Georgia House Bill 643

---

Sponsorship: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 5-1)
Status: Introduced on February 26 2025 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2025-02-28 - House Second Readers
Pending: House Education Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 27 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to loitering at or disrupting schools, so as to provide for the local board of education or other governing body of each public and private elementary and secondary school in this state to install key boxes at each school building in locations determined in collaboration with local law enforcement and emergency management agencies; to provide for the purpose, content, and minimum standards of such key boxes; to provide for policies and regulation; to provide for the creation and maintenance of records; to provide for immunity from civil liability; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Education; install key boxes at each school building in locations determined in collaboration with local law enforcement; provide

Rep. Rick Townsend [R]	Rep. Scott Hilton [R]	Rep. Bethany Ballard [R]	Rep. Carmen Rice [R]
Rep. Matt Dubnik [R]	Rep. Lynn Heffner [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2025-02-28	House	House Second Readers
2025-02-27	House	House First Readers
2025-02-26	House	House Hopper

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/70842
Text	https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20252026/234041