HB 469: True Campus Safety Act; enact

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 Both are repealed and reserved, meaning the section numbers stay in the code but the substantive text is removed.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.

• 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.

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.

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.

• 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.

1. 2025-02-20House Second Readers (Cámara de Representantes)
2. 2025-02-19House First Readers (Cámara de Representantes)
3. 2025-02-18House Hopper (Cámara de Representantes)

• Bryce Berry (D, HD-056)Patrocinador principal
• Anne Westbrook (D, HD-163)
• Edna Jackson (D, HD-165)
• Omari Crawford (D, HD-089)
• Michelle Au (D, HD-050)
• Sandra Scott (D, HD-076)

• school safety
• gun laws
• campus weapons policy
• K-12 education