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Bill or resolution · Georgia State Senate · January 15, 2025 · Engrossed
"Ricky and Alyssa's Law"; enact
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): Georgia's SB 17, called Ricky and Alyssa's Law, would require every public school to install a mobile panic alert system and provide detailed digital maps of school buildings to first responders by July 1, 2026.
The House Committee on Rules offers the following substitute to SB 17: A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT To amend Article 11 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 and Article 10 of Chapter 3 of Title 38 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to public school property and facilities and state-wide first responder building mapping information system, respectively,...
SECTION 1. This Act shall be known and may be cited as "Ricky and Alyssa's Law."
Bill or resolution · Georgia State Senate · January 13, 2025 · Passed
Senate Rules; adopt
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): Senate Resolution 3 adopts the Georgia Senate's operating rules for the 2025-2026 legislative term, carrying over the prior rules with a set of amendments covering staff office names, interim committees, floor conduct, and lobbyist restrictions.
SECTION 9. Said Rules of the Senate are further amended by revising Rule 9-1.13 as follows: "9-1.13 Smoking, Eating, Use of Cellular Phones Prohibited There shall be no smoking, or eating, use of cellular telephones, or reading of newspapers and other materials not pertinent to legislation in the Senate Chamber while the Senate is in session."
SECTION 10. Said Rules of the Senate are further amended by revising Rule 9-1.14 as follows: "9-1.14 Use of Computers, Cellular Phones, Reading Materials on the Senate Floor A Senator shall use his or her computer and cellular phone in the Senate Chamber only for legislative business, provided that this shall not prohibit the Senator from using the computer...
Bill or resolution · Georgia State Senate · February 25, 2026 · Passed
"Quality Basic Education Act"; the date by which a child must attain a certain age to be eligible for enrollment in kindergarten or first grade; revise
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): Georgia's Senate has passed a bill giving parents more say over when their four, five, or six year olds start school, and requiring middle and high schools to print a suicide hotline message on student ID badges.
SECTION 2. Part 3 of Article 16 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to student health in elementary and secondary education, is amended by enacting a new Code section to read as follows: "20-2-779.5. (a) This Code section shall be known and may be cited as the 'You Are Not Alone Awareness Act.' (b) Each local school...
Senate Bill 589 By: Senators Brass of the 6th, Hickman of the 4th, Hatchett of the 50th, Anavitarte of the 31st, McNeel of the 18th and others AS PASSED A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT To amend Code Section 20-2-150 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to eligibility for enrollment, program assignments for students, and student social security...
Bill or resolution · Georgia State Senate · February 6, 2026 · Engrossed
Education; requires a student to wear a face mask or face covering while present on school property; eliminate automatic repeal provision
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): A Georgia Senate bill would make permanent a 2022 law that bars schools from requiring students to wear face masks unless parents can opt their child out, by removing the law's built-in expiration date.
Senate Bill 471 By: Senators Dolezal of the 27th, Hatchett of the 50th, Watson of the 1st, Summers of the 13th, Goodman of the 8th and others AS PASSED SENATE A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT To amend an Act providing that no local board of education, local school superintendent, or school administrator, teacher, or other school personnel shall make or enforce...
SECTION 1. An Act providing that no local board of education, local school superintendent, or school administrator, teacher, or other school personnel shall make or enforce any rule that requires a student to wear a face mask or face covering while present on school property unless such rule provides that a parent or guardian of such student may elect for...
Bill or resolution · Georgia State Senate · February 11, 2026 · Engrossed
School Students; written notification to a parent when a student receives certain noninstructional services from certain school employees; require
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): A Georgia Senate bill would require school counselors, nurses, social workers and other school employees to notify a parent in writing within 48 hours whenever a student receives noninstructional services like counseling.
SECTION 1. Article 16 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to elementary and secondary school students, is amended in Part 5, relating to review of removal, by redesignating Code Section 20-2-786, the "Parents' Bill of Rights," as Part 6, by revising said Code section, and by adding a new Code section to said new part...
(9) 'School' means a public elementary or public secondary school in this state.
Bill or resolution · Georgia State Senate · February 5, 2026 · Introduced
Minors; procedures to validate the age of certain persons using any app; require
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): A Georgia Senate bill would require app store providers like Apple's App Store and Google Play to verify users' ages and get parental consent before minors can download apps or make in-app purchases.
Senate Bill 467 By: Senators Cowsert of the 46th, Gooch of the 51st, Hatchett of the 50th, Robertson of the 29th, Watson of the 11th and others A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT To amend Title 39 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to minors, so as to require procedures to validate the age of certain persons using any app; to require app store...
SECTION 1. Title 39 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to minors, is amended by adding a new chapter to read as follows: "CHAPTER 7 39-7-1. As used in this chapter, the term: (1) 'Account holder' means the individual who is associated with a certain mobile device. (2) 'Adult' means an individual who is at least 18 years of age. (3) 'Age...
Bill or resolution · Georgia State Senate · March 31, 2025 · Passed
"Charter Schools Act of 1998"; completion charter schools; provide
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): A Georgia Senate bill would let virtual school students join their local public school's sports and clubs starting in 2027, create a new type of charter school for dropout recovery, and update rules for charter school incentive grants and record-keeping.
(3) The virtual school student abides by the same student code of conduct and disciplinary measures and transportation policies as students enrolled at the resident school who are participating in the same extracurricular or interscholastic activity as the virtual school student; (4) The virtual school student completes the tryout process or the equivalent...
(h) Home study students and virtual school students shall participate in extracurricular or interscholastic activities, as authorized under this Code section, on behalf of such home study student's resident school. (i) The specific assigned program of each home study student enrolled in a qualifying course shall be included for a one-sixth segment of the...
Bill or resolution · Georgia State Senate · February 24, 2025 · Introduced
Georgia Council on Library Materials Standards; establish and provide
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): A Georgia Senate bill would create a new state council to set standards for school library and instructional materials, restrict sex education before sixth grade, limit discussion of gender identity and sexual orientation in schools, and expand parental notification and consent rights.
(2) Beginning December 1, 2025, and continuing thereafter, no local board of education shall permit restricted material to: (A) Include material that is harmful to minors; (B) Be accessible by or otherwise available or disseminated in any manner to any student in or below grade six; or (C) Be accessible by or otherwise available or disseminated in any...
Such standards shall include, but shall not be limited to, the following provisions: (A) Obscenity in any medium, including physical, electronic, visual, and audible, in public school primary or supplementary instructional materials is not protected under the Georgia Constitution or the First Amendment to the United States Constitution; (B) Each public...
Bill or resolution · Georgia State Senate · February 24, 2026 · Passed
"True Patriotism and Universal Student Access (TPUSA) Act"; enact
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): A Georgia Senate bill would guarantee public school students the right to organize and take part in political or philosophical student groups and activities on the same terms as other student clubs, and to wear political clothing or symbols under normal dress code rules.
(3) Public schools shall be deemed to offer a fair opportunity to students enrolled in such school who wish to conduct a meeting within its limited open forum if such school uniformly provides that: (A) The meeting is voluntary and student initiated; (B) There is no sponsorship of the meeting by the school or any governmental entity or its employees or...
(6) Abridge the constitutional rights of any individual. (h) Nothing in this Code section shall be construed to limit the authority of a public school or its employees or agents to: (1) Maintain order and discipline on school premises; (2) Protect the well-being of students and staff; (3) Assure that attendance of students at meetings is voluntary; (4)...
Bill or resolution · Georgia State Senate · January 28, 2025 · Introduced
State Board of Education; establishment of a program and state-wide database relating to threats to safety made on or impacting school campuses; require
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): A Georgia Senate bill would require the State Board of Education to build a statewide alert system and a database tracking people who threaten school safety, covering all public elementary and secondary schools.
Senate Bill 54 By: Senators Jones of the 10th, Jones II of the 22nd, Sims of the 12th, Lucas of the 26th, Orrock of the 36th and others A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT To amend Article 1 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to state board of education, so as to require the establishment of a program and state-wide...
SECTION 1. Article 1 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to state board of education, is amended by adding a new Code section to read as follows: "20-2-20.1. (a) No later than July 1, 2026, the State Board of Education shall establish an emergency alert response system to be provided to public elementary and...
Bill or resolution · Georgia State Senate · February 6, 2025 · Passed
Compulsory Attendance; provisions of the state's compulsory school attendance laws; update and revise
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): Senate Bill 123 rewrites Georgia's compulsory school attendance law, banning school expulsion for absences alone, creating a formal definition of chronic absenteeism, and requiring local school systems to set up attendance review teams for struggling students.
(4) No student shall be expelled from a public school in this state due solely to such student's absences from school. (c)(d)(1) Any parent, or guardian, or other person residing in this state who has control or charge of a child or children and who violates this Code section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be subject to...
Public schools shall retain signed copies of statements through the end of the school year. (d)(e) Local school superintendents in the case of private schools, the Department of Education in the case of home study programs, and visiting teachers and attendance officers in the case of public schools shall have authority and it shall be their duty to file...
Bill or resolution · Georgia State Senate · February 5, 2026 · Introduced
Local Board of Education; install key boxes at each school building in locations determined in collaboration with local law enforcement and emergency management agencies; require
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): A Georgia Senate bill would require every public and private K-12 school to install exterior key boxes so police and emergency responders can get quick access to buildings, once state funding is provided.
Senate Bill 466 By: Senators Bearden of the 30th and Albers of the 56th 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...
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) Subject to appropriations by the General Assembly, the local board of education or other governing body of each public and private elementary and...
Bill or resolution · Georgia State Senate · February 2, 2026 · Engrossed
Regulation of Fire and Other Hazards; use of temporary door locking devices in public buildings during certain emergency situations; authorize
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): A Georgia Senate bill would let public buildings use temporary door locking devices during active threats or lockdown drills, and let schools install police key boxes for emergency access.
SECTION 2. 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) The local board of education or other governing body of each public and private elementary and secondary school in this state may provide for the...
The House Committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security offers the following substitute to SB 454: A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT To amend Chapter 2 of Title 25 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to regulation of fire and other hazards to persons and property generally, so as to authorize the use of temporary door locking devices in public...
Bill or resolution · Georgia State Senate · February 12, 2025 · Introduced
Minors; social media and internet safety; account termination upon the request of minors or their parents or guardians; provide
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): A Georgia Senate bill would require social media platforms to verify users' ages, block accounts for minors under 14, require parental consent for 14 and 15 year olds, and let minors or parents demand account deletion.
(e) The provider of a social media platform shall make available, upon the request of a parent or guardian of a minor, a list and description of the features offered by the social media platform related to censoring or moderating content available on the social media platform, including any features that can be disabled or modified by an account holder."
SECTION 5. This Act shall become effective on July 1, 2025.
Bill or resolution · Georgia State Senate · February 17, 2026 · Introduced
Education; provisions relating to the conditions of employment for employees of local school systems and other public schools; revise
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): A Georgia Senate bill would change several rules for public school employees, including who can evaluate teachers, what must be in teacher contracts, restroom break requirements, staff training, and school bus safety policies.
SECTION 5. Said chapter is further amended by revising subsection (a) of Code Section 20-2-1126, relating to written policies and procedures for operation of school buses, receipt of code of conduct by students, and acknowledgment by parent or guardian, as follows: "(a) Each public school system in this state shall promulgate policies and procedures for the...
SECTION 6. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.
Bill or resolution · Georgia State Senate · February 17, 2026 · Engrossed
"Every Day Counts Act"; enact
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): Senate Bill 513, the "Every Day Counts Act," would overhaul how Georgia public schools track and respond to student absences, adding tiered supports, mandatory attendance intervention plans, and new consequences tied to extracurricular activities and driver's licenses.
The House Committee on Education offers the following substitute to SB 513: A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT To amend Chapter 2 of Title 20 and Chapter 5 of Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to elementary and secondary education and drivers' licenses, respectively, so as to revise requirements for public school policies and procedures...
(i) Tier 1 providing for school-wide supports and strategies to promote good attendance for all students and their families; (ii) Tier 2 providing for targeted supports for students who are at risk of becoming chronically unexcused students and their families; and (iii) Tier 3 providing for individualized attendance intervention plans for chronically...
Bill or resolution · Georgia State Senate · February 19, 2026 · Introduced
Education; schools that receive state funds from displaying any flag other than the flag of the United States or the flag, coat of arms, or state emblem of the State of Georgia; prohibit
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): A Georgia Senate bill would ban public schools and colleges that get state funding from displaying any flag other than the United States flag or Georgia's flag, coat of arms, or state emblem, and would make it illegal for individuals to display a banned flag on school property.
Senate Bill 537 By: Senators Harbin of the 16th, Payne of the 54th, Still of the 48th, Williams of the 25th, Hickman of the 4th and others A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT To amend Article 1 of Chapter 1 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions relative to education, so as to prohibit schools that receive state funds...
SECTION 1. Article 1 of Chapter 1 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions relative to education, is amended by adding a new Code section to read as follows: "20-1-13. (a) Each elementary, secondary, and postsecondary school in this state which receives in any manner funds from the state shall be prohibited from...
Bill or resolution · Georgia State Senate · February 26, 2025 · Introduced
Law Enforcement Powers of School Security; include a specified area surrounding school property; expand jurisdictional authority
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): Senate Bill 263 would let certified school security officers use their arrest powers not just on school property but also on public or private property within five miles of a school in Georgia.
Senate Bill 263 By: Senators Mallow of the 2nd, Sims of the 12th, Kemp of the 38th, Payne of the 54th and Parent of the 44th A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT To amend Code Section 20-8-5 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to law enforcement powers of school security personnel in each public school system of the state, certification, and...
SECTION 1. Code Section 20-8-5 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to law enforcement powers of school security personnel in each public school system of the state, certification, and carrying of firearms or weapons, is amended by revising subsections (a) and (c) as follows: "(a) In each public local school system in this state, school...
Bill or resolution · Georgia State Senate · February 4, 2025 · Introduced
Eavesdropping; limitations regarding the use of electronic monitoring devices; provide
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): A Georgia Senate bill would make it a crime to secretly plant a GPS or other electronic tracker on a person to monitor their location without consent, expanding a current law that only covers vehicle trackers used against people with protective orders.
(8) Any person to intentionally and in a clandestine manner place, or direct someone else to place, a global positioning system monitoring device, or any other electronic monitoring device, on a motor vehicle owned or leased by another person without the consent of such person when such person has a protective order pursuant to Code Section 17-17-16,...
SECTION 2. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.
Bill or resolution · Georgia State Senate · February 13, 2025 · Passed
Education; the academic and disciplinary records of each transferring student shall be provided within five days; require
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): A Georgia Senate bill would make a computer science course a high school graduation requirement starting with students graduating in 2037, raise the cap on Georgia Virtual School course fees, and require schools to let patriotic youth groups speak with students.
SECTION 5. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.
SECTION 3. Said chapter is further amended by adding a new Code section to read as follows: "20-2-324.10. (a) As used in this Code section, the term 'patriotic society' means a youth organization listed in Title 36 of the United States Code as a patriotic society that promotes good citizenship, civic education, and patriotism, including, but not limited to,...
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