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Georgia bills · 2025-2026 Regular Session

Georgia SB 179

Education; the academic and disciplinary records of each transferring student shall be provided within five days; require

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed Senate
  4. Passed House
  5. To Governor
  6. Became law

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Summary

Official abstract published by the Georgia legislature· 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 that the academic and disciplinary records of each transferring student shall be provided by such student's previous school to the receiving school within five days; to reduce the number of days by which a parent or guardian of a transferring student shall receive copies of such records;to provide for evidence based youth violence prevention training programs; to provide for student violence prevention clubs; to provide for local policies for anonymous reporting; to provide for definitions; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date and applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

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Roll-call votes

State vote data last updated Oct 15, 2026, 8:06 AM.

DateVoteResultYour legislators
Mar 23, 2026
House		House Vote #741 - 2025-2026 Regular SessionpassSet your home in Georgia to see
Mar 9, 2026
Senate		Senate Vote #693 - 2025-2026 Regular SessionpassSet your home in Georgia to see
Apr 4, 2025
House		House Vote #430 - 2025-2026 Regular SessionpassSet your home in Georgia to see
Mar 6, 2025
Senate		Senate Vote #165 - 2025-2026 Regular SessionpassSet your home in Georgia to see

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