, House Bill 607 in 2021, and House Bill 471 in 2019. Unlike them, House Bill 589 passed the Joint Committee on Education, as NCSE previously reported.
