2025-2026 Regular Session

SB225

Education; discrimination on the basis of an individual's race due to a protective hairstyle, or length thereof, in any student dress or grooming policy; prohibit

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 discrimination on the basis of an individual's race due to a protective hairstyle, or length thereof, in any student dress or grooming policy, program, or activity conducted by an educational institution that receives or benefits from state financial assistance, or enrolls students who receive state student financial aid; to provide for definitions; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Current disposition: Pending: Senate Education and Youth
Last status date: February 21, 2025
Last status update: Senate Read and Referred
Pending committee: Education and Youth
Author: Tonya Anderson
Co-sponsors: Kim Jackson Nikki Merritt Kenya Wicks Freddie Sims Gail Davenport Matt Brass Sonya Halpern Elena Parent Derek MallowJason EstevesRandal Mangham RaShaun Kemp Michael Rhett Sheikh Rahman Ed Harbison Russ Goodman

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Committee referrals

February 21, 2025 · Senate

Education and Youth

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 21, 2025
Senate Senate Read and Referred
February 20, 2025
Senate Senate Hopper

Source provenance

LegiScan bill ID: 1978427
LegiScan session ID: 2167
Source file: var/states/georgia/source/legiscan/2167-841ad2a0e705/bill/SB225.json
Package observed: 2026-07-17T02:17:01+00:00