HB1050: HB1050 Law enforcement officers and agencies; protection of student data from immigration officials under certain circumstances; provide

Georgia currently requires state and local law enforcement to cooperate broadly with federal immigration authorities under O.C.G.A. § 35-1-17. HB1050 keeps that general cooperation framework but carves out new protections for public school students. Schools and their employees would only be allowed to share a student's immigration status information with immigration or public safety officials if it is proven necessary for public safety. Immigration agencies could not access student databases or records without a judicial order, subpoena, or parental consent, except in a medical emergency. The bill also requires each school district to designate an administrator responsible for handling any interaction with immigration enforcement personnel, bars immigration officers from school premises without a valid judicial warrant, and removes legal immunity for officers who take enforcement action on or within 300 feet of a school. It keeps an existing penalty allowing the state to withhold funding from local governments that violate the law, while protecting county commissions from that penalty when a sheriff violates it. The law would take effect as soon as the Governor signs it.

• Requires public school employees to share a student's immigration status information only when proven necessary for public safety, not for general cooperation purposes.
• Bars any federal, state, or local immigration agency from accessing a public school's student database or records without a judicial order, subpoena, or parental consent, except in a medical emergency.
• Prohibits immigration enforcement officers from entering public school premises without a valid judicial warrant or order.
• Removes legal immunity for law enforcement officers or officials who take immigration enforcement action on or within 300 feet of a public school site.
• Requires every public school to designate an administrator to handle interactions with immigration enforcement personnel and verify their documentation.
• Bars schools from disciplining or firing employees for following these new student data and enforcement protocols.

Public school students, teachers, administrators, and district officials in Georgia; state and local law enforcement agencies and officers; federal immigration enforcement personnel; and local governing bodies, including county commissions and sheriffs, that could face state funding penalties for noncompliance.

If enacted, immigration agents would generally need a warrant to enter a Georgia public school or to obtain student records, and school staff would face new limits on sharing immigration status information. Officers acting near school grounds would also lose automatic legal immunity for those actions.

• Section 1 amends O.C.G.A. § 35-1-17(a) to add legislative intent protecting students from 'unlawful, undue, or otherwise deleterious encroachments' by immigration enforcement.
• Subsection (b)(1) restricts public school employees to sharing student immigration status information only when proven necessary for public safety.
• Subsection (b)(4) bars immigration agencies from accessing school student databases without a judicial order, subpoena, or parental consent, except for medical emergencies under O.C.G.A. § 31-11-81.
• Subsection (e) strips legal immunity from officers enforcing immigration law on or within 300 feet of a public school site.
• New subsection (f) requires each school to designate an administrator to interact with immigration officers, bars officers from campus without a warrant, restricts disclosure of student records under O.C.G.A. § 20-2-662, and bars retaliation against employees who follow these rules.
• Subsection (g) keeps the existing penalty of withholding state or state-administered federal funding from local governing bodies that violate the section, while shielding county commissions when a sheriff's violation is the cause.
• Section 2 sets the effective date as the date the Governor signs the bill or it otherwise becomes law.
• Section 3 repeals conflicting laws.

1. 2026-01-29House Second Readers (House)
2. 2026-01-28House First Readers (House)
3. 2026-01-27House Hopper (House)

• Spencer Frye (D, HD-122)Primary sponsor
• Stacey Evans (D, HD-057)
• Shea Roberts (D, HD-052)
• Eric Gisler (D, HD-121)
• Gabriel Sanchez (D, HD-042)
• Eric Bell (D, HD-075)

• immigration enforcement
• public schools
• student privacy
• law enforcement policy
• school safety