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Bill Safe Schools Act; enact 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 a school safety and anti-gang endorsement for eligible certificated professional personnel issued by the Professional Standards Commission; to require school safety plans to be submitted to the Georgia Emergency Management and Homeland Security Agency; to require intruder alert drills in all public schools in this state; to require public schools to report completion of such drills to the Georgia Emergency Management and Homeland Security Agency; to provide for parents and guardians to opt their children out of such drills; to provide for a definition; to provide for a short title; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. us/states/ga Georgia General Assembly 2023_24 HB 147 Georgia HB 147 (2023_24)
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Georgia HB 147 (2023_24) — Safe Schools Act; enact

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 a school safety and anti-gang endorsement for eligible certificated professional personnel issued by the Professional Standards Commission; to require school safety plans to be submitted to the Georgia Emergency Management and Homeland Security Agency; to require intruder alert drills in all public schools in this state; to require public schools to report completion of such drills to the Georgia Emergency Management and Homeland Security Agency; to provide for parents and guardians to opt their children out of such drills; to provide for a definition; to provide for a short title; to provide for related matters; 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. HB 147/AP* (committee substitute) — source
  2. LC 49 1174-EC/a (committee substitute) — source
  3. Sen floor amend 1 (committee substitute) — source
  4. Sen floor amend 1A (committee substitute) — source
  5. Sen floor amend 2 (committee substitute) — source
  6. Sen floor amend 3 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • Senate Vote #210 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 2233 (fail) · upper
  • Senate Vote #211 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 2133 (fail) · upper
  • Senate Vote #214 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 523 (pass) · upper
  • Senate Vote #212 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 2133 (fail) · upper
  • House Vote #86 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 14820 (pass) · lower
  • Senate Vote #213 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 2530 (fail) · upper

Sponsors

  • Bill Hitchens — primary (person)
  • Chris Erwin — primary (person)
  • David Wilkerson — primary (person)
  • Jan Jones — primary (person)
  • Matt Dubnik — primary (person)
  • Will Wade — primary (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

  • 2023-01-31 House Hopper introduction
  • 2023-02-01 House First Readers reading-1
  • 2023-02-02 House Second Readers reading-2
  • 2023-02-16 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
  • 2023-02-27 House Third Readers reading-3
  • 2023-02-27 House Passed/Adopted passage
  • 2023-02-28 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
  • 2023-03-08 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
  • 2023-03-09 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
  • 2023-03-13 Senate Third Read reading-3
  • 2023-03-13 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
  • 2023-03-30 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
  • 2023-04-13 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
  • 2023-04-13 Act 7 executive-signature
  • 2023-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/8c484233-628d-44cb-84cf-7f10f5110ea0. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).