--- title: HB 469. True Campus Safety Act; enact collection: bills id: 2025-2026/hb469 cite_as: HB 469, 2025-2026 Regular Session (Ga.) canonical_url: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hb469 md_url: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hb469.md text_url: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hb469/text source_url: https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/70381 date: 2025-02-20 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. 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True Campus Safety Act; enact ## Text House Bill 469 By: Representatives Berry of the 56th, Westbrook of the 163rd, Jackson of the 165th, Crawford of the 89th, Au of the 50th, and others A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT To amend Part 3 of Article 4 of Chapter 11 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to carrying and possession of firearms, so as to repeal certain provisions allowing personnel to carry weapons within school safety zones and at school functions; to provide a short title; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA: SECTION 1. This Act shall be known and may be cited as the 'True Campus Safety Act.' SECTION 2. Part 3 of Article 4 of Chapter 11 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to carrying and possession of firearms, is amended by repealing and reserving paragraph (6) of subsection (c) of Code Section 16-11-127.1, relating to carrying weapons within school safety zones, at school functions, or on a bus or other transportation furnished by a school. SECTION 3. Said part is further amended by repealing and reserving Code Section 16-11-130.1, relating to allowing personnel to carry weapons within certain school safety zones and at school functions. SECTION 4. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.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. House Bill 469 would repeal Georgia laws that let certain school personnel carry weapons in school safety zones and at school functions, undoing an exception in the state's weapons law. ### Plain-language summary Georgia law currently includes provisions that allow certain school personnel to carry firearms within school safety zones, at school functions, or on school transportation. House Bill 469, called the 'True Campus Safety Act,' would eliminate those provisions by repealing them from the Official Code of Georgia Annotated (O.C.G.A.). The bill repeals paragraph (6) of subsection (c) of O.C.G.A. § 16-11-127.1, which is the exception permitting weapons in school safety zones, at school functions, or on school buses. It also repeals O.C.G.A. § 16-11-130.1 in full, which is the law authorizing personnel to carry weapons in these same settings. Both are repealed and reserved, meaning the section numbers stay in the code but the substantive text is removed. The bill does not specify an effective date beyond its title and repeal of conflicting laws provision. ### What it does - Repeals paragraph (6) of subsection (c) of O.C.G.A. § 16-11-127.1, removing an exception that had allowed weapons within school safety zones, at school functions, or on school transportation. - Repeals O.C.G.A. § 16-11-130.1 in its entirety, eliminating the law that authorized certain school personnel to carry weapons within school safety zones and at school functions. - Gives the new law a short title, the 'True Campus Safety Act,' for reference. - Repeals any other Georgia laws that conflict with these changes. ### Who it affects School personnel who were previously authorized to carry weapons in school safety zones or at school functions, public and private K-12 schools, and students, staff, and visitors on school campuses or school transportation are all affected by this change. ### Why it matters If passed, school employees who currently rely on these code sections to carry firearms on campus or at school events would lose that legal authorization. The change would affect day-to-day security arrangements at Georgia schools that had used this provision. ### Key provisions - Section 1 gives the bill its short title, the 'True Campus Safety Act.' - Section 2 repeals and reserves paragraph (6) of subsection (c) of O.C.G.A. § 16-11-127.1, the exception for weapons in school safety zones, at school functions, or on school transportation. - Section 3 repeals and reserves O.C.G.A. § 16-11-130.1, the law that had allowed personnel to carry weapons within certain school safety zones and at school functions. - Section 4 repeals any other Georgia laws that conflict with this Act. ## Status - Status: Introduced (2025-02-18) - Last action: House Second Readers (2025-02-20) - Sponsors: Bryce Berry, Anne Westbrook, Edna Jackson, Omari Crawford, Michelle Au, Sandra Scott - Official page: https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/70381 > The history, votes, and amendments (129 characters) are at https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hb469.md?full=1