2025-2026 Regular Session

HB580

Georgia Penmanship Act; enact

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 2 of Article 6 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to competencies and core curriculum under the "Quality Basic Education Act," so as to require local boards of education to provide instruction in cursive writing; to require the State Board of Education to adopt content standards for instruction in cursive writing and to determine the appropriate grade levels for such instruction; to provide for related matters; to provide for a short title; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Current disposition: Pending: House Education
Last status date: February 26, 2025
Last status update: House Second Readers
Pending committee: Education
Author: Imani Barnes
Co-sponsors: Derrick Jackson Karla Drenner Lydia Glaize Phil Olaleye David Wilkerson

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Committee referrals

February 24, 2025 · House

Education

Instrument history

This is the complete recorded action history in the current source package. Highlighted entries are marked as significant by the source. A roll-call link appears only when a vote-like action has one unambiguous same-day chamber vote.

February 26, 2025
House House Second Readers
February 24, 2025
House House First Readers
February 21, 2025
House House Hopper

Source provenance

LegiScan bill ID: 1980023
LegiScan session ID: 2167
Source file: var/states/georgia/source/legiscan/2167-841ad2a0e705/bill/HB580.json
Package observed: 2026-07-17T02:17:01+00:00