---
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).