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Legislator > Mark Newton
State Representative
Mark Newton
(R) - Georgia
Georgia House District 127
In Office - Started: 01/09/2023
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Capitol Office
State Capitol
Atlanta, GA 30334
Atlanta, GA 30334
Phone: 404-656-7855
Augusta Office
Augusta, GA
| Bill | Bill Name | Summary | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|
| HB197 | Insurance; health care provider to respond to a private review agent or utility review entity's attempt to discuss the patient's care; detail the effort | AN ACT To amend Code Section 33-46-6 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to requirements for certification, utilization of nationally recognized accreditation standards, and website identifying nationally recognized accreditation entities, so as to detail the effort that shall be made by treating health care provider to respond to a private review agent or utility review entity's attempt to reach such provider to discuss the patient's care; to amend Chapter 46 of Title 33 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to certification of private review agents, so as to provide for health insurers to implement and maintain a program that allows for the selective application of reductions in prior authorization requirements under certain circumstances; to provide for an annual filing; to provide for the promulgation of rules and regulations; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date and applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB136 | Income tax; contributions to foster child support organizations; expand tax credit | AN ACT To amend Chapter 7 of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to income taxes, so as to revise and create new tax credits related to children; to increase the state tax credit for certain child and dependent care expenses; to create new tax credits for individuals with children under the age of six, for employers that pay certain child care expenses, and for insurance companies against insurance premium tax liability for contributions to qualified organizations that support foster children and justice involved youth; to provide for terms, conditions, limitations, and procedures for such credits; to revise a tax credit for contributions to foster child support organizations; to expand the organizations that qualify for such contributions; to allow such organizations to include as qualified expenditures certain services for justice involved youth; to provide for the services that are qualified expenditures; to provide for reporting requirements; to provide for certifying and decertifying qualified organizations; to provide for information sharing and limitations thereof; to provide for definitions; to provide for rules and regulations; to provide for a sunset; to provide for related matters; to provide for effective dates and applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB498 | Garden City Charm and Tourism Act; enact | AN ACT To authorize the governing authority of Augusta-Richmond County to levy an excise tax pursuant to subsection (b) of Code Section 48-13-51 of the O.C.G.A.; to provide for procedures, conditions, and limitations; to provide a short title; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB783 | Columbia County; school district ad valorem tax; provide homestead exemption | AN ACT To provide a homestead exemption from Columbia County school district ad valorem taxes for educational purposes in the amount of $8,000.00 of the assessed value of the homestead for residents of that school district; to provide for definitions; to specify the terms and conditions of the exemption and the procedures relating thereto; to provide for applicability; to provide for compliance with constitutional requirements; to provide for a referendum, effective dates, automatic repeal, mandatory execution of election, and judicial remedies regarding failure to comply; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB784 | Columbia County; ad valorem tax for county purposes; provide homestead exemption | AN ACT To provide a homestead exemption from Columbia County ad valorem taxes for county purposes in the amount of $8,000.00 of the assessed value of the homestead for residents of that county; to provide for definitions; to specify the terms and conditions of the exemption and the procedures relating thereto; to provide for applicability; to provide for compliance with constitutional requirements; to provide for a referendum, effective dates, automatic repeal, mandatory execution of election, and judicial remedies regarding failure to comply; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB837 | Richmond County; Probate Court; authorize assessment and collection of a technology fee | AN ACT To authorize the assessment and collection of a technology fee by the Probate Court of Richmond County; to identify the authorized uses of such technology fee; to provide for the termination of such technology fee and dedication of residual funds; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB850 | Augusta-Richmond County; ad valorem tax; provide homestead exemption | AN ACT To provide a homestead exemption from Augusta-Richmond County ad valorem taxes for consolidated government purposes in an amount equal to the amount by which the current year assessed value of a homestead exceeds the adjusted base year assessed value of such homestead; to provide for definitions; to specify the terms and conditions of the exemption and the procedures relating thereto; to provide for applicability; to provide for compliance with constitutional requirements; to provide for a referendum, effective dates, automatic repeal, mandatory execution of election, and judicial remedies regarding failure to comply; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB473 | Controlled substances; Schedule I; provide certain provisions | AN ACT To amend Chapter 13 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to controlled substances, so as to provide for certain provisions relating to Schedule I controlled substances; to provide for certain provisions relating to the definition of dangerous drugs; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SB145 | Augusta Judicial Circuit; a sixth judge of the superior courts; provide | AN ACT To amend Code Section 15-6-2 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the number of judges of superior courts, so as to provide for a sixth judge of the superior courts of the Augusta Judicial Circuit; to provide for the appointment of such additional judge by the Governor; to provide for the election of successors to the judge initially appointed; to prescribe the powers of such judge; to prescribe the compensation, salary, and expense allowance of such judge to be paid by the State of Georgia and the counties comprising said circuit; to authorize the judges of such circuit to divide and allocate the work and duties thereof; to provide for the manner of impaneling jurors; to provide for an additional court reporter for such circuit; to authorize the governing authority of the counties comprising the Augusta Judicial Circuit to provide facilities, office space, supplies, equipment, and personnel for such judges; to declare inherent authority; to provide for related matters; to provide for effective dates; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB144 | Income tax; certain medical preceptor rotations; revise tax credit | AN ACT To amend Chapter 7 of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to income taxes, so as to revise a tax credit for certain medical preceptor rotations; to add dentistry; to increase the value of the tax credit; to revise definitions; to provide for an aggregate annual cap; to extend the sunset provision for such tax credit; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date and applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB235 | Georgia Supporting Living Donor Educators Act; enact | AN ACT To amend Article 1 of Chapter 1 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions relative to education, so as to require employers of public school teachers and employees and postsecondary employees to provide leaves of absence for the donation of bone marrow and organs; to provide for standards and conditions for granting such leaves of absence; to prohibit waivers of such leaves of absence; to provide for definitions; to provide for a short title; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB173 | Education, Department of; provide parents and guardians of students entering sixth grade information regarding adolescent vaccinations in print and electronic form | AN ACT To amend Part 3 of Article 16 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to student health in elementary and secondary education, so as to require the Department of Education to provide to parents and guardians of students entering the seventh grade information regarding recommended adolescent vaccinations in print or electronic form; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | In Committee |
| SB30 | Hospitals and Related Institutions; hormone therapies and puberty-blocking medications for certain purposes to minors; prohibit prescribing or administering | AN ACT To amend Article 1 of Chapter 7 of Title 31 and Article 1 of Chapter 34 of Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to regulation of hospitals and related institutions and the Georgia Composite Medical Board, respectively, so as to prohibit prescribing or administering certain hormone therapies and puberty-blocking medications for certain purposes to minors; to provide for definitions; to provide for exceptions; to provide for limited civil actions; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | Crossed Over |
| HB393 | Safer Cycling in Georgia Act; enact | AN ACT To amend Code Section 40-6-291 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to traffic laws applicable to bicycles, operation upon paved shoulder, and signaling of right hand turns, so as to require bicyclists to provide a signal of intention to turn absent certain circumstances; to provide for standards of operation for bicyclists approaching certain intersections with stop signs; to provide for related matters; to provide for a short title; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | In Committee |
| SB195 | Pharmacies; pharmacists are authorized to dispense preexposure prophylaxis and postexposure prophylaxis under certain conditions; provide | AN ACT To amend Article 6 of Chapter 4 of Title 26 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to pharmacies, so as to provide that pharmacists are authorized to dispense preexposure prophylaxis and postexposure prophylaxis under certain conditions; to amend Article 2 of Chapter 34 of Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to medical practice, so as to provide for the approval or development of a training program for pharmacists by the Georgia State Board of Pharmacy; to require pharmacists to complete such training program before dispensing preexposure prophylaxis or postexposure prophylaxis; to provide for patient requirements; to provide for limitations and conditions; to provide for sanctions; to provide for definitions; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | Crossed Over |
| HB382 | Controlled substances; Schedule I; psilocybin; revise a provision | AN ACT To amend Code Section 16-13-25 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to Schedule I controlled substances, so as to revise a provision relating to psilocybin; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | In Committee |
| HB526 | Ad valorem tax; extension of preferential assessment period for certain historic properties; provide | AN ACT To amend Article 1 of Chapter 5 of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions relative to ad valorem taxation of property, so as to provide for an extension of preferential assessment periods for certain historic properties; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | In Committee |
| HB629 | Education; remove requirement of having a licensed physician in automated external defibrillator programs | AN ACT To amend Part 3 of Article 16 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to health, so as to remove the requirement of having a licensed physician in automated external defibrillator programs; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | In Committee |
| HR593 | House Study Committee on Maternal, Prenatal, and Pediatric Care Access and Funding; create | A RESOLUTION creating the House Study Committee on Maternal, Prenatal, and Pediatric Care Access and Funding; and for other purposes. | In Committee |
| HR592 | House Study Committee on Noncompete Clauses in Physician Contracts; create | A RESOLUTION creating the House Study Committee on Noncompete Clauses in Physician Contracts; and for other purposes. | In Committee |
| HB717 | Medical Practice Act; regulation of the administration of psychedelic-assisted treatment and therapy; provide | AN ACT To amend Article 2 of Chapter 34 of Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the "Medical Practice Act of the State of Georgia," so as to provide for the regulation of the administration of psychedelic-assisted treatment and therapy; to provide for definitions; to provide for standards; to provide for requirements; to provide for the establishment of rules and regulations; to provide for licensure of clinics; to provide for statutory construction; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | In Committee |
| HR948 | House Study Committee on Pharmacy Benefits Managers and Consumer Access to Prescription Medications; create | A RESOLUTION creating the House Study Committee on Pharmacy Benefits Managers and Consumer Access to Prescription Medications; and for other purposes. | Introduced |
| HB932 | Revenue and taxation; tax credits for business enterprises; provide that certain military zones qualify for designation as less developed areas during a limited period of time | AN ACT To amend Code Section 48-7-40.1 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to tax credits for business enterprises in less developed areas, so as to provide for certain military zones that qualify for designation as less developed areas during a limited period of time; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | Introduced |
| HB455 | Bingo; properties used for games; limit number of sessions; provisions | AN ACT To amend Part 2 of Article 2 of Chapter 12 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to bingo, so as to provide for the information to be provided on applications for bingo games; to revise the provisions regarding the properties used for bingo games; to revise the limits on the number of bingo game sessions which are allowed per month; to revise the amount of prize money which may be paid; to revise the compensation for persons assisting in the conduct of bingo games; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | Crossed Over |
| HB880 | Income tax; reduce tax rate that may be reached under certain conditions | AN ACT To amend Article 2 of Chapter 7 of Title 48 and Part 1 of Article 4 of Chapter 12 of Title 45 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the imposition, rate, computation, exemptions, and credits relative to income taxes and management of budgetary and financial affairs, respectively, so as to reduce the income tax rate that may be reached under certain conditions; to provide for certain amounts of the Revenue Shortfall Reserve to be used for tax relief; to increase the limitation on the maximum percentage of net revenue allowed to be held in the Revenue Shortfall Reserve; to remove outdated provisions; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | Introduced |
| HB79 | Firearm Safe Handling and Secure Storage Tax Credit Act; enact | AN ACT To amend Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to revenue and taxation, so as to provide for a tax credit for certain eligible expenses incurred for firearm safe handling instructional courses; to provide for an aggregate annual cap; to provide for definitions; to provide for terms and conditions; to provide for credit preapproval by the department; to prohibit the creation of certain lists or databases; to provide for rules and regulations; to exempt sales of firearms, ammunition, gun safes, and related accessories from sales and use taxes during a four-day period each year; to provide for automatic repeals; to provide for related matters; to provide for a short title; to provide for effective dates and applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | Crossed Over |
| HB58 | Aviation; adoption of local ordinances, resolution, regulations, or policies that restrict the flight of unmanned aircraft systems over mass public gatherings; authorize | AN ACT To amend Chapter 1 of Title 6 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions relative to aviation, so as to prohibit certain actions by operators of unmanned aircraft systems; to provide for a penalty; to provide for applicability; to provide for definitions; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB866 | Community Health, Department of; pilot program to improve management of inpatient insulin levels in rural hospital organizations; provide | AN ACT To amend Chapter 2 of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Department of Community Health, so as to provide for a pilot program to improve the management of inpatient insulin levels in rural hospital organizations and for other purposes; to provide that such program be conducted by the Rural Health System Innovation Center; to provide for a grant program; to provide for the center to establish grant criteria and amounts; to provide for a report; to provide for definitions; to provide for automatic repeal; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date conditioned on appropriations; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | Introduced |
| HB810 | Insurance; require that final reimbursements to pharmacies for prescription drugs are based on certain formulas | AN ACT To amend Chapter 64 of Title 33 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to regulation and licensure of pharmacy benefits managers and Article 7 of Chapter 4 of Title 49 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to medical assistance generally, so as to require that final reimbursements to pharmacies for prescription drugs are based on certain formulas; to provide for applicability; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date and applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | Introduced |
| HB124 | Insurance; require coverage for healthcare services for pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorders; provisions | AN ACT To amend Article 1 of Chapter 24 of Title 33 and Article 1 of Chapter 18 of Title 45 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions relative to insurance and the state employees' health insurance plan and post-employment health benefit fund, respectively, so as to require coverage for healthcare services for pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorders associated with streptococcal infection (PANDAS) and pediatric acute onset neuropsychiatric syndrome (PANS) in accordance with nationally recognized clinical practice guidelines; to provide for definitions; to allow for deductibles; to prohibit special deductibles; to provide for rules and regulations; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | Crossed Over |
| HB373 | Insurance; annual prostate cancer screenings for certain men; require major medical coverage | AN ACT To amend Article 1 of Chapter 24 of Title 33 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions regarding insurance, so as to require major medical coverage for annual prostate cancer screenings for certain men; to provide for definitions; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date and applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | Crossed Over |
| HB323 | Bridging the Gap for ALS and Chronic Kidney Disease Act of 2025; enact | AN ACT To amend Chapter 43 of Title 33 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to Medicare supplement insurance, so as to provide for Medicare supplement policies to be issued and renewed for individuals under 65 years of age who are eligible by reason of disability or end stage renal disease under federal law; to provide for open enrollment periods; to prohibit an insurer from charging premium rates for such policies for such individuals that exceed premium rates charged for individuals who are 65 years of age; to provide for a short title; to provide for related matters; to provide for effective dates; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | Crossed Over |
| HR648 | School Social Workers Association of Georgia; expertise and commitment to the well-being of students and their families; commend | A RESOLUTION recognizing and commending the School Social Workers Association of Georgia for its expertise and commitment to the well-being of students and their families; and for other purposes. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HR601 | Support for increased awareness of stomach cancer; recognize | A RESOLUTION expressing support for increased awareness of stomach cancer; and for other purposes. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB583 | Motor vehicles; increase number of free license plates issued to certain veterans | AN ACT To amend Article 3 of Chapter 2 of Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to prestige license plates and special plates for certain persons and vehicles, so as to provide for the issuance of two free license plates for veterans who are totally disabled or disabled; to provide for application; to provide for conforming changes; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | Crossed Over |
| HR397 | House Study Committee on Healthcare Quality and Reporting; create | A RESOLUTION creating the House Study Committee on Healthcare Quality and Reporting; and for other purposes. | Introduced |
| HB341 | Income tax; certain employers that offer individual coverage health reimbursement arrangements to employees; create tax credit | AN ACT To amend Article 2 of Chapter 7 of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to imposition, rate, computation, exemptions, and credits for income taxes, so as to create a tax credit for certain employers that offer individual coverage health reimbursement arrangements to employees; to provide for terms, conditions, and limitations; to provide for preapproval; to provide for aggregate annual limits; to provide for rules and regulations; to provide for definitions; to provide for a sunset; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date and applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | In Committee |
| HR556 | Jackson, Richard L.; recipient of the 2025 Leaders in Corporate Citizenship Ann Cramer Lifetime Achievement Award; commend | A RESOLUTION recognizing and commending Richard L. Jackson, recipient of the 2025 Leaders in Corporate Citizenship Ann Cramer Lifetime Achievement Award; and for other purposes. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HR554 | Nationwide Polio Vaccination Campaign; 70th anniversary; recognize | A RESOLUTION commemorating the 70th anniversary of the nationwide Polio Vaccination Campaign; and for other purposes. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HR543 | Byrd, Dr. Teresa T.; commend | A RESOLUTION recognizing and commending Dr. Teresa T. Byrd; and for other purposes. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB692 | Nurses; notify supervising or delegating physician when subject to a complaint or report in outpatient settings; provisions | AN ACT To amend Article 3 of Chapter 26 of Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to mandatory reporting requirements for nurses, so as to require registered professional nurses and advanced practice registered nurses in outpatient settings to immediately notify his or her supervising or delegating physician when he or she is subject to a complaint or report made to the Georgia Board of Nursing; to require the Georgia Board of Nursing to transmit to the Georgia Composite Medical Board copies of certain complaints and reports received relating to care rendered in certain settings which requires physician involvement; to provide for definitions; to provide for confidentiality and privileges relating to communications between the boards; to provide for an exception; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | Introduced |
| HB690 | Pharmacy benefits managers; duty of care to insureds, health plans, and providers; provide | AN ACT To amend Chapter 64 of Title 33 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to regulation and licensure of pharmacy benefits managers, so as to provide that such managers have a duty of care to insureds, health plans, and providers; to provide for definitions; to provide for rules and regulations; to provide for a priority of duties; to provide for a private right of action; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | Introduced |
| HB515 | Augusta Judicial Circuit; superior courts; provide for a sixth judge | AN ACT To amend Code Section 15-6-2 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the number of judges of superior courts, so as to provide for a sixth judge of the superior courts of the Augusta Judicial Circuit; to provide for the appointment of such additional judge by the Governor; to provide for the election of successors to the judge initially appointed; to prescribe the powers of such judge; to prescribe the compensation, salary, and expense allowance of such judge to be paid by the State of Georgia and the counties comprising said circuit; to authorize the judges of such circuit to divide and allocate the work and duties thereof; to provide for the manner of impaneling jurors; to provide for an additional court reporter for such circuit; to authorize the governing authority of the counties comprising the Augusta Judicial Circuit to provide facilities, office space, supplies, equipment, and personnel for such judges; to declare inherent authority; to provide for related matters; to provide for effective dates; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | In Committee |
| HR459 | Brinson, Matt; commend | A RESOLUTION recognizing and commending Matt Brinson; and for other purposes. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB276 | Income tax; change certain definitions | AN ACT To amend Chapter 7 of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to income taxes, so as to change certain definitions regarding such taxes; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | Introduced |
| HB558 | State Board of the Technical College System of Georgia; establish adult workforce high school diploma program | AN ACT To amend Chapter 4 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to vocational, technical, and adult education, so as to authorize the State Board of the Technical College System of Georgia to establish the adult workforce high school diploma program; to provide for the selection of third-party providers to administer the program; to provide requirements for approved program providers; to provide for disbursement of funds to approved program providers; to provide for reporting; to provide for definitions; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | Introduced |
| HR385 | Rise Augusta; recipients of the Georgia Reads Community Award; dedication to literacy advancement; commend | A RESOLUTION congratulating and commending Rise Augusta, recipient of the Georgia Reads Community Award, for its dedication to literacy advancement; and for other purposes. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HR280 | Nurses Day at the state capitol; February 19, 2025; recognize | A RESOLUTION recognizing February 19, 2025, as Nurses Day at the state capitol; and for other purposes. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HR271 | Kendrick, James Leroy, Jr.; condolences | A RESOLUTION honoring the life and memory of James Leroy Kendrick Jr.; and for other purposes. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB102 | Community Health, Department of; Georgia Quality Reporting Project; establish | AN ACT To amend Chapter 2 of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Department of Community Health, so as to provide for the establishment of the Georgia Quality Reporting Project; to provide for definitions; to provide for the purposes of the project; to provide for a working group; to provide for submission of clinical data; to provide for processing of clinical data with claims data; to provide for penalties; to amend Code Section 33-6-4 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to enumeration of unfair methods of competition and unfair or deceptive acts or practices and penalty, so as to provide for conforming changes; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | Introduced |
| HB278 | Excise tax; rooms, lodgings, and accommodations; change certain definitions | AN ACT To amend Article 3 of Chapter 13 of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to excise tax on rooms, lodgings, and accommodations, so as to change certain definitions regarding such taxes; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | Introduced |
| HB275 | Income tax; change certain definitions | AN ACT To amend Chapter 7 of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to income taxes, so as to change certain definitions regarding such taxes; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | Introduced |
| HB273 | Title ad valorem tax; motor vehicles; change certain definitions | AN ACT To amend Chapter 5C of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to title ad valorem tax on motor vehicles, so as to change certain definitions regarding such taxation; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | Introduced |
| HB272 | Revenue and taxation; definitions; change certain provisions | AN ACT To amend Chapter 1 of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions regarding revenue and taxation, so as to change certain provisions regarding definitions; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | Introduced |
| HB271 | Revenue and taxation; definitions; change certain provisions | AN ACT To amend Chapter 1 of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions regarding revenue and taxation, so as to change certain provisions regarding definitions; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | Introduced |
| HB118 | Education; revise requirements of child care learning centers and family child care learning homes | AN ACT To amend Chapter 1A of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to early care and learning, so as to revise the requirements of child care learning centers and family child care learning homes; to require that such centers and homes maintain at least one portable airway clearance device; to require that certain employees of such centers and homes be certified in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR); to provide for a definition; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | Introduced |
| HB142 | Ad valorem tax; extension of preferential assessment periods for certain historic properties; provide | AN ACT To amend Article 1 of Chapter 5 of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions relative to ad valorem taxation of property, so as to provide for an extension of preferential assessment periods for certain historic properties; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | Introduced |
| HR127 | Physician Anesthesiologists Week at the state capitol; 01/26 to 02/01/25; recognize | A RESOLUTION recognizing January 26 to February 1, 2025, as Physician Anesthesiologists Week at the state capitol; and for other purposes. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| Bill | Bill Name | Motion | Vote Date | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HR7 | George C. Trulock, Jr. Memorial Highway; Grady County; dedicate | Agree To Senate Sub As Amended By House: House Vote #418 | 04/04/2025 | Abstain |
| HB54 | Health; advanced practice registered nurses and physician assistants to order home healthcare services; authorize | Agree To Senate Sub As Amend By House: House Vote #438 | 04/04/2025 | Yea |
| HB37 | Education; require local school systems to notify employees regarding social security withholdings and eligibility for certain benefits | Agree To Senate Substitute: House Vote #408 | 04/04/2025 | Yea |
| HB36 | Guardian and ward; revise list of providers who are authorized to participate in the processes for appointment of a guardian for an adult | Agree To Senate Substitute: House Vote #407 | 04/04/2025 | Yea |
| SB10 | Superior Courts of the Alapaha Judicial Circuit; additional judge; provide | Passage: House Vote #425 | 04/04/2025 | Yea |
| SB12 | Inspection of Public Records; documents and records in the possession of private persons or entities; revise provisions | Passage: House Vote #432 | 04/04/2025 | Yea |
| HB68 | General appropriations; State Fiscal Year July 1, 2025 - June 30, 2026 | Adopt Conference Comm. Report: House Vote #420 | 04/04/2025 | Yea |
| HR40 | House Study Committee on Reinsurance for Essential Industries; create | Uncontested House Resolutions: House Vote #444 | 04/04/2025 | Yea |
| HB105 | Public officers and employees; increase indemnification award of certain state public school personnel in the event of death | Agree To Senate Substitute: House Vote #411 | 04/04/2025 | Abstain |
| HB131 | Self-service storage facilities; revise advertisement requirements before an owner can enforce an owner's lien | Agree To Senate Substitute: House Vote #406 | 04/04/2025 | Yea |
| HB155 | Local government; selection and objection to arbitrators; revise procedures | Agree To Senate Amend To Ham To Ssub: House Vote #451 | 04/04/2025 | Yea |
| HR72 | House Study Committee on Cancer Care Access; create | Uncontested House Resolutions: House Vote #444 | 04/04/2025 | Yea |
| HB150 | Combating Threats from China Act of 2025 - Higher Education; enact | Agree To Senate Substitute: House Vote #409 | 04/04/2025 | Yea |
| HB156 | Transportation, Department of; authority over vertiports; provide | Agree To Senate Amendment: House Vote #410 | 04/04/2025 | Abstain |
| HB179 | Appellate practice; digital recording of certain trial proceedings; provide | Agree To Senate Substitute: House Vote #412 | 04/04/2025 | Abstain |
| HB197 | Insurance; health care provider to respond to a private review agent or utility review entity's attempt to discuss the patient's care; detail the effort | Agree To Senate Substitute: House Vote #413 | 04/04/2025 | Abstain |
| HB217 | Education; make Dual Achievement Program a permanent state-wide program | Agree To Senate Amendment: House Vote #414 | 04/04/2025 | Yea |
| HB266 | Income tax; exempt income received as personal compensation for full-time duty in the active military service of the United States | Agree To Senate Amend To Ham To Ssub: House Vote #419 | 04/04/2025 | Yea |
| HB233 | State symbols; Brunswick stew as the official state stew; designate | Agree To Senate Substitute: House Vote #442 | 04/04/2025 | Yea |
| HB253 | Ethan's Law; enact | Agree To Senate Sub As Amended By House: House Vote #439 | 04/04/2025 | Yea |
| HB296 | Motor vehicles; presentation of a driver's license in a certain electronic format; provisions | Agree To Senate Amendment: House Vote #448 | 04/04/2025 | Yea |
| SB101 | Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy; testing in the newborn screening system; require | Passage: House Vote #427 | 04/04/2025 | Yea |
| HB308 | Motor vehicles; operation of miniature on-road vehicles on certain highways; provide | Agree To Senate Amendment: House Vote #415 | 04/04/2025 | Yea |
| HB370 | Ad valorem tax; school districts; state-wide base year homestead exemption; provisions | Agree To Senate Sub As Amended By House: House Vote #423 | 04/04/2025 | Yea |
| HB360 | Revenue and taxation; rehabilitation of historic structures; revise tax credit | Agree To Senate Amendment: House Vote #443 | 04/04/2025 | Yea |
| HB352 | Georgia Gestational Diabetes Management Act; enact | Agree To Senate Substitute: House Vote #452 | 04/04/2025 | Yea |
| HB371 | Quality Basic Education Act; state's maximum authorization of capital outlay funding; provide for an increase | Agree To Senate Substitute: House Vote #422 | 04/04/2025 | Yea |
| HB399 | Property; require certain residential landlords to have in-state staff to manage tenant communications | Agree To Senate Substitute: House Vote #447 | 04/04/2025 | Yea |
| HB422 | State employees' health insurance; include high deductible health plans | Agree To Senate Substitute: House Vote #450 | 04/04/2025 | Yea |
| SB148 | Public School Property and Facilities; outdoor learning spaces pilot program; provide | Passage: House Vote #445 | 04/04/2025 | Yea |
| SB179 | Education; the academic and disciplinary records of each transferring student shall be provided within five days; require | Passage: House Vote #430 | 04/04/2025 | Yea |
| HB491 | Game and fish; remove an exception for use of air guns to hunt wildlife | Agree To Senate Am As Amended By House: House Vote #424 | 04/04/2025 | Yea |
| SB218 | Prosecuting Attorneys Qualifications Commission; shall be assigned for administrative purposes only to the Administrative Office of the Courts; provide | Passage: House Vote #431 | 04/04/2025 | Yea |
| SB204 | Criminal Procedure; offenses that are not serious violent felonies, sexual felonies, or other certain offenses to be charged by accusation of the district attorney; allow | Passage: House Vote #429 | 04/04/2025 | Yea |
| SB204 | Criminal Procedure; offenses that are not serious violent felonies, sexual felonies, or other certain offenses to be charged by accusation of the district attorney; allow | Table: House Vote #428 | 04/04/2025 | Nay |
| HB516 | State government; authorize county and regional library boards to conduct meetings via teleconference | Agree To Senate Substitute: House Vote #453 | 04/04/2025 | Yea |
| HB513 | Local government; criteria for service delivery strategy; revise provisions | Agree To Senate Substitute: House Vote #440 | 04/04/2025 | Yea |
| HR304 | House Study Committee on the Costs and Effects of Smoking; create | Uncontested House Resolutions: House Vote #444 | 04/04/2025 | Yea |
| SB207 | Professions and Businesses; a preclearance process in the licensing of individuals with criminal records who make application to or are investigated by certain licensing boards and commissions; create | Passage: House Vote #433 | 04/04/2025 | Yea |
| HB586 | Revenue and taxation; intangible recording tax; revise notes | Agree To Senate Substitute: House Vote #405 | 04/04/2025 | Yea |
| HB567 | Professions and businesses; authorize and regulate teledentistry by licensed dentists | Agree To Senate Substitute: House Vote #416 | 04/04/2025 | Yea |
| SB234 | City of Dalton; independent school district ad valorem taxes for educational purposes; provide a homestead exemption | Sbs 234, 235, & 336 Passage: House Vote #436 | 04/04/2025 | Yea |
| SB234 | City of Dalton; independent school district ad valorem taxes for educational purposes; provide a homestead exemption | Recon Sb 234, 235, & 336: House Vote #435 | 04/04/2025 | Yea |
| SB234 | City of Dalton; independent school district ad valorem taxes for educational purposes; provide a homestead exemption | Local Calendar : House Vote #434 | 04/04/2025 | Yea |
| HR347 | Georgia high schools; establish flag football programs for girls; urge | Adopt: House Vote #426 | 04/04/2025 | Yea |
| SB235 | Whitfield County; school district ad valorem taxes for educational purposes; provide a homestead exemption | Sbs 234, 235, & 336 Passage: House Vote #436 | 04/04/2025 | Yea |
| SB235 | Whitfield County; school district ad valorem taxes for educational purposes; provide a homestead exemption | Recon Sb 234, 235, & 336: House Vote #435 | 04/04/2025 | Yea |
| SB235 | Whitfield County; school district ad valorem taxes for educational purposes; provide a homestead exemption | Local Calendar : House Vote #434 | 04/04/2025 | Yea |
| HB582 | Georgia Survivor Justice Act; enact | Agree To Senate Substitute: House Vote #417 | 04/04/2025 | Yea |
| HB645 | Health; COVID-19 testing of staff members in long term-care facilities; repeal certain provisions | Agree To Senate Amendment: House Vote #441 | 04/04/2025 | Yea |
| HB630 | State Board of Registration; remove used car division and the used parts division; provisions | Agree To Senate Substitute: House Vote #421 | 04/04/2025 | Yea |
| HB651 | Motor vehicles; use of automated traffic enforcement safety devices in school zones; revise provisions | Agree To Senate Sub As House Amended: House Vote #446 | 04/04/2025 | Yea |
| HB652 | Motor fuel tax; electricity delivered by certain electric vehicle charging stations; provide exception | Agree To Senate Substitute: House Vote #449 | 04/04/2025 | Yea |
| HR429 | House Study Committee on Funding for Next Generation 9-1-1; create | Uncontested House Resolutions: House Vote #444 | 04/04/2025 | Yea |
| HR557 | House Study Committee on Georgia's Investment Funds; create | Uncontested House Resolutions: House Vote #444 | 04/04/2025 | Yea |
| HR558 | House Study Committee on the State Board of Registration of Used Motor Vehicle Dealers and Used Motor Vehicle Parts Dealers; create | Uncontested House Resolutions: House Vote #444 | 04/04/2025 | Yea |
| SB330 | City of Atlanta; independent school district ad valorem for educational purposes; provide homestead exemption | Supplemental Local Calendar : House Vote #437 | 04/04/2025 | Yea |
| SB332 | County Board of Education of DeKalb County; board members shall only be elected by electors of the DeKalb County school district; provide | Local Calendar : House Vote #434 | 04/04/2025 | Yea |
| SB336 | Dade County; school district ad valorem taxes; homestead exemption | Sbs 234, 235, & 336 Passage: House Vote #436 | 04/04/2025 | Yea |
| SB336 | Dade County; school district ad valorem taxes; homestead exemption | Recon Sb 234, 235, & 336: House Vote #435 | 04/04/2025 | Yea |
| SB336 | Dade County; school district ad valorem taxes; homestead exemption | Local Calendar : House Vote #434 | 04/04/2025 | Yea |
| HR611 | House Study Committee on Abandoned Child Placement Following Hospital Discharge; create | Uncontested House Resolutions: House Vote #444 | 04/04/2025 | Yea |
| HR711 | House Study Committee on Student Attendance in PreK-12 Education; create | Uncontested House Resolutions: House Vote #444 | 04/04/2025 | Yea |
| HR753 | House Study Committee on Improving Access to Internal Medicine in Rural Areas; create | Uncontested House Resolutions: House Vote #444 | 04/04/2025 | Yea |
| HR847 | House Study Committee on Evaluating Funding for Public Health; create | Uncontested House Resolutions: House Vote #444 | 04/04/2025 | Yea |
| HB896 | Hall County; levy an excise tax | Local Calendar : House Vote #434 | 04/04/2025 | Yea |
| HR885 | House Study Committee on Election Procedures; create | Uncontested House Resolutions: House Vote #444 | 04/04/2025 | Yea |
| HR887 | House Study Committee on Reducing and Prioritizing Mandates for Public School Administration; create | Uncontested House Resolutions: House Vote #444 | 04/04/2025 | Yea |
| SB5 | Private Review Agents; health insurers to implement and maintain a program that allows for the selective application of reductions in prior authorization requirements; provide | Passage: House Vote #378 | 04/02/2025 | Yea |
| SR8 | Deputy Brandon Cunningham Memorial Intersection; Paulding County; dedicate | Adopt: House Vote #387 | 04/02/2025 | Yea |
| SB17 | "Ricky and Alyssa's Law"; enact | Passage: House Vote #380 | 04/02/2025 | Yea |
| SB20 | Veterinarians; student loan repayment; who practice shelter medicine and in nonprofit pet sterilization clinics; provide; create the State Veterinary Education Board for Shelter Medicine and Pet Sterilization | Passage: House Vote #399 | 04/02/2025 | Yea |
| HB94 | Insurance; medically necessary expenses for standard fertility preservation services when a medically necessary treatment for cancer, sickle cell disease, or lupus may directly or indirectly cause an impairment of fertility; require coverage | Agree To Senate Substitute: House Vote #383 | 04/02/2025 | Abstain |
| HB136 | Income tax; contributions to foster child support organizations; expand tax credit | Agree To Senate Sub As Am: House Vote #397 | 04/02/2025 | Yea |
| SB36 | "Georgia Religious Freedom Restoration Act"; enact | Passage: House Vote #401 | 04/02/2025 | Yea |
| HB129 | Ad valorem tax; bona fide conservation use property; remove a limitation on leased property as to certain entities | Agree To Senate Substitute: House Vote #398 | 04/02/2025 | Yea |
| HB155 | Local government; selection and objection to arbitrators; revise procedures | Agree To Senate Sub As Am: House Vote #396 | 04/02/2025 | Yea |
| SB40 | Secondary Metals Recyclers; the definition of the term "used, detached catalytic converters" to said article; provide for applicability | Agree To Sam To Hsub: House Vote #403 | 04/02/2025 | Yea |
| SB46 | "Government Serves the People Act"; enact | Passage: House Vote #400 | 04/02/2025 | Yea |
| HB182 | Life insurance; excluding or restricting liability for certain deaths occurring while an individual is an active duty service member; prohibit | Agree To Senate Sub As Am: House Vote #384 | 04/02/2025 | Yea |
| SB100 | "Andee's Law"; enact | Passage: House Vote #386 | 04/02/2025 | Yea |
| SB125 | Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors; decouple the sequential order of experience and examination requirements | Passage: House Vote #385 | 04/02/2025 | Yea |
| SB132 | Insanity and Mental Incapacity; hearing before a court orders an evaluation of the mental competency of an accused person to stand trial; require | Passage: House Vote #390 | 04/02/2025 | Yea |
| SB131 | Georgia Board of Health Care Workforce; Georgia Health Care Professionals Data System; establishment | Passage: House Vote #381 | 04/02/2025 | Yea |
| SB173 | Pleadings and Motions; movants to file notices of uncontested motions in superior courts and state courts; authorize | Passage: House Vote #379 | 04/02/2025 | Yea |
| SB185 | Correctional Institutions of State and Counties; use of state funds or resources for certain treatments for state inmates; prohibit | Passage: House Vote #391 | 04/02/2025 | Yea |
| SR231 | Officer Jeremy Labonte Memorial Interchange; Fulton County; dedicate | Adopt: House Vote #388 | 04/02/2025 | Yea |
| HB575 | Transportation, Department of; authorize notice of certain public hearings by electronic publication | Agree To Senate Substitute: House Vote #382 | 04/02/2025 | Yea |
| SB244 | Criminal Proceedings; the award of reasonable attorney's fees and costs in a criminal case to the defendant upon such defendant making a successful motion to disqualify the prosecuting attorney for misconduct in connection with the case; provide | Passage: House Vote #392 | 04/02/2025 | Yea |
| SB255 | General Assembly; authorization of statutory investigatory powers to certain committees of the General Assembly; codify a process | Passage: House Vote #402 | 04/02/2025 | Yea |
| SB291 | Special License Plates; establish an "America First" specialty license plate | Passage: House Vote #393 | 04/02/2025 | Yea |
| SB259 | Juvenile Code; certain procedures to be followed when there is a determination of suspected child abuse or neglect; provide | Passage: House Vote #389 | 04/02/2025 | Yea |
| SB328 | State Court of Henry County; additional judge; provide | Local Calendar : House Vote #377 | 04/02/2025 | Yea |
| SB329 | Flint Judicial Circuit; chief judge; annual stipend in addition to county compensation to superior court judges; provide | Local Calendar : House Vote #377 | 04/02/2025 | Yea |
| SB340 | City of Tybee Island; selection of a mayor pro tem; provide | Local Calendar : House Vote #377 | 04/02/2025 | Yea |
| SB345 | Magistrate Court of Crawford County; the assessment and collection of a technology fee; authorize | Local Calendar : House Vote #377 | 04/02/2025 | Yea |
| SB344 | Probate Court of Crawford County; assessment and collection of a technology fee; authorize | Local Calendar : House Vote #377 | 04/02/2025 | Yea |
| SB347 | Brunswick and Glynn County Development Authority; method of appointing the membership; change | Local Calendar : House Vote #377 | 04/02/2025 | Yea |
| HB862 | Fulton County; fix salary of sheriff | Reconsider: House Vote #395 | 04/02/2025 | Nay |
| HB862 | Fulton County; fix salary of sheriff | Supplemental Local Calendar : House Vote #394 | 04/02/2025 | Abstain |
| Committee | Position | Rank | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Detail | Georgia House Appropriations Committee | 9 | |
| Detail | Georgia House Defense and Veterans Affairs Committee | 20 | |
| Detail | Georgia House Health Committee | 18 | |
| Detail | Georgia House Rules Committee | 24 | |
| Detail | Georgia House Small Business Development Committee | 17 | |
| Detail | Georgia House Transportation Committee | 28 | |
| Detail | Georgia House Urban Affairs Committee | 12 | |
| Detail | Georgia House Ways and Means Committee | 22 |
| State | District | Chamber | Party | Status | Start Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GA | Georgia House District 127 | House | Republican | In Office | 01/09/2023 | |
| GA | Georgia House District 123 | House | Republican | Out of Office | 01/09/2017 | 02/01/2024 |