2025-2026 Regular Session
HB268
Education; safety, health, and well-being of students and school communities; provide
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 management operational process; to provide for definitions; to amend Code Section 16-11-37 of the O.C.G.A., relating to terroristic threats and acts and penalties, so as to provide for the offense of threatening the death of or serious injury to individuals who are or likely to be at school; to amend Article 4 of Chapter 18 of Title 50 of the O.C.G.A., relating to inspection of public records, so as to provide for an exemption; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Legislative progress
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Recorded floor votes
4 roll calls are available for this bill. This record includes procedural and intermediate action as well as substantive final votes.
March 4, 2025 · House
Passage: House Vote #166
Passed ⭐ Substantive final action
159 yea–13 nay · 2 not voting · 6 absent
March 31, 2025 · Senate
Adoption Of Amendment #2 By The Senator From The 41st: Senate Vote #347
Failed
25 yea–29 nay · 2 absent
March 31, 2025 · Senate
Passage By Substitute: Senate Vote #348
Passed ⭐ Substantive final action
45 yea–9 nay · 2 absent
March 31, 2025 · House
Agree To Senate Substitute: House Vote #365
Passed ⭐ Substantive final action
154 yea–12 nay · 3 not voting · 11 absent
Committee referrals
Instrument history
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State Effective Date 2025-04-28
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State Act 17
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House House Date Signed by Governor
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Senate Senate Third Read
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Senate Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
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Senate Senate Read and Referred
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House House Passed/Adopted By Substitute View roll call
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House House Third Readers
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House House First Readers
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House House Hopper