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State Representative
Don Parsons
(R) - Georgia
Georgia House District 044
In Office - Started: 01/07/2013

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Bill Bill Name Summary Progress
HB807 Woodstock, City of; ad valorem tax; extend homestead exemption to surviving spouses AN ACT To amend an Act providing a homestead exemption from all City of Woodstock ad valorem taxes for city purposes for the full value of the homestead after a two-year phase-in period for certain residents of that city who are 62 years of age or older, approved April 13, 2001 (Ga. L. 2001, p. 3793), as amended, particularly by an Act approved February 19, 2024 (Ga. L. 2024, p. 3560), so as to extend the homestead exemption to surviving spouses without regard to the five-year residency requirement; to revise provisions for the grandfathering of certain residents; 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
HB514 Kennesaw, City of; corporate limits; change provisions AN ACT To amend an Act providing a new charter for the City of Kennesaw, approved May 6, 2013 (Ga. L. 2013, p. 4234), as amended, so as to change provisions relating to the corporate limits of the city; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB747 Cobb County; State Court; change compensation of judges AN ACT To amend an Act creating the State Court of Cobb County, approved March 26, 1964 (Ga. L. 1964, p. 3211), as amended, so as to change the compensation of judges of the State Court of Cobb County; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB755 Cherokee County; levy an excise tax AN ACT To authorize the governing authority of Cherokee 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 for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HR590 House Study Committee on Telecommunications Services and Programs for the Hearing and Visually Impaired; create A RESOLUTION creating the House Study Committee on Telecommunications Services and Programs for the Hearing and Visually Impaired; and for other purposes. In Committee
HB320 Waste management; require recycling of solar panels AN ACT To amend Part 1 of Article 2 of Chapter 8 of Title 12 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions relative to solid waste management, so as to require the recycling of solar panels; to prohibit the discarding or disposing of solar panels by any manner other than by delivery to a legitimate recycling facility that accepts solar panels for recycling; to require that the Environmental Protection Division of the Department of Natural Resources identify and compile a list of legitimate recycling facilities in this state; to require that the division publish certain information; to encourage the division to provide support to regional landfills, regional solid waste disposal facilities, and local jurisdictions; to provide for definitions; to provide for penalties; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. In Committee
HR429 House Study Committee on Funding for Next Generation 9-1-1; create A RESOLUTION creating the House Study Committee on Funding for Next Generation 9-1-1; and for other purposes. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
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
HR937 Earl and Rachel Smith Strand Theatre; 90th anniversary; recognize A RESOLUTION honoring the 90th anniversary of the Earl and Rachel Smith Strand Theatre; and for other purposes. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB879 Motor vehicles; penalty for violations captured by school bus camera; provisions AN ACT To amend Code Section 40-6-163 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to duty of driver of vehicle meeting or overtaking school bus, reporting of violations, and civil monetary penalty for violations captured by school bus camera, so as to revise penalties; to authorize alteration or suspension of such penalty; to provide for obtaining motor vehicle owner information from the Department of Revenue; to provide for a conspicuous statement of the right to contest such penalty in court in the mailing sent to a motor vehicle owner; to provide for the allocation of money collected; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Introduced
HR877 Hembree, Bill; commend A RESOLUTION recognizing and commending Bill Hembree; and for other purposes. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB147 Georgia Technology Authority; annual inventory of artificial intelligence usage by state agencies; provide AN ACT To amend Title 50 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to state government, so as to provide for an annual inventory of artificial intelligence usage by state agencies; to provide for annual reports of such; to provide for the authority to develop and establish certain policies; to designate the Attorney General as an applicable elected representative who may approve the issuance of certain private activity bonds to finance or refinance state charter school facilities; to provide for the establishment of procedures for public notices and hearings relative to the issuance of such bonds; to provide for definitions; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Crossed Over
HR658 David Allen Donley Memorial Parkway; Cherokee County; dedicate A RESOLUTION honoring the life of Mr. David Allen Donley and dedicating a road in his memory; and for other purposes. Introduced
HB344 Motor vehicles; school bus cameras; revise penalty amount for violations captured by recorded images AN ACT To amend Code Section 40-6-163 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to duty of driver of vehicle meeting or overtaking school bus, reporting of violations, and civil monetary penalty for violations captured by school bus camera, so as to revise the penalty amount for violations captured by recorded images; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Introduced
HB346 Local government; prohibit municipalities and counties from using public, educational, and governmental programming (PEG) channels for political purposes AN ACT To amend Chapter 76 of Title 36 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to expedited franchising of cable and video services, so as to prohibit municipalities and counties from using public, educational, and governmental programing (PEG) channels for political purposes; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Introduced
HR432 Georgia's lineworkers; Georgia Lineworker Appreciation Day at the state capitol; April 14, 2025; recognize A RESOLUTION commending Georgia's lineworkers and recognizing April 14, 2025, as Georgia Lineworker Appreciation Day at the state capitol; and for other purposes. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HR407 MEAG Power; 50th anniversary; recognize A RESOLUTION recognizing and commending MEAG Power on its 50th anniversary; and for other purposes. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB446 Public Service Commission; discovery rights in proceedings; revise provisions AN ACT To amend Article 3 of Chapter 2 of Title 46 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to investigations and hearings of the Public Service Commission, so as to revise provisions concerning discovery rights in proceedings before the Public Service Commission; to provide for related maters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Introduced
HR287 Brown, Ms. Patria; commend A RESOLUTION congratulating and commending Ms. Patria Brown; 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
HR159 Schmidt, Tyler; commend A RESOLUTION commending and congratulating Tyler Schmidt; and for other purposes. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HR78 Harrison, Venessa C.; retirement; commend A RESOLUTION recognizing and commending Venessa C. Harrison upon her retirement; and for other purposes. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HR26 Brown, Captain Matthew T.; retirement; commend A RESOLUTION recognizing and commending Captain Matthew T. Brown upon his retirement; 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 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 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 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 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 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 Nay
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 Abstain
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 Abstain
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 Abstain
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 Abstain
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 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 Nay
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
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Detail Georgia House Appropriations Committee 66
Detail Georgia House Code Revision Committee 12
Detail Georgia House Energy, Utilities and Telecommunications Committee Chair 1
Detail Georgia House Health Committee 20
Detail Georgia House Intragovernmental Coordination Committee 17
Detail Georgia House Resource Management Special Committee 11
Detail Georgia House Technology and Infrastructure Innovation Committee 18
Detail Georgia House Ways and Means Committee 23
State District Chamber Party Status Start Date End Date
GA Georgia House District 044 House Republican In Office 01/07/2013
GA District 42 House Republican Out of Office 01/09/1995 01/16/2024