# Georgia SB 212: "Quality Basic Education Act"; disclosure of public student directory information to political candidates or persons or groups acting on their behalf; prohibit Georgia SB 212, "Quality Basic Education Act"; disclosure of public student directory information to political candidates or persons or groups acting on their behalf; prohibit, is a 2025-2026 Regular Session Senate bill sponsored by John Albers (Republican), Max Burns (Republican), Billy Hickman (Republican) and 2 others; status signed, last action 2025-05-14 (Senate Date Signed by Governor); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-12). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/GA-SB212-2025-2026 - As of: 2026-10-12 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Georgia SB 212 - State: Georgia - Session: 2025-2026 Regular Session - Title: "Quality Basic Education Act"; disclosure of public student directory information to political candidates or persons or groups acting on their behalf; prohibit - Status: signed - Chamber: Senate - Introduced: 2025-02-19 - Last action: 2025-05-14, Senate Date Signed by Governor - Sponsors: John Albers (Republican), Max Burns (Republican), Billy Hickman (Republican), Mike Hodges (Republican), Shawn Still (Republican) - Cosponsors: 1 - Subjects: Education, Ethics, General Bill - Touches household money: yes - Roll calls: 4 (216 yes, 105 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 6 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Student information stays off campaign lists: benefit, low. Georgia public schools, school systems, and people acting for them cannot share student directory information with political groups. This covers candidates, campaign committees, political action committees, political organizations, and anyone acting for them. Covered voter or Selective Service regi… - Students get school voter registration opportunities: benefit, low. Georgia public schools must inform eligible students about their rights to register and vote, and their Selective Service registration obligation. Schools must offer an opportunity to register to vote at school during April each year. Eligible students receive an excused absence for registering or… - Limits on recruiting minors for campaigns: benefit, low. Candidates, campaign committees, and political action committees cannot ask anyone under 18 to fraudulently organize certain school-property events. The ban applies only when law or school policy already prohibits the event. Covered events seek to influence nominations, elections, recalls, constitu… - Military recruiters get equal school access: benefit, low. Georgia school systems and secondary public schools must give official state and U.S. military recruiters at least equal access. This applies when schools give career or education groups access to school property or student directory information. Military recruiters must receive access to both on a… - Schools offer daily Pledge of Allegiance: benefit, low. Each student must have an opportunity to recite the Pledge of Allegiance during the school day; participation is not required. Local school boards must adopt a written policy explaining when and how recitation happens and give it to teachers. The State Superintendent must develop instruction on pro… - Voter privacy backed by felony penalties: mixed, medium. The law protects voter information that Georgia law makes confidential or exempts from public inspection. Sharing it with an unauthorized person is a felony carrying one to ten years in prison, up to $100,000 in fines, or both. These penalties also continue to cover registration without legal quali… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: John Albers (Republican), Senate - Sponsor: Max Burns (Republican), Senate - Sponsor: Billy Hickman (Republican), Senate - Sponsor: Mike Hodges (Republican), Senate - Sponsor: Shawn Still (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Todd Jones (Republican), House ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-04-02 | Senate | AGREE TO HOUSE SUBSTITUTE | pass | 53 | 0 | 1 | | 2025-03-31 | House | PASSAGE | pass | 98 | 66 | 5 | | 2025-03-06 | Senate | MOTION TO ENGROSS | pass | 32 | 20 | 2 | | 2025-03-06 | Senate | PASSAGE | pass | 33 | 19 | 2 | ## Actions (19) - 2025-05-14: Senate Date Signed by Governor (Senate) - 2025-05-14: Act 313 - 2025-05-14: Effective Date - 2025-04-10: Senate Sent to Governor (Senate) - 2025-04-02: Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub (Senate) - 2025-03-31: House Third Readers (House) - 2025-03-31: House Passed/Adopted By Substitute (House) - 2025-03-25: House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute (House) - 2025-03-11: House Second Readers (House) - 2025-03-10: House First Readers (House) - 2025-03-06: Senate Engrossed (Senate) - 2025-03-06: Senate Tabled (Senate) - 2025-03-06: Senate Taken from Table (Senate) - 2025-03-06: Senate Third Read (Senate) - 2025-03-06: Senate Passed/Adopted (Senate) - 2025-02-27: Senate Read Second Time (Senate) - 2025-02-26: Senate Committee Favorably Reported (Senate) - 2025-02-20: Senate Read and Referred (Senate) - 2025-02-19: Senate Hopper (Senate) ## Bill text - SB 212/AP* (v7): [PDF](https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20252026/239124) ## Related bills - SB 160: Reckless Stunt Driving; a motor vehicle involved in a second offense of reckless stunt driving; replace the forfeiture penalty (signed) - SB 384: Motor Vehicle; optional five-year motor vehicle registration and revalidation for certain motor vehicles; provide (signed) - SB 76: License Plates; specialty license plate benefitting the Georgia Veterans Service Foundation; establish (signed) - SB 406: "Georgia Property Owners' Bill of Rights Act"; enact (signed) - HB 1391: Specialty license plates; honor public safety officers; establish (signed) - HB 1344: Georgia Insurance Affordability and Claims Integrity Act; enact (signed) ## Sources - [SB 212/AP* (v7) (PDF)](https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20252026/239124) ## Related - [SB 160: Reckless Stunt Driving; a motor vehicle involved in a second offense of reckles…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/GA-SB160-2025-2026) - [SB 384: Motor Vehicle; optional five-year motor vehicle registration and revalidation f…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/GA-SB384-2025-2026) - [SB 76: License Plates; specialty license plate benefitting the Georgia Veterans Servic…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/GA-SB76-2025-2026) - [SB 406: "Georgia Property Owners' Bill of Rights Act"; enact](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/GA-SB406-2025-2026) - [HB 1391: Specialty license plates; honor public safety officers; establish](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/GA-HB1391-2025-2026) - [HB 1344: Georgia Insurance Affordability and Claims Integrity Act; enact](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/GA-HB1344-2025-2026) - [Georgia bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/georgia/bills) - [Georgia state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/georgia) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/GA-SB212-2025-2026 (as of 2026-10-12).