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Legislator > Sharon Cooper
State Representative
Sharon Cooper
(R) - Georgia
Georgia House District 045
In Office - Started: 01/09/2023
contact info
Capitol Office
State Capitol
Atlanta, GA 30334
Atlanta, GA 30334
Phone: 404.656.5069
District Address
1234 Powers Ferry Road
Suite 104
Marietta, GA 30067
Suite 104
Marietta, GA 30067
Phone: 770-956-8357
| 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 |
| HB352 | Georgia Gestational Diabetes Management Act; enact | AN ACT To amend Code Section 49-4-159.4 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to coverage for continuous glucose monitors, so as to revise coverage criteria to include Medicaid recipients with gestational diabetes; to provide for related matters; to provide for a short title; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB645 | Health; COVID-19 testing of staff members in long term-care facilities; repeal certain provisions | AN ACT To amend Article 1 of Chapter 7 of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to regulation of hospitals and related institutions, so as to repeal certain provisions requiring COVID-19 testing and to authorize influenza vaccinations; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SB233 | Behavioral Health Reform and Innovation Commission; revise the subcommittees | AN ACT To amend Article 6 of Chapter 1 of Title 37 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Behavioral Health Reform and Innovation Commission, so as to revise the composition of the commission; to revise the subcommittees; to extend the automatic repeal date; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB637 | Cobb County; board of commissioners; revise a requirement for public hearings | AN ACT To amend an Act to amend an Act creating the board of commissioners for Cobb County, Georgia, approved April 4, 1991 (Ga. L. 1991, p. 4492), as amended, so as to revise a requirement for public hearings before the commission is authorized to spend over $100,000.00 to employ an independent consultant or conduct an independent study; to provide for other related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB177 | Domestic relations; protection for household pets in both family violence and dating violence protective orders; provide | AN ACT To amend Title 19 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to domestic relations, so as to provide protection for household pets in both family violence and dating violence protective orders; to provide for a definition and an exclusion; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SB6 | Controlled Substances; determine whether a controlled substance has been adulterated; authorize the use of testing equipment | AN ACT To amend Code Section 26-3-22 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to other laws unaffected by the "Georgia Drug and Cosmetic Act," so as to authorize the use of drug analysis equipment and controlled substance packaging to determine whether a controlled substance has been adulterated; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB331 | Animals; prohibit transfer of certain domestic animals at certain locations | AN ACT To amend Article 1 of Chapter 11 of Title 4 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions regarding animal protection, so as to prohibit the transfer of certain domestic animals at certain locations; to provide for exceptions; to provide for enforcement; to provide for penalties; to provide for definitions; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB89 | Public Health, Department of; require healthcare providers, facilities, and pharmacies to provide the Maternal Mortality Review Committee with psychiatric or other clinical records | AN ACT To amend Chapter 2A of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the department of public health, so as to require healthcare providers, healthcare facilities, and pharmacies to provide the Maternal Mortality Review Committee with psychiatric records; to provide for the establishment of the Regional Perinatal Center Advisory Committee; to provide for its composition and duties; to provide for assessment and recommendations to the commissioner of public health; to require that hospitals interested in being a designated regional perinatal center provide the department of public health with certain criteria; to provide that such department present a plan every four years; to provide for definitions; to amend Code Section 37-3-166 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to treatment of clinical records, when release permitted, scope of privileged communications, liability for disclosure, and notice to sheriff of discharge, so as to permit the release of clinical records of a deceased patient or deceased former patient to the Maternal Mortality Review Committee; to amend Code Section 45-16-24 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to notification of suspicious or unusual deaths, court ordered medical examiner's inquiry, and written report of inquiry, so as to remove the requirement that a medical examiner's inquiry for pregnant female deaths be done through a regional perinatal center; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. LC 57 0207S/AP | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SB55 | "Dignity and Pay Act"; enact | AN ACT To amend Title 34 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to labor and industrial relations, so as to phase out the payment of subminimum wage to persons with disabilities; to repeal provisions concerning exemptions to the state minimum wage law for persons with disabilities; to provide that no employer shall utilize a certificate issued by the United States Department of Labor pursuant to 29 U.S.C. Section 214(c) to pay individuals with disabilities less than the federal minimum wage; to provide exceptions; to provide for related matters; to provide a short title; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| 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 | AN ACT To amend Chapter 24 of Title 33 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to insurance generally, so as to require certain health benefit policies to include coverage for certain 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; to provide for definitions; to provide for exclusions; to allow for certain cost-sharing requirements; to provide for rules and regulations; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; 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 |
| HB218 | Health; lower the age from 50 to 18 years old at which hospitals shall offer inpatient vaccinations for the influenza virus prior to discharge | AN ACT To amend Code Section 31-7-18 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to vaccinations for influenza and pneumococcal disease for certain discharged patients, vaccinations or other measures for health care workers and other employees in hospitals, immunity from liability, and standing orders, so as to lower the age from 50 to 18 years old at which hospitals shall offer inpatient vaccinations for the influenza virus prior to discharge; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | In Committee |
| SB162 | Georgia Composite Medical Board; implement an automated credentialing system for healthcare providers in this state; provide | AN ACT To amend Chapter 34 of Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to physicians, assistants, and others, so as to provide for the Georgia Composite Medical Board to implement an automated licensing system for certain healthcare providers in this state; to provide for requirements; to provide for the regulation of the administration of psychedelic-assisted treatment and therapy by the Georgia Composite Medical Board; 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. | Crossed Over |
| HB500 | Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Act; increase access to and amount of benefits | AN ACT To amend Article 9 of Chapter 4 of Title 49 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the "Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Act," so as to increase access to and amount of benefits; to revise a definition; to increase the lifetime maximum for benefits; to revise the income and resources of an applicant that may be considered to determine eligibility; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | In Committee |
| HR304 | House Study Committee on the Costs and Effects of Smoking; create | A RESOLUTION creating the House Study Committee on the Costs and Effects of Smoking; and for other purposes. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| 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 |
| HB541 | Education; tuition equalization grants; expand definition of an approved school to include certain institutions which offer programs in nursing | AN ACT To amend Code Section 20-3-411 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to definitions regarding tuition equalization grants at private colleges and universities, so as to expand the definition of an approved school to include certain institutions which offer programs in nursing; to provide for related matters; to provide for legislative intent; 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 |
| 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 |
| HR816 | House Study Committee on an At-Risk Populations Abuse Registry; create | A RESOLUTION creating the House Study Committee on an At-Risk Populations Abuse Registry; and for other purposes. | In Committee |
| HB904 | Health; certificate of need requirements concerning life plan communities; revise an exemption | AN ACT To amend Code Section 31-6-47 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to exemptions from the certificate of need program, so as to revise an exemption from certificate of need requirements concerning life plan communities; to provide for a definition; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | Introduced |
| HR983 | Green, Judge Reuben; condolences | A RESOLUTION recognizing and honoring the life and legacy of Judge Reuben Green; and for other purposes. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HR611 | House Study Committee on Abandoned Child Placement Following Hospital Discharge; create | A RESOLUTION creating the House Study Committee on Abandoned Child Placement Following Hospital Discharge; and for other purposes. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB878 | Holidays; October 9 of each year as PANDAS Day; designate | AN ACT To amend Chapter 4 of Title 1 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to holidays and observances, so as to designate October 9 of each year as "PANDAS Day" in Georgia; to provide for legislative findings; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | Introduced |
| HB329 | Professional and businesses; authorize certified nurse practitioners and physician assistants to perform artificial insemination | AN ACT To amend Article 2 of Chapter 34 of Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to medical practice, so as to authorize certified nurse practitioners and physician assistants to perform artificial insemination; to provide for definitions; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | Crossed Over |
| HB291 | Health; certification of community health workers; provide | AN ACT To amend Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to health, so as to provide for the certification of community health workers; to provide for definitions; to provide for the establishment of the Georgia Community Health Worker Certification Committee; to provide for membership, powers, and duties of the committee; to provide for committee abolishment and transfer of powers and duties to the Department of Public Health; to provide for administrative support; to provide for rules and regulations; to provide for standards; to provide for the approval of training programs; to provide for application procedures; to provide for requirements; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date conditioned on appropriations; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | Crossed Over |
| 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 |
| HB872 | Health; right to contraception for individuals; provide | AN ACT To amend Chapter 1 of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions regarding health, so as to provide for the right to contraception for individuals; to provide for definitions; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | Introduced |
| HR892 | Speak Life! Cancer Care Ministry; commend | A RESOLUTION recognizing Speak Life! Cancer Care Ministry; and for other purposes. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HR899 | Stevens, Joyce Carter; commend | A RESOLUTION recognizing and commending Joyce Carter Stevens; 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 |
| HR838 | O'Connor; Daniel; service in redistricting and celebrating his birthday; commend | A RESOLUTION recognizing and commending Daniel O'Connor for his service in redistricting and celebrating his birthday; and for other purposes. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| HB91 | Professions and businesses; licensure for graduates of foreign colleges or schools of veterinary medicine who are board certified in a specialty; provide | AN ACT To amend Article 3 of Chapter 50 of Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to licensing, so as to provide for licensure for graduates of foreign colleges or schools of veterinary medicine who are board certified in a specialty; to provide for an exemption; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | Crossed Over |
| HR652 | Georgia Community Service Boards; Community Service Boards' Day at the state capitol; February 16, 2025; recognize | A RESOLUTION commending Georgia Community Service Boards and recognizing February 16, 2025 as Community Service Boards' Day at the state capitol; and for other purposes. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HR597 | Barton, Irene; receiving the 2025 Yellow Rose Nikki T. Randall Servant Leader Award; commend | A RESOLUTION congratulating and commending Irene Barton for receiving the 2025 Yellow Rose Nikki T. Randall Servant Leader Award; and for other purposes. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| HR546 | Myositis Awareness Month; May 2025; recognize | A RESOLUTION recognizing May 2025 as Myositis Awareness Month; and for other purposes. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| 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 |
| HB612 | Behavioral Health Coordinating Council; add member | AN ACT To amend Article 1 of Chapter 2 of Title 37 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions regarding the administration of mental health, developmental disabilities, addictive diseases, and other disability services, so as to add a member to the Behavioral Health Coordinating Council; to establish a parity compliance review panel; to provide for its composition and duties; to require health care providers to report suspected mental health parity violations to the panel; to provide for evaluation of complaints; to provide for recommendations for punitive actions; to provide for definitions; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | Crossed Over |
| HB665 | Health; transfer all authorities and responsibilities relating to environmental health from county boards of health to Department of Public Health | AN ACT To amend Article 1 of Chapter 2A, Chapter 3, and Chapter 5 of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions of the Department of Public Health, county boards of health, and administration and enforcement, respectively, so as to transfer all authorities and responsibilities relating to environmental health from the county boards of health to the Department of Public Health; to provide for the continuation of all contracts or agreements; to provide that all rights, duties, and obligations related to environmental health are transferred; to transfer certain employees; to remove from county boards of health the powers and functions relating to environmental health; to describe responsibilities and authorities of the Department of Public Health related to environmental health; to provide for definitions; to provide for statutory construction; to amend Code Section 12-5-7 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to local variances from state restrictions on outdoor watering, limitations on outdoor irrigation, and exceptions, so as to make a confirming revision; to provide for related matters; to provide for contingent effectiveness upon appropriation of funds; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | Introduced |
| HR478 | Wilder, Reverend Art; occasion of his retirement; recognize | A RESOLUTION recognizing and commending Reverend Art Wilder upon the occasion of his retirement; and for other purposes. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HR479 | Fletcher, Kathryn; chair of the Georgia Society of Certified Public Accountants; commend | A RESOLUTION recognizing and commending Kathryn Fletcher for her service as chair of the Georgia Society of Certified Public Accountants; and for other purposes. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HR376 | HOPE AACR (Animal-Assisted Crisis Response); commend | A RESOLUTION recognizing and commending HOPE AACR (Animal-Assisted Crisis Response); and for other purposes. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HR322 | Boy Scouts of America in Georgia; Scouts Day at the Capitol; 02/26/25; recognize | A RESOLUTION commending the Boy Scouts of America in Georgia and recognizing February 26, 2025, as Scouts Day at the Capitol; and for other purposes. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HR288 | No-Kill Awareness Day at the state capitol; April 30, 2025; recognize | A RESOLUTION recognizing April 30, 2025, as No-Kill Awareness Day at the state capitol; and for other purposes. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HR252 | Georgia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities (DBHDD), community service boards (CSBs), and first responders; commend | A RESOLUTION commending the impact of the Georgia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities (DBHDD), community service boards (CSBs), and first responders; and for other purposes. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB265 | Georgia Hemp Farming Act; provide limits on the total concentration of THC and other intoxicating cannabinoids in consumable hemp products | AN ACT To amend Chapter 23 of Title 2 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, the "Georgia Hemp Farming Act," so as to provide limits on the total concentration of THC and other intoxicating cannabinoids in consumable hemp products; to revise provisions concerning the certificate of analysis applicable to consumable hemp products; to provide criminal penalties; to provide limits on the milligrams of THC and other intoxicating cannabinoids in consumable hemp products in the form of gummies; to revise and provide for definitions; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | Introduced |
| 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 |
| HR230 | Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month; March 2025; recognize | A RESOLUTION recognizing March 2025 as Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month; and for other purposes. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HR227 | Gavalis; Joseph; condolences | A RESOLUTION honoring the life and memory of Joseph Gavalis; and for other purposes. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HR245 | Phillips, Aaliyah; Miss Cobb County 2025; commend | A RESOLUTION congratulating and commending Aaliyah Phillips, Miss Cobb County 2025; and for other purposes. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HR238 | Tidmore, Melony; Miss Cobb County's Teen 2025; commend | A RESOLUTION congratulating and commending Melony Tidmore, Miss Cobb County's Teen 2025; and for other purposes. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB326 | State Health Benefit Plan Nonopioid Coverage Parity Act; enact | AN ACT To amend Article 1 of Chapter 18 of Title 45 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to state employees' health insurance and benefit plans, so as to mandate that the state health benefit plan provide coverage for qualifying nonopioid pain management drugs that is in parity with its coverage for opioid pain management drugs; to provide for definitions; to provide for parity with regard to annual deductibles, coinsurance, copayments, exclusions, reductions, other limitations, or utilization review; to provide for legislative construction; to provide for related matters; to provide for a short title; to provide for legislative findings; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | Introduced |
| HR189 | Dr. Roy Charles Bell Memorial Bridge; Fulton County; dedicate | A RESOLUTION honoring the life of Dr. Roy Charles Bell and dedicating a bridge in his memory; and for other purposes. | Introduced |
| HR204 | Hemophilia of Georgia; commend | A RESOLUTION recognizing Hemophilia of Georgia; and for other purposes. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HR167 | Alzheimer's Awareness Day in Georgia; February 6, 2025; recognize | A RESOLUTION recognizing February 6, 2025, as Alzheimer's Awareness Day in Georgia; and for other purposes. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HR169 | Physician's Day at the state capitol; 02/05/25; saluting the physicians of Georgia; recognize | A RESOLUTION recognizing February 5, 2025, as Physician's Day at the state capitol and saluting the physicians of Georgia; and for other purposes. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HR166 | Dental Hygienists Appreciation Day; February 6, 2025; recognize | A RESOLUTION recognizing February 6, 2025, as Dental Hygienists Appreciation Day; and for other purposes. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HR161 | Children's Healthcare of Atlanta; opening the new Arthur M. Blank Hospital; commend | A RESOLUTION recognizing Children's Healthcare of Atlanta upon the opening of the new Arthur M. Blank Hospital; and for other purposes. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HR136 | Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Week at the state capitol; February 7-14, 2025; recognize | A RESOLUTION recognizing February 7 to 14, 2025, as Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Week at the state capitol; and for other purposes. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB178 | Social services; treatment services under Medicaid to persons with HIV; provisions | AN ACT To amend Article 7 of Chapter 4 of Title 49 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to medical assistance generally, so as to require the Department of Community Health to submit a Section 1115 waiver request to the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services for a demonstration project to provide treatment services under Medicaid to persons in this state living with HIV; to provide for implementation upon approval; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | Introduced |
| HR37 | Intuitive; contributions to patient care and for business achievements and growth in Gwinnett County, Georgia; commend | A RESOLUTION recognizing and commending Intuitive for its contributions to patient care and for business achievements and growth in Gwinnett County, Georgia; and for other purposes. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HR27 | Addiction Recovery Awareness Day; January 21, 2025; recognize | A RESOLUTION recognizing January 21, 2025, as Addiction Recovery Awareness Day; and for other purposes. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB1 | Pediatric Health Safe Storage Act; enact | AN ACT To amend Part 3 of Article 4 of Chapter 11 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to carrying and possession of firearms, so as to establish the offense of making a firearm accessible to a child; to provide for definitions; to provide for exceptions and affirmative defenses; to provide for criminal penalties; to require a notice by certain firearm dealers; to provide for a short title; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | Introduced |
| 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 | Yea |
| 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 | Abstain |
| 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 | Abstain |
| 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 | Yea |
| 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 | Abstain |
| 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 | Yea |
| HB179 | Appellate practice; digital recording of certain trial proceedings; provide | Agree To Senate Substitute: House Vote #412 | 04/04/2025 | Yea |
| 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 | Yea |
| 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 | Abstain |
| HR304 | House Study Committee on the Costs and Effects of Smoking; create | Uncontested House Resolutions: House Vote #444 | 04/04/2025 | Abstain |
| 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 | Abstain |
| 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 | Abstain |
| HR429 | House Study Committee on Funding for Next Generation 9-1-1; create | Uncontested House Resolutions: House Vote #444 | 04/04/2025 | Abstain |
| HR557 | House Study Committee on Georgia's Investment Funds; create | Uncontested House Resolutions: House Vote #444 | 04/04/2025 | Abstain |
| 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 | Abstain |
| 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 | Abstain |
| HR711 | House Study Committee on Student Attendance in PreK-12 Education; create | Uncontested House Resolutions: House Vote #444 | 04/04/2025 | Abstain |
| HR753 | House Study Committee on Improving Access to Internal Medicine in Rural Areas; create | Uncontested House Resolutions: House Vote #444 | 04/04/2025 | Abstain |
| HR847 | House Study Committee on Evaluating Funding for Public Health; create | Uncontested House Resolutions: House Vote #444 | 04/04/2025 | Abstain |
| 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 | Abstain |
| HR887 | House Study Committee on Reducing and Prioritizing Mandates for Public School Administration; create | Uncontested House Resolutions: House Vote #444 | 04/04/2025 | Abstain |
| 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 | Yea |
| 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 | Nay |
| Committee | Position | Rank | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Detail | Georgia House Health Committee | Ex-Officio | 25 |
| Detail | Georgia House Healthcare Special Committee | 2 | |
| Detail | Georgia House Human Relations and Aging Committee | 10 | |
| Detail | Georgia House Intragovernmental Coordination Committee | 6 | |
| Detail | Georgia House Judiciary: Non-Civil Committee | 7 | |
| Detail | Georgia House Public and Community Health Committee | Chair | 1 |
| Detail | Georgia House Regulated Industries Committee | 6 | |
| Detail | Georgia House Rules Committee | 6 |
| State | District | Chamber | Party | Status | Start Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GA | Georgia House District 045 | House | Republican | In Office | 01/09/2023 | |
| GA | Georgia House District 043 | House | Republican | Out of Office | 01/01/2013 | 01/16/2024 |
| GA | District 41 | House | Republican | Out of Office | 01/13/1997 | 01/16/2024 |