Georgia CommonsHB 1327: Education; install key boxes at each school building in locations determined in collaboration with local law enforcement; provide
Comm Sub version, the latest LegiScan holds · Last action March 3, 2026 · Introduced
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The House Committee on Education offers the following substitute to HB 1327:
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
To amend Article 27 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to loitering at or disrupting schools, so as to require the local board of education or other governing body of each public and private elementary and secondary school in this state to install key boxes at each school building; to provide for an exception; to provide for the purpose, content, and minimum standards of such key boxes; to provide for policies and procedures; to provide for immunity from civil liability; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:
SECTION 1.
Article 27 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to loitering at or disrupting schools, is amended by adding a new Code section to read as follows:
"20-2-1187.
(a) Unless a local board of education or other governing body has implemented a documented and formal process for the implementation of a rapid access program for first responders that enables the law enforcement officers, who are most likely to be the first to respond to an emergency, with access to any locked external or internal door locks, the local board of education or other governing body of each public and private elementary and secondary school in this state shall provide for the installation at each school of at least one exterior key box that meets or exceeds Underwriters Laboratories Standard 1037.
(b) Each key box under subsection (a) of this Code section shall:
(1) Be installed at an appropriate location for permitting local law enforcement officers emergency access to such building, the precise location of which shall be determined by such local board of education or other governing body; and
(2) Contain such keys and other access control devices as are necessary to access each building and room located on the entire school grounds.
(c) The local board of education or other governing body of each public and private elementary and secondary school in this state shall adopt such policies and procedures as are necessary to implement the provisions of this Code section. (d)(1) Local boards of education, other public and private school governing bodies, local school systems, other public and private schools, and local governments and agencies shall be immune from civil liability for any damages arising out of the installation and use of key boxes under subsection (a) of this Code section.
(2) Employees of local boards of education, other public and private school governing bodies, local school systems, other public and private schools, and local governments and agencies shall be immune from civil liability for any damages arising out of the installation and use of key boxes under subsection (a) of this Code section unless it is shown that such employee acted with gross negligence or bad faith."
SECTION 2.
All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.