Bill Sponsor
Georgia House Bill 268
Session 2025_26
Education; safety, health, and well-being of students and school communities; provide
Active
Active
Passed Senate on Mar 31, 2025
First Action
Feb 4, 2025
Latest Action
Apr 9, 2025
Origin Chamber
House
Type
Bill
Bill Number
268
State
Georgia
Session
2025_26
Sponsorship by Party
Republican
Primary
Republican
Primary
Republican
Primary
Republican
Primary
Republican
Primary
Republican
Primary
House Votes (2)
Senate Votes (2)
Motion Text
House Vote #365 - 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Roll Call Votes
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BAKER
Other
Unknown
CAMPBELL
Yes
Unknown
CAMPBELL
Yes
Unknown
CANNON
No
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CANNON
Yes
Unknown
CLARK
Yes
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CLARK
Yes
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HOWARD
Yes
Unknown
HOWARD
Other
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JACKSON
Yes
Unknown
JACKSON
Other
Unknown
JACKSON
Yes
Unknown
JONES
Yes
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JONES
Yes
Unknown
JONES
Yes
Unknown
JONES
Yes
Unknown
MCDONALD III
Yes
Unknown
RIDLEY
Yes
Unknown
RIDLEY
Other
Unknown
SMITH
Yes
Unknown
SMITH
Other
Unknown
SMITH
Yes
Unknown
SMITH
Yes
Unknown
TAYLOR
Yes
Unknown
TAYLOR
Yes
Unknown
WILLIAMS
Yes
Unknown
WILLIAMS
Yes
Summary
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.
Actions (13)
04/09/2025
House
House Sent to Governor
03/31/2025
House
House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
03/31/2025
Senate
Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute
03/31/2025
Senate
Senate Third Read
03/28/2025
Senate
Senate Read Second Time
03/28/2025
Senate
Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
03/06/2025
Senate
Senate Read and Referred
03/04/2025
House
House Passed/Adopted By Substitute
03/04/2025
House
House Third Readers
03/03/2025
House
House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
02/06/2025
House
House Second Readers
02/05/2025
House
House First Readers
02/04/2025
House
House Hopper