2025-2026 Regular SessionGeorgia Legislature

HB267: Riley Gaines Act; enact

Legislative Summary

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend various titles of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated so as to provide for separate restroom and changing areas for males and females in schools; to provide for sleeping arrangements on school trips to be made according to sex; to provide for definitions throughout the Official Code of Georgia Annotated of certain terms relating to sex; to provide for legislative findings on the importance of certain distinctions between the sexes; to require any collector of vital statistics throughout this state to identify each individual as either male or female; to replace the term "gender" throughout the Code with "sex"; to provide for definitions; to provide for conforming changes; to provide for a short title; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

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Bill History

2/4/2025
House Hopper
House of Representatives
2/5/2025
House First Readers
House of Representatives
2/6/2025
House Second Readers
House of Representatives
2/24/2025
House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
House of Representatives
2/27/2025
House Third Readers
House of Representatives
2/27/2025
House Passed/Adopted By Substitute
House of Representatives
2/28/2025
Senate Read and Referred
Senate

Roll Call Votes

Passage: House Vote #103
2/27/2025
102
Yea
54
Nay
10
Not Voting
14
Absent
Result: PASSED

Status Information

Current Status
Engrossed(2/27/2025)
Chamber
Senate
Committee
Judiciary(Senate)

Documents

Comm Sub
Bill Text2/27/2025150.4 KB
Comm Sub
Bill Text2/27/2025153.9 KB
Comm Sub
Bill Text2/24/2025155.5 KB
Introduced
Bill Text2/5/2025147.2 KB