SWGA Politics

This will follow the same format as the House post, and I would like to put the same note at the beginning of this post as well:

If any Senator would like to explain their vote, they are more than welcome to contact me and I will post their explanation here.

SB 1: PASSED Yea: 50 Nay: 0 Not Voting: 4 Excused: 2
Yea: Bulloch, Crosby, Hooks, Sims

SB 13: PASSED Yea: 54 Nay: 0 Not Voting: 1 Excused: 1
Yea: Bulloch, Crosby, Hooks, Sims

SB 39: PASSED Yea: 52 Nay: 3 Not Voting: 0 Excused: 1
Yea: Bulloch, Crosby, Hooks, Sims

SR 44: ADOPTED Yea: 53 Nay: 2 Not Voting: 0 Excused: 1
Yea: Bulloch, Crosby, Hooks, Sims
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Here’s how this one will work: I’ll list the bill number followed by the overall house vote in parenthesis, all in bold. On the next line, I’ll detail any yea votes from area Representatives, and on the line below that I’ll detail any nay votes from area Representatives in italics. On the third line, I will list any not voting/excused votes from area Representatives in underline.

I welcome any Representatives who wish to explain their votes to contact me and I will list your explanation on this blog.

HB 117: PASSED: Yea: 148 Nay: 0 Not Voting: 21 Excused: 11
Yea: Cheokas, Dukes, Fullerton, Greene, Hanner, Harden, Powell, Rynders

HB 143: PASSED: Yea: 117 Nay: 55 Not Voting: 2 Excused: 6
Yea: Cheokas, Greene, Hanner, Harden, Powell, Rynders
Nay: Dukes, Fullerton

HB 141: PASSED: Yea: 161 Nay: 5 Not Voting: 5 Excused: 9
Yea: Cheokas, Fullerton, Green, Hanner, Harden, Powell, Rynders
Not Voting/Excused: Dukes

HB 60: PASSED: Yea: 165 Nay: 0 Not Voting: 6 Excused: 9
Yea: Cheokas, Fullerton, Green, Hanner, Harden, Powell, Rynders
Not Voting/Excused: Dukes

HB 49: PASSED Yea: 170 Nay: 0 Not Voting: 7: Excused: 3
Yea: Cheokas, Dukes, Fullerton, Greene, Hanner, Harden, Powell, Rynders
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Bills introduced in the House sponsored or consponsored by local Representatives since the Feb 1 update:

State Rep Mike Cheokas (D-Americus) has cosponsored HB 275 and sponsored HB 518.

State Rep Winfred Dukes (D-Albany) has cosponsored HB 290.

State Rep Carol Fullerton (D-Albany) has yet to cosponsor any legislation.

State Rep Gerald Greene (D-Cuthbert) has sponsored HB 75, HB 87, HB 105, HB 284, HB 285, and HB 432 and cosponsored HB 248, HB 312, HB 464, HB 479, and HB 506. Note here that HB75, HB87, and HB105 were actually in January, I simply forgot to list them on the Feb 1 update.

State Rep Bob Hanner (D-Parrott) has cosponsored HB 529.

State Rep Buddy Harden (R-Cordele) has cosponsored HB 273, HB 368, and HB 369.

State Rep Jay Powell (R-Camilla) has sponsored HB 478 and HB 479.

State Rep Ed Rynders (R-Albany) has not sponsored any new legislation in February.

This leaves the current count of bills as (listed from greatest to least, with number in parenthesis):

Greene (11: 6 sponsored, 5 cosponsored)
Cheokas (8: 2 sponsored, 6 cosponsored)
Harden (8: 1 sponsored, 7 cosponsored)
Powell (7: 3 sponsored, 4 cosponsored)
Hanner (3: 3 cosponsored)
Rynders (2: 1 sponsored, 1 cosponsored)
Dukes (1: 1 cosponsored)
Fullerton (0: none)