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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.
- HB 147/AP* (committee substitute) — source
- LC 49 1174-EC/a (committee substitute) — source
- Sen floor amend 1 (committee substitute) — source
- Sen floor amend 1A (committee substitute) — source
- Sen floor amend 2 (committee substitute) — source
- Sen floor amend 3 (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- Senate Vote #210 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 22–33 (fail) · upper
- Senate Vote #211 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 21–33 (fail) · upper
- Senate Vote #214 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 52–3 (pass) · upper
- Senate Vote #212 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 21–33 (fail) · upper
- House Vote #86 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 148–20 (pass) · lower
- Senate Vote #213 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 25–30 (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).