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Read. Follow. Verify.Georgia requires Department of Education to distribute adolescent vaccination information to parents of seventh-grade students
Last action · April 4, 2025: House Withdrawn, RecommittedSponsors: Darlene Taylor and 5 others
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What This Bill Proposed
Beginning in the 2025-2026 school year, the Georgia Department of Education is required to provide parents and guardians of entering seventh-grade students with printed or electronic information regarding recommended adolescent vaccinations for meningococcal meningitis, human papillomavirus (HPV), and tetanus, diphtheria, and pertussis ().
Who It Would Have Affected
Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
parents and guardians of students entering the seventh grade
Department of Education
The department is tasked with developing, posting on its website, and distributing adolescent vaccination information to parents and local school systems.
Department of Public Health
The department must cooperate with the Department of Education to develop and make vaccination information available to local school systems.
Key Facts
- Beginning in the 2025-2026 school year, the Department of Education must provide all parents and guardians of seventh-grade students with information on recommended adolescent vaccinations.
- Required vaccine information covers meningococcal meningitis disease, human papillomavirus (HPV), and tetanus, diphtheria, and pertussis (TDAP).
- Information must be delivered in print form, electronic form, or both, and include details on how each vaccine prevents its associated disease, sources for additional information, and recommendations from the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices.
- The Department of Education must cooperate with the Department of Public Health to develop and make the information available to local school systems, including posting the information on its public website.
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · in House committee.
Procedural history
6 actions- Apr 4, 2025HouseHouse Withdrawn, Recommitted
- Feb 12, 2025HouseCommitteeHouse Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
- Feb 10, 2025HouseHouse Withdrawn, Recommitted
- Feb 3, 2025HouseHouse Second Readers
- Jan 30, 2025HouseIntroducedHouse First Readers
- Jan 29, 2025HouseIntroducedHouse Hopper
Version history & redline
2 versions on fileLobbying Activity
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Sources
www.legis.ga.gov
Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 45)
- Controversy30Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz20Current news / social attention level
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