2025-2026 Regular Session

HB829

Education, Department of; publish guidance relating to best practices for secure browsing and parental controls; require

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to elementary and secondary education, so as to require the Department of Education to publish guidance relating to best practices for secure browsing and parental controls; to amend Chapter 5 of Title 39 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to online internet safety, so as to require the Attorney General publish an annual report documenting its enforcement actions relating to online safety; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Current disposition: Introduced in House
Last status date: March 3, 2026
Last status update: House Committee Favorably Reported
Author: Arlene Beckles
Co-sponsors: Carolyn Hugley Spencer Frye Al Williams Robert Flournoy Segun Adeyina

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Committee referrals

March 27, 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.

March 3, 2026
House House Committee Favorably Reported
March 28, 2025
House House Second Readers
March 27, 2025
House House First Readers
March 25, 2025
House House Hopper

Source provenance

LegiScan bill ID: 2014706
LegiScan session ID: 2167
Source file: var/states/georgia/source/legiscan/2167-841ad2a0e705/bill/HB829.json
Package observed: 2026-07-17T02:17:01+00:00