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Georgia · 2025-2026 Regular Session · Bill

HB 268: Education; safety, health, and well-being of students and school communities; provide

Enacted Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

HB 268 is a bill introduced in the Georgia House on February 4, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Education; safety, health, and well-being of students and school communities; provide. Primary sponsor: Holt Persinger (Republican), Chuck Efstration (Republican), Houston Gaines (Republican), Jon Burns (Republican), Chris Erwin (Republican), Gerald Greene (Republican). Most recent recorded action (April 28, 2025): Effective Date.

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Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

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.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 6

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Holt PersingerPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse119
Chuck EfstrationPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse104
Houston GainesPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse120
Jon BurnsPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse159
Chris ErwinPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse32
Gerald GreenePrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse154

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Effective Date
  2. Act 17
  3. House Date Signed by Governor
  4. House Sent to Governor
  5. House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
  6. Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute
  7. Senate Third Read
  8. Senate Read Second Time
  9. Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
  10. Senate Read and Referred
  11. House Passed/Adopted By Substitute
  12. House Third Readers

Showing 12 most recent of 16 actions. Full history

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source