republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2025-26/sb-552.md

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Bill	"True Patriotism and Universal Student Access (TPUSA) Act"; enact	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Subpart 2A of Part 1 of Article 16 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to clubs and organizations, so as to provide for equal access to public schools for students engaging in political or philosophical expression; to authorize the organization of partisan and nonpartisan student groups and gatherings; to provide for school disclaimers of sponsorship; to prohibit discrimination based on the content of student speech within a limited open forum; to provide for the maintenance of order and discipline; to provide for a short title; to provide for definitions; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2025_26	SB 552	Georgia SB 552 (2025_26)	bill	EDUCATION	enacted	Ben Watson Bill Cowsert Billy Hickman Blake Tillery Bo Hatchett Brian Strickland Carden Summers Chuck Hufstetler Chuck Payne Clint Dixon Drew Echols Ed Setzler Frank Ginn Greg Dolezal Jason Anavitarte Jason T. Dickerson John Albers Kay Kirkpatrick Larry Walker, III Lee Anderson Marty Harbin Matt Brass Max Burns Mike Hodges Randy Robertson Rick Williams Russ Goodman Shawn Still Steve Gooch Steven McNeel Timothy Bearden	6	19	4	2026-02-24	2026-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/46e72898-fad6-4b04-bc8c-486938bc1f45	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	6123d9f8f945e9fefb9dfdc472697c16ca465e6bae13af373843f908609a8478	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia SB 552 (2025_26) — "True Patriotism and Universal Student Access (TPUSA) Act"; enact

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Subpart 2A of Part 1 of Article 16 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to clubs and organizations, so as to provide for equal access to public schools for students engaging in political or philosophical expression; to authorize the organization of partisan and nonpartisan student groups and gatherings; to provide for school disclaimers of sponsorship; to prohibit discrimination based on the content of student speech within a limited open forum; to provide for the maintenance of order and discipline; to provide for a short title; to provide for definitions; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; 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. As Introduced LC 49 2643 (committee substitute) — source
2. As Passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. Floor Amend 1 AM 49 0293 (committee substitute) — source
4. LC 49 2838S/hss (committee substitute) — source
5. LC 49 2882S/hrcs (committee substitute) — source
6. SB 552/AP* (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Senate Vote #913 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 42–7 (pass) · upper
• House Vote #804 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 95–68 (pass) · lower
• Senate Vote #623 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 46–7 (pass) · upper
• Senate Vote #622 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 21–32 (fail) · upper

Sponsors

• Ben Watson — primary (person)
• Bill Cowsert — primary (person)
• Billy Hickman — primary (person)
• Blake Tillery — primary (person)
• Bo Hatchett — primary (person)
• Brian Strickland — primary (person)
• Carden Summers — primary (person)
• Chuck Hufstetler — primary (person)
• Chuck Payne — primary (person)
• Clint Dixon — primary (person)
• Drew Echols — primary (person)
• Ed Setzler — primary (person)
• Frank Ginn — primary (person)
• Greg Dolezal — primary (person)
• Jason Anavitarte — primary (person)
• Jason T. Dickerson — primary (person)
• John Albers — primary (person)
• Kay Kirkpatrick — primary (person)
• Larry Walker, III — primary (person)
• Lee Anderson — primary (person)
• Marty Harbin — primary (person)
• Matt Brass — primary (person)
• Max Burns — primary (person)
• Mike Hodges — primary (person)
• Randy Robertson — primary (person)
• Rick Williams — primary (person)
• Russ Goodman — primary (person)
• Shawn Still — primary (person)
• Steve Gooch — primary (person)
• Steven McNeel — primary (person)
• Timothy Bearden — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-02-24 Senate Hopper introduction
• 2026-02-25 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2026-02-26 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-03-03 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2026-03-04 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2026-03-04 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2026-03-06 House First Readers reading-1
• 2026-03-09 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2026-03-18 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-03-19 House Withdrawn, Recommitted referral-committee, withdrawal
• 2026-03-25 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-03-31 House Withdrawn, Recommitted referral-committee, withdrawal
• 2026-03-31 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2026-03-31 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2026-03-31 Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
• 2026-04-10 Senate Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2026-05-11 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2026-05-11 Act 497 executive-signature
• 2026-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/46e72898-fad6-4b04-bc8c-486938bc1f45. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).