89th Legislature

HB 4788

Principle Criteria
Free Enterprise
Property Rights
Personal Responsibility
Limited Government
Individual Liberty
Digest
HB 4788 prohibits public and private institutions of higher education in Texas from accepting federal funding for embryonic or fetal stem cell research. Institutions that violate this prohibition will be ineligible to receive state funding, including grants, and their students will be barred from receiving tuition equalization grants for the following academic year​.
Author
Joanne Shofner
Co-Author
Janis Holt
Mike Olcott