--- title: HB 1050. Law enforcement officers and agencies; protection of student data from immigration officials under certain circumstances; provide collection: bills id: 2025-2026/hb1050 cite_as: HB 1050, 2025-2026 Regular Session (Ga.) canonical_url: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hb1050 md_url: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hb1050.md text_url: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hb1050/text source_url: https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/72387 date: 2026-01-29 status: introduced corpus_version: bills-2026-09-13 license: Public record of the Georgia General Assembly, via LegiScan; see about.md publisher: Georgia Commons, an independent project of Georgia Civic Data. Not the State of Georgia. Not legal advice. up: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026.md previous: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hb1049.md next: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hb1051.md index: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/index.md omitted: votes and history omitted_chars: 129 omitted_url: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hb1050.md?full=1 bill_number: HB 1050 session: 2025-2026 Regular Session session_slug: 2025-2026 chamber: House bill_type: bill status_date: 2026-01-27 last_action: House Second Readers sponsors: - Spencer Frye - Stacey Evans - Shea Roberts - Eric Gisler - Gabriel Sanchez - Eric Bell text_version: Introduced has_text: true legiscan_url: https://legiscan.com/GA/bill/HB1050/2025 upstream_id: 2095192 summaries_model: claude-sonnet-5 topic_tags: - immigration enforcement - public schools - student privacy - school administration - law enforcement policy --- # HB 1050. Law enforcement officers and agencies; protection of student data from immigration officials under certain circumstances; provide ## Text House Bill 1050 By: Representatives Frye of the 122nd, Evans of the 57th, Roberts of the 52nd, Gisler of the 121st, Sanchez of the 42nd, and others A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT To amend Code Section 35-1-17 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to state and local law enforcement actions relating to immigration laws, authority, immunity, and penalty, so as to provide for the protection of student data from immigration officials under certain circumstances; to limit government cooperation of public school employees, administrators, and officials with immigration enforcement; to prohibit the presence of immigration enforcement officers on public school premises without a valid judicial warrant or order; to restrict immigration officer liability in instances in which the officer is located on or within 300 feet of a public school site; to mandate the designation of a school administrator in each school district to be responsible for and adequately prepared for interactions with immigration enforcement personnel; to restrict the access to student records, with the exception of medical emergencies, unless a valid judicial warrant, order, or parental consent has been provided; to provide for legislative intent; to provide a definition; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA: SECTION 1. Code Section 35-1-17 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to state and local law enforcement actions relating to immigration laws, authority, immunity, and penalty, is amended by revising said Code section as follows: "35-1-17. (a) Legislative intent. It is the intent of the General Assembly to promote compliance with state law related to deterring the presence of criminal illegal aliens and require Georgia law enforcement officials to work in conjunction with federal immigration authorities and to utilize all resources made available by the federal government to assist state and local law enforcement officers in the enforcement of the laws of this state and of the United States. It is also the intent of the General Assembly to protect students in public schools in this state from unlawful, undue, or otherwise deleterious encroachments by immigration enforcement activities and actions. (b) Cooperation with federal authorities. (1) To the extent authorized by federal law, state and local government employees, including law enforcement officers and prosecuting attorneys, shall send, receive, and maintain information relating to the immigration status of any individual as reasonably needed for public safety purposes. Except as provided by federal law, such employees shall not be prohibited from receiving or maintaining information relating to the immigration status of any individual or sending to or exchanging such information with other federal, state, or local governmental entities or employees for official public safety purposes. However, government employees who are employees, administrators, or officials of public schools in this state shall send, receive, and maintain information relating to the immigration status of any student to any immigration or public safety official if and only if the information is proven necessary for public safety purposes. As used in this Code section, the term 'public school' means schools operated by a county school system or an independent school system in this state.; (2) State and local agencies shall promote compliance with state law related to deterring the presence of criminal illegal aliens and shall be authorized to enter into memorandums of understanding and memorandums of agreement with the United States Department of Justice, the Department of Homeland Security, or any other federal agency for the purpose of enforcing federal immigration laws, including 287(g) of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 or a similar federal program. A local agency shall seek such memorandums of understanding annually when no current memorandum of agreement is in effect;. (3) Except as provided by federal law, no state or local agency or department shall be prohibited from utilizing available federal resources, including data bases databases, equipment, grant funds, training, or participation in incentive programs for any public safety purpose related to the enforcement of state and federal federal and state immigration laws; and. (4) With the exception of a medical emergency condition as defined by Code Section 31-11-81, no federal, state, or local immigration agency shall access any public school database management system, including student profiles and personal information, without a judicial order, lawfully issued subpoena, or parental consent. (5) When reasonably possible, applicable state agencies shall consider incentive programs and grant funding for the purpose of assisting and encouraging state and local agencies and departments to enter into agreements with federal entities and to utilize federal resources consistent with the provisions of this Code section. (c) Authority to transport illegal aliens. If a state or local law enforcement officer has verification that a person is an illegal alien, then such officer shall be authorized to securely transport such illegal alien to a federal facility in this state or to any other temporary point of detention and to reasonably detain such illegal alien when authorized by a federal immigration detainer or federal arrest warrant. Nothing in this Code section shall be construed to hinder or prevent a peace officer or law enforcement agency from arresting or detaining any criminal suspect on other criminal charges. (d) Authority to arrest illegal aliens. When authorized by federal law, a state or local law enforcement officer shall be authorized to arrest any person based on such person's status as an illegal alien or for a violation of any federal immigration law. (e) Immunity. A Unless acting on or within 300 feet of the outer boundary of a public school site, a law enforcement officer or government official or employee, acting in good faith to enforce immigration laws pursuant to a memorandum or an agreement with federal authorities to collect or share immigration status information, or to carry out any provision of this Code section, shall have immunity from damages or liability from such actions. (f) Except as required by federal or state law, or as required to administer a federally or state supported educational program, public school employees, administrators, and officials shall adhere to the following: (1) Each public school shall designate an administrator responsible for appearing in person at the public school site and interacting with federal, state, or local immigration enforcement personnel and any law enforcement agency working as an extension of said officers; (2) No public school employee, administrator, or official shall allow immigration enforcement officers onto the premises of a public school without a valid judicial warrant or order. The designated administrator shall request and verify that an immigration enforcement officer has valid documentation and authority under this Code section and valid self-identification when such officer is on a public school site; (3) Each public school shall be prohibited from disclosing student education records or student data as defined under Code Section 20-2-662, whether verbally, written, or in any other manner, to any immigration enforcement officer without proper legal documentation or parental consent. Any disclosure of a student's education records pursuant to a valid judicial warrant, judicial subpoena, or court order shall be in accordance with the requirements set forth in Section 99.31(a)(9)(ii) of Title 34 of the Code of Federal Regulations; and (4) No public school shall discipline, suspend, terminate, or otherwise punish an employee, administrator, or official for implementing the protocols of this Code section. (f)(g) Penalty. A local governing body of a law enforcement agency that violates this Code section shall be subject to the withholding of state funding or state administered federal funding other than funds for the purposes of providing those services specified in subsection (d) of Code Section 50-36-1. As a condition of funding to a local governing body, the Department of Community Affairs, the Department of Transportation, or any other state agency that provides funding to local governing bodies shall require certification pursuant to Code Section 50-36-4 as proof of compliance with this Code section. No county commission shall be subject to the withholding of state or federal funding pursuant to this subsection when a sheriff or his or her employee violates this Code section." SECTION 2. This Act shall become effective upon its approval by the Governor or upon its becoming law without such approval. SECTION 3. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed. ## Summaries written by Georgia Commons The following was written by claude-sonnet-5 from the text above and is not part of the bill. Quote the text, not the summary. A Georgia House bill would limit how public schools share student information with immigration enforcement and generally bar immigration officers from school grounds without a judicial warrant. ### Plain-language summary Georgia law already directs state and local law enforcement to cooperate with federal immigration authorities. This bill amends that law (O.C.G.A. § 35-1-17) to add specific protections for students in public schools. It says school employees can only share a student's immigration status information with immigration or public safety officials when that information is proven necessary for public safety. The bill requires every public school to name an administrator responsible for handling any interactions with immigration enforcement officers, and bars those officers from school grounds without a valid judicial warrant or order. It also blocks immigration agencies from accessing school databases or student records without a warrant, subpoena, or parental consent, except in medical emergencies. Officers who show up on or within 300 feet of a school lose the legal immunity they would otherwise have under this law. Schools cannot punish staff for following these rules. The law would take effect as soon as the Governor signs it. ### What it does - Requires public school employees to share a student's immigration status with immigration or public safety officials only when proven necessary for public safety. - Bars immigration enforcement officers from entering public school premises without a valid judicial warrant or order. - Requires each public school to designate an administrator responsible for verifying and handling any immigration officer who appears at the school. - Blocks immigration agencies from accessing school database systems or student records without a judicial order, subpoena, or parental consent, except in medical emergencies. - Removes legal immunity for law enforcement or immigration officers acting on or within 300 feet of a public school site. - Prohibits schools from disciplining or firing staff for following these new student-protection procedures. ### Who it affects Public school employees, administrators, and officials in Georgia's county and independent school systems; students and their families; local law enforcement agencies and officers; and federal, state, or local immigration enforcement personnel who interact with schools. ### Why it matters Families with students in Georgia public schools would gain new limits on when immigration officers can access school grounds or student records. School staff would get clearer rules and job protection for following them, while immigration and law enforcement officers would lose their usual legal immunity if they act near a school campus. ### Key provisions - Section 1 revises O.C.G.A. § 35-1-17 to add legislative intent language protecting students from undue immigration enforcement encroachment, alongside the existing cooperation mandate. - New subsection (b)(1) language limits public school employees to sharing student immigration status only when proven necessary for public safety. - New subsection (b)(4) bars immigration agencies from accessing school databases or student records without a judicial order, subpoena, or parental consent, except for medical emergencies defined under O.C.G.A. § 31-11-81. - New subsection (e) strips legal immunity from officers acting on or within 300 feet of a public school site. - New subsection (f) requires each school to designate an administrator to handle immigration officer interactions, bars officers from school premises without a valid judicial warrant, restricts disclosure of student records under O.C.G.A. § 20-2-662, and bars punishing staff who follow these rules. - Section 2 sets the effective date as the date the Governor signs the bill or it otherwise becomes law without signature. - The existing penalty provision withholding state or federal funding from noncompliant local governing bodies is retained as subsection (g). ## Status - Status: Introduced (2026-01-27) - Last action: House Second Readers (2026-01-29) - Sponsors: Spencer Frye, Stacey Evans, Shea Roberts, Eric Gisler, Gabriel Sanchez, Eric Bell - Official page: https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/72387 > The history, votes, and amendments (129 characters) are at https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hb1050.md?full=1