GA SB17 | 2025-2026 | Regular Session

Status

Sponsorship: Strong Partisan Bill (Republican 28-2)
Status: Engrossed on March 6 2025 - 50% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2026-03-31 - Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub As Amended
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Summary

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 11 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 and Article 10 of Chapter 3 of Title 38 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to public school property and facilities and state-wide first responder building mapping information system, respectively, so as to enact "Ricky and Alyssa's Law"; to require local school systems to implement a mobile panic alert system capable of connecting disparate emergency services technologies to ensure real-time coordination between multiple state and local first responder agencies in the event of a school security; to authorize the Georgia Emergency Management and Homeland Security Agency to adopt rules and regulations for the requirements for school mapping data; to provide for a definition; to provide for related matters; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

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Title

"Ricky and Alyssa's Law"; enact

Sponsors


Roll Calls

2026-03-31 - Senate - Agree To House Substitute As Amended: Senate Vote #924 (Y: 32 N: 17 NV: 2 Abs: 3) [PASS]
2025-04-02 - House - Passage: House Vote #380 (Y: 171 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 8) [PASS]
2025-03-06 - Senate - Passage By Substitute: Senate Vote #163 (Y: 55 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]

History

DateChamberAction
2026-03-31SenateSenate Agreed House Amend or Sub As Amended
2025-04-02HouseHouse Passed/Adopted By Substitute
2025-04-02HouseHouse Third Readers
2025-03-18HouseHouse Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
2025-03-11HouseHouse Second Readers
2025-03-10HouseHouse First Readers
2025-03-06SenateSenate Passed/Adopted By Substitute
2025-03-06SenateSenate Third Read
2025-02-19SenateSenate Read Second Time
2025-02-18SenateSenate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
2025-01-16SenateSenate Read and Referred
2025-01-15SenateSenate Hopper

Georgia State Sources

TypeSource
Summaryhttps://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/69393
Texthttps://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20252026/230009
Texthttps://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20252026/232554
Texthttps://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20252026/235361
Texthttps://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20252026/236446
Texthttps://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20252026/238665
Amendmenthttps://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20252026/248629
Amendmenthttps://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20252026/248628
Amendmenthttps://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20252026/248635
Roll Callhttps://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/69393#25134
Roll Callhttps://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/69393#25494
Roll Callhttps://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/69393#26531

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