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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "The End to Cyberbullying Act; enact"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 20-2-751.4 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to policies in public schools prohibiting bullying, so as to prohibit cyberbullying; to provide for related matters; to provide for a short title; to provide for an effective date and for applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
+legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
+session: "2015_16"
+identifier: "HB 131"
+citation: "Georgia HB 131 (2015_16)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Karla Drenner", "Keisha Waites", "Mable Thomas", "Pam Dickerson", "Sheila Jones"]
+version_count: 10
+action_count: 17
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2015-01-28"
+last_action: "2015-05-06"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f0e7b4c1-457f-4b86-9e5d-d0d3ffef2eb2"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "d65bdd16fe0ea91af0d9f00047e429fb70071bfcb7d50901debddd969796dcb2"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ga"]
+---
+
+# Georgia HB 131 (2015_16) — The End to Cyberbullying Act; enact
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 20-2-751.4 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to policies in public schools prohibiting bullying, so as to prohibit cyberbullying; to provide for related matters; to provide for a short title; to provide for an effective date and for applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Floor Amendment - AM 33 1564** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/153094.pdf)
+2. **HB 131/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/153777.pdf)
+3. **LC 33 5972S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/151101.pdf)
+4. **LC 33 5972S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/149757.pdf)
+5. **LC 40 0742/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/146168.pdf)
+6. **SCSFA to HB 131** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/152856.pdf)
+7. **Sen ctee sub LC 33 6192S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/152476.pdf)
+8. **Sen floor amend 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/152781.pdf)
+9. **Sen floor amend 1a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/152785.pdf)
+10. **Sen floor amend 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/152787.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **140–26** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Karla Drenner — primary (person)
+- Keisha Waites — primary (person)
+- Mable Thomas — primary (person)
+- Pam Dickerson — primary (person)
+- Sheila Jones — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2015-01-28** House Hopper
+- **2015-01-29** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2015-02-02** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2015-03-03** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2015-03-13** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2015-03-13** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2015-03-18** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2015-03-26** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2015-03-26** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
+- **2015-03-27** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
+- **2015-03-27** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2015-03-31** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub As Amended
+- **2015-04-02** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
+- **2015-04-09** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2015-05-06** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2015-05-06** Act 191 `executive-signature`
+- **2015-05-06** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f0e7b4c1-457f-4b86-9e5d-d0d3ffef2eb2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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