Georgia House Bill 892 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)
Status: Introduced on January 12 2022 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2022-01-14 - House Second Readers
Pending: House Education Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Subpart 1 of Part 2 of Article 16 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to corporal punishment, so as to prohibit the use of corporal punishment by school administrators, teachers, and other school personnel with any student in any public school of this state; to repeal a provision relating to when and how corporal punishment may be administered; to repeal a provision relating to when principal or teacher not liable for administering corporal punishment; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Education; use of corporal punishment by school personnel with any student in any public school; prohibit

Rep. Rebecca Mitchell [D]	Rep. Shelly Hutchinson [D]	Rep. Sandra Scott [D]	Rep. James Beverly [D]
Rep. Billy Mitchell [D]	Rep. Kim Schofield [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2022-01-14	House	House Second Readers
2022-01-13	House	House First Readers
2022-01-12	House	House Hopper

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/61107
Text	https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20212022/203303