Education; safety, health, and well-being of students and school communities; provide
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Became law
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Officially: “A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the O.C.G.A., relating to elementary and secondary education, so as to provide for the safety, health, and well-being of students and school communities;” Read the full text
2025-2026 regular session
What it does
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the O.C.G.A., relating to elementary and secondary education, so as to provide for the safety, health, and well-being of students and school communities; to create an Office of Safe Schools within the Georgia Emergency Management and Homeland Security Agency; to provide technical assistance for local school systems to develop policies and procedures for their threat management teams; to develop a state-wide behavioral threat manageme
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Where it is
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House Hopper · Feb 4, 2025
House First Readers · Feb 5, 2025
House Second Readers · Feb 6, 2025
House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute · Mar 3, 2025
House Third Readers · Mar 4, 2025
House Passed/Adopted By Substitute · Mar 4, 2025
Senate Read and Referred · Mar 6, 2025
Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute · Mar 28, 2025
Senate Read Second Time · Mar 28, 2025
Senate Third Read · Mar 31, 2025
Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute · Mar 31, 2025
House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub · Mar 31, 2025
House Sent to Governor · Apr 9, 2025
House Date Signed by Governor · Apr 28, 2025
Act 17 · Apr 28, 2025
Effective Date · Apr 28, 2025
The numbers
7
sponsors on the bill
Sponsors
Recorded votes
PASSAGE BY SUBSTITUTESenate · 2025-03-31 · yea 45, nay 9, notVoting 0, excused 2
ADOPTION OF AMENDMENT #2 BY THE SENATOR FROM THE 41STSenate · 2025-03-31 · yea 25, nay 29, notVoting 0, excused 2
Agree to Senate SubstituteHouse · 2025-03-31 · yea 154, nay 12, notVoting 3, excused 11
PASSAGEHouse · 2025-03-04 · yea 159, nay 13, notVoting 2, excused 6
Roll-call results shown verbatim from the Georgia legislature’s records. A result reflects that roll call’s own motion, not the bill’s overall outcome.
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