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SB 471 — Education; requires a student to wear a face mask or face covering while present on school property; eliminate automatic repeal provision

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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.

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Legislative term
Georgia General Assembly 2025–2026
Session
2025-2026 Regular Session
Chamber or committee
Georgia Senate
Measure type
Bill
Introduced
Feb 9, 2026

Bill timeline (8)

Votes on this bill (1)

Sponsorships (2)

Greg Dolezal

Primary sponsor
Office service
State Senator · District 27 · From Jan 14, 2019
Role in source
Georgia sponsorType=1; sequence=1; Dolezal, Greg; sponsorship listed in session 1033; start uses sourced bill introduction date
From
Feb 9, 2026

Rick A. Williams

Cosponsor
Office service
State Senator · District 25 · From Jan 23, 2023
Role in source
Georgia sponsorType=1; sequence=6; Williams, Rick; sponsorship listed in session 1033; start uses sourced bill introduction date
From
Feb 9, 2026

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