republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2015-16/hb-131.md

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Bill	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.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2015_16	HB 131	Georgia HB 131 (2015_16)	bill		enacted	Karla Drenner Keisha Waites Mable Thomas Pam Dickerson Sheila Jones	10	17	1	2015-01-28	2015-05-06	openstates	ocd-bill/f0e7b4c1-457f-4b86-9e5d-d0d3ffef2eb2	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	d65bdd16fe0ea91af0d9f00047e429fb70071bfcb7d50901debddd969796dcb2	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	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
2. HB 131/AP* (committee substitute) — source
3. LC 33 5972S/hcs (committee substitute) — source
4. LC 33 5972S/hs (committee substitute) — source
5. LC 40 0742/a (committee substitute) — source
6. SCSFA to HB 131 (committee substitute) — source
7. Sen ctee sub LC 33 6192S (committee substitute) — source
8. Sen floor amend 1 (committee substitute) — source
9. Sen floor amend 1a (committee substitute) — source
10. Sen floor amend 2 (committee substitute) — source

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; origin ocd-bill/f0e7b4c1-457f-4b86-9e5d-d0d3ffef2eb2. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).