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Barrow County, GA

Part of the Atlanta metropolitan area, Barrow County has experienced significant growth. The county seat is Winder.

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HB 268

Education; safety, health, and well-being of students and school communities; provide

Summary

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 the safety, health, and well-being of students and school communities; to create an Office of Safe Schools within the Georgia Emergency Management and Homeland Security Agency; to provide technical assistance for local school systems to develop policies and procedures for their threat management teams; to develop a state-wide behavioral threat management operational process; to provide for definitions; to amend Code Section 16-11-37 of the O.C.G.A., relating to terroristic threats and acts and penalties, so as to provide for the offense of threatening the death of or serious injury to individuals who are or likely to be at school; to amend Article 4 of Chapter 18 of Title 50 of the O.C.G.A., relating to inspection of public records, so as to provide for an exemption; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Committees

Committees House Committee: Education Senate Committee: Judiciary

Sponsors

Persinger, Holt (119th); Efstration, Chuck (104th); Gaines, Houston (120th); Burns, Jon (159th); Erwin, Chris (32nd); Greene, Gerald (154th)

Status History

04/28/2025: Act 17; 04/28/2025: House Date Signed by Governor; 04/09/2025: House Sent to Governor; 03/31/2025: House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub; 03/31/2025: Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute; 03/31/2025: Senate Third Read; 03/28/2025: Senate Read Second Time; 03/28/2025: Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute; 03/06/2025: Senate Read and Referred; 03/04/2025: House Passed/Adopted By Substitute; 03/04/2025: House Third Readers; 03/03/2025: House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute; 02/06/2025: House Second Readers; 02/05/2025: House First Readers; 02/04/2025: House Hopper

Votes

03/04/2025, House Vote #166, 159, 13, 2, 6; 03/31/2025, Senate Vote #347, 25, 29, 0, 2; 03/31/2025, Senate Vote #348, 45, 9, 0, 2; 03/31/2025, House Vote #365, 154, 12, 3, 11

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HB 157

Braselton, Town of; annex certain properties

Summary

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to provide a new charter for the Town of Braselton, approved June 3, 2003 (Ga. L. 2003, p. 4319), so as to annex certain properties into the town; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; to provide an effective date; and for other purposes.

Committees

Committees House Committee: Intragovernmental Coordination Senate Committee: State and Local Governmental Operations

Sponsors

Dunahoo, Emory (31st); Persinger, Holt (119th); Gaines, Houston (120th); Erwin, Chris (32nd)

Status History

04/07/2025: House Sent to Governor; 03/27/2025: Senate Passed/Adopted; 03/27/2025: Senate Committee Favorably Reported; 02/11/2025: Senate Read and Referred; 02/10/2025: House Passed/Adopted; 02/10/2025: House Third Readers; 02/10/2025: House Committee Favorably Reported; 01/30/2025: House Second Readers; 01/29/2025: House First Readers; 01/28/2025: House Hopper

Votes

02/10/2025, House Vote #19, 167, 0, 5, 8; 03/27/2025, Senate Vote #291, 52, 0, 0, 4

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HB 105

Public officers and employees; increase indemnification award of certain state public school personnel in the event of death

Summary

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 45-9-78 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to payment of indemnification for death or disability generally, designation of method of payment, and procedure for making payments, so as to increase the indemnification award of certain state public school personnel in the event of death; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Committees

Committees House Committee: Education Senate Committee: Rules

Sponsors

Wade, Will (9th); Gambill, Matthew (15th); Hong, Soo (103rd); McDonald III, Lauren (26th); Erwin, Chris (32nd); Persinger, Holt (119th)

Status History

04/09/2025: House Sent to Governor; 04/04/2025: House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub; 04/02/2025: Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute; 04/02/2025: Senate Third Read; 03/31/2025: Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute; 03/28/2025: Senate Recommitted; 03/18/2025: Senate Read Second Time; 03/13/2025: Senate Committee Favorably Reported; 02/18/2025: Senate Read and Referred; 02/13/2025: House Passed/Adopted; 02/13/2025: House Third Readers; 02/11/2025: House Committee Favorably Reported; 01/28/2025: House Second Readers; 01/27/2025: House First Readers; 01/17/2025: House Hopper

Votes

02/13/2025, House Vote #36, 168, 0, 5, 7; 04/02/2025, Senate Vote #386, 51, 0, 3, 2; 04/04/2025, House Vote #411, 164, 0, 7, 9

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HB 81

Interstate Compact for School Psychologists; enter into

Summary

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 6 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to education compacts, so as to enter into the Interstate Compact for School Psychologists; to provide for a short title; to provide for definitions; to provide for the provisions of the compact; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Committees

Committees House Committee: Education Senate Committee: Education and Youth

Sponsors

Ballard, Bethany (147th); Erwin, Chris (32nd); Townsend, Rick (179th); Persinger, Holt (119th); Dubnik, Matt (29th); Gambill, Matthew (15th)

Status History

04/28/2025: Act 12; 04/28/2025: House Date Signed by Governor; 04/07/2025: House Sent to Governor; 03/13/2025: Senate Passed/Adopted; 03/13/2025: Senate Third Read; 03/10/2025: Senate Read Second Time; 03/06/2025: Senate Committee Favorably Reported; 02/18/2025: Senate Read and Referred; 02/13/2025: House Passed/Adopted; 02/13/2025: House Third Readers; 02/11/2025: House Committee Favorably Reported; 01/27/2025: House Second Readers; 01/17/2025: House First Readers; 01/16/2025: House Hopper

Votes

02/13/2025, House Vote #35, 165, 2, 3, 10; 03/13/2025, Senate Vote #232, 48, 2, 1, 5

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