"True Patriotism and Universal Student Access (TPUSA) Act"; enact
Summary
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Subpart 2A of Part 1 of Article 16 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to clubs and organizations, so as to provide for equal access to public schools for students engaging in political or philosophical expression; to authorize the organization of partisan and nonpartisan student groups and gatherings; to provide for school disclaimers of sponsorship; to prohibit discrimination based on the content of student speech within a limited open forum; to provide for the maintenance of order and discipline; to provide for a short title; to provide for definitions; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2026
Committee Review
Mar 2026
Senate Passage
Mar 2026
House Passage
Mar 2026
Signed into Law
May 2026
Introduced Feb 24, 2026
Signed May 11, 2026
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The bill text was reformatted to align with the official Senate Bill 552 layout, removing internal committee markings and page headers. The substantive legal content regarding student political rights remains identical to the original version.
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Removed internal legislative tracking numbers, committee headers, and page breaks that were present in the draft version.
Floor votes · Senate Mar 4, 2026 · House Mar 31, 2026
How they voted
40–6
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 48
Mar 4, 2026
D
Democratic19
57% Yea
R
Republican29
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
19
Key actions
7
Committee
6
Amendments
1
May 11, 2026
Signed into law
Act 497
upper
May 11, 2026
Signed into law
Senate Date Signed by Governor
upper
Mar 31, 2026
Introduced
Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
upper
Mar 31, 2026
Lower · Passed
House Passed/Adopted By Substitute
lower
Mar 31, 2026
Committee
House Withdrawn, Recommitted
lower
Mar 25, 2026
Lower · Passed
House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
lower
Mar 19, 2026
Committee
House Withdrawn, Recommitted
lower
Mar 18, 2026
Lower · Passed
House Committee Favorably Reported
lower
Mar 4, 2026
Upper · Passed
Senate Passed/Adopted
upper
Feb 26, 2026
Upper · Passed
Senate Committee Favorably Reported
upper
Feb 25, 2026
Committee
Senate Read and Referred
upper
Feb 24, 2026
Introduced
Senate Hopper
upper
30 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Ben Watson
RRepublican
P
Bill Cowsert
RRepublican
P
Billy Hickman
RRepublican
P
Blake Tillery
RRepublican
P
Bo Hatchett
RRepublican
P
Brian Strickland
RRepublican
P
Carden Summers
RRepublican
P
Chuck Hufstetler
RRepublican
P
Chuck Payne
RRepublican
P
Clint Dixon
RRepublican
P
Drew Echols
RRepublican
P
Ed Setzler
RRepublican
P
Frank Ginn
RRepublican
P
Greg Dolezal
RRepublican
P
Jason Anavitarte
RRepublican
P
John Albers
RRepublican
P
Kay Kirkpatrick
RRepublican
P
Larry Walker
RRepublican
P
Lee Anderson
RRepublican
P
Marty Harbin
RRepublican
P
Matt Brass
RRepublican
P
Max Burns
RRepublican
P
Mike Hodges
RRepublican
P
Randy Robertson
RRepublican
P
Rick Williams
RRepublican
P
Russ Goodman
RRepublican
P
Shawn Still
RRepublican
P
Steve Gooch
RRepublican
P
Steven McNeel
RRepublican
P
Tim Bearden
RRepublican
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