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SB 471 Passed First Chamber

Education; requires a student to wear a face mask or face covering while present on school property; eliminate automatic repeal provision

Introduced
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Floor
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Passed
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act providing that no local board of education, local school superintendent, or school administrator, teacher, or other school personnel shall make or enforce any rule that requires a student to wear a face mask or face covering while present on school property unless such rule provides that a parent or guardian of such student may elect for his or her child to be exempt from such rule, approved March 29, 2022 (Ga. L. 2022, p. 23/SB 514), so as to eliminate the automatic repeal provision; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Chamber
Senate
Introduced
Feb 6, 2026
Last action
Mar 6, 2026 — House Second Readers
Session
2025_26
Momentum
72 · High