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Bill 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 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. us/states/ga Georgia General Assembly 2025_26 HB 1009 Georgia HB 1009 (2025_26)
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Deborah Silcox
Jan Jones
Matt Reeves
Sandy Donatucci
Scott Hilton
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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

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.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

  1. HB 1009/AP* (committee substitute) — source
  2. LC 49 2527/a (committee substitute) — source
  3. Sen Floor Amend 1 AM 49 0318 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • Senate Vote #784 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 520 (pass) · upper
  • Senate Vote #783 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 1338 (fail) · upper
  • House Vote #545 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 14520 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Carmen Rice — primary (person)
  • Deborah Silcox — primary (person)
  • Jan Jones — primary (person)
  • Matt Reeves — primary (person)
  • Sandy Donatucci — primary (person)
  • Scott Hilton — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2026-01-16 House Hopper introduction
  • 2026-01-27 House First Readers reading-1
  • 2026-01-28 House Second Readers reading-2
  • 2026-02-06 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
  • 2026-02-24 House Third Readers reading-3
  • 2026-02-24 House Passed/Adopted passage
  • 2026-02-25 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
  • 2026-03-18 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
  • 2026-03-19 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
  • 2026-03-23 Senate Third Read reading-3
  • 2026-03-23 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
  • 2026-04-06 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
  • 2026-05-05 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
  • 2026-05-05 Act 395 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2c723cbe-7136-4c0e-943f-03615c11c8f1. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).