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type: "Bill"
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title: "Education; enact policies and procedures for use of personal electronic devices at school and school sponsored events by students in grades nine through twelve; require local school systems"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to elementary and secondary education, so as to require local school systems and public schools to enact policies and procedures for use of personal electronic devices at school and school sponsored events by students in grades nine through twelve; to revise provisions relative to permissible student use of personal electronic devices; to revise a definition; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
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legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
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session: "2025_26"
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identifier: "HB 1009"
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citation: "Georgia HB 1009 (2025_26)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["EDUCATION"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Carmen Rice", "Deborah Silcox", "Jan Jones", "Matt Reeves", "Sandy Donatucci", "Scott Hilton"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 14
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2026-01-16"
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last_action: "2026-05-05"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2c723cbe-7136-4c0e-943f-03615c11c8f1"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "fa4053f3b48289ec12084ac84b8399ac878440b4cc78228e100ba1c600c8b8e2"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ga"]
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---
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# Georgia HB 1009 (2025_26) — Education; enact policies and procedures for use of personal electronic devices at school and school sponsored events by students in grades nine through twelve; require local school systems
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to elementary and secondary education, so as to require local school systems and public schools to enact policies and procedures for use of personal electronic devices at school and school sponsored events by students in grades nine through twelve; to revise provisions relative to permissible student use of personal electronic devices; to revise a definition; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **HB 1009/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/247117.pdf)
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2. **LC 49 2527/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/240040.pdf)
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3. **Sen Floor Amend 1 AM 49 0318** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/246996.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Senate Vote #784 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **52–0** (pass) · upper
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- Senate Vote #783 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **13–38** (fail) · upper
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- House Vote #545 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **145–20** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Carmen Rice — primary (person)
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- Deborah Silcox — primary (person)
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- Jan Jones — primary (person)
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- Matt Reeves — primary (person)
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- Sandy Donatucci — primary (person)
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- Scott Hilton — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-01-16** House Hopper `introduction`
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- **2026-01-27** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2026-01-28** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2026-02-06** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-02-24** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2026-02-24** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2026-02-25** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2026-03-18** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-03-19** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2026-03-23** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2026-03-23** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2026-04-06** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-05-05** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2026-05-05** Act 395 `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2c723cbe-7136-4c0e-943f-03615c11c8f1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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