Georgia · Current officeholder
Debbie Buckner
Democratic Georgia House, District 137
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Sponsored legislation
146 bills in the current data (146 as primary sponsor), sorted by most recent official action. Linked by Open States person ID.
| Bill | Title | Role | Stage | Last action |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HB 90 | Revenue and taxation; increase maximum acreage to qualify for assessment and taxation as a bona fide conservation use property | Primary sponsor | Enacted | January 1, 2027 |
| HB 88 | Hogansville, City of; ad valorem tax; provide homestead exemption | Primary sponsor | Introduced | June 23, 2026 |
| HB 51 | Troup County; ad valorem tax; provide homestead exemption | Primary sponsor | In committee | June 22, 2026 |
| HR 15 | Rucker, Raleigh James, Jr.; condolences | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | June 18, 2026 |
| HR 5 | Holden, Benjamin A.; condolences | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | June 17, 2026 |
| HB 376 | Income tax; rehabilitation of certified structures; increase amount of tax credits | Primary sponsor | Enacted | May 12, 2026 |
| HB 1258 | Muscogee County; State Court; provide additional judge | Primary sponsor | Enacted | May 12, 2026 |
| HB 1077 | Sales and use tax; exemption for sales of tickets, fees, and charges of admission to certain museums and fine arts performances or exhibitions at nonprofit facilities; extend sunset date | Primary sponsor | Enacted | May 12, 2026 |
| HR 1051 | Property; granting of non-exclusive easements of certain state owned property; authorize | Primary sponsor | Enacted | May 11, 2026 |
| HR 1050 | Property; lease or conveyance of certain state owned property; authorize | Primary sponsor | Enacted | May 11, 2026 |
| HB 1067 | West Point, City of; ad valorem tax for municipal purposes; provide homestead exemption | Primary sponsor | Enacted | May 11, 2026 |
| HR 2045 | Muscogee County School District's 2026 Teachers of the Year; commend | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | March 31, 2026 |
| HR 2037 | Armstrong, Dee; induction into the Georgia Association of Broadcasters Hall of Fame; recognize | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | March 31, 2026 |
| HR 1889 | Termed and perpetual conservation easements; important tools for promoting conservation practices; express support | Primary sponsor | In committee | March 31, 2026 |
| HB 657 | Mental health; qualifications of recovery community organizations for substance use; provide | Primary sponsor | Passed both chambers | March 31, 2026 |
| HR 2008 | Hallett, Sierra; Family and Consumer Sciences Legislative Fellow for the 2026 regular session of the General Assembly of Georgia | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | March 27, 2026 |
| HR 1985 | Hairston, Ruben; induction into the Fort Valley State Hall of Fame; commend | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | March 27, 2026 |
| HR 1960 | Huff, Bruce; outstanding public service; commend | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | March 27, 2026 |
| HB 1085 | Income tax; various tax credits for forestry manufacturing facilities; provide | Primary sponsor | Passed both chambers | March 27, 2026 |
| HR 1869 | Ferrell, Jai; commend | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | March 23, 2026 |
| HB 1339 | Columbus, City of; filling vacancies in office of mayor or councilor; revise provisions | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | March 20, 2026 |
| HB 1462 | Columbus Music Commission Act; enact | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | March 19, 2026 |
| HB 1461 | Muscogee County; Superior Court; salary of the clerk of superior court and the chief deputy clerk; change provisions | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | March 19, 2026 |
| HB 1460 | Muscogee County; State Court; salaries of the solicitor-general, the chief assistant solicitor-general, and other assistant solicitors-general; modify provisions | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | March 19, 2026 |
| HR 1785 | Harbison, Senator Ed; outstanding public service; commend | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | March 18, 2026 |
| HR 1781 | Abundant Life Full Gospel Baptist Church; occasion of its anniversary; recognize | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | March 18, 2026 |
| HR 1774 | G.W. Carver High School Tigers; winning the 2025-2026 GHSA Class AA State Football Championship; commend | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | March 18, 2026 |
| HR 1767 | Herring, Robert McNeill (Neill); years of service at the Georgia General Assembly; commend | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | March 18, 2026 |
| HR 1764 | Tiller, Mrs. Dora Mae; commend | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | March 18, 2026 |
| HR 1723 | Cochran, Pastor Raymond; retirement; commend | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | March 16, 2026 |
| HR 1719 | Wilson, Monique; commend | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | March 16, 2026 |
| HR 1393 | House Study Committee on Rural Hospitals; create | Primary sponsor | In committee | March 16, 2026 |
| HB 892 | Professions and businesses; prohibit massage therapy businesses from operating during certain set hours | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | March 16, 2026 |
| HB 1196 | Crimes; offense of criminal trespass involving a wild animal; provide | Primary sponsor | Passed both chambers | March 16, 2026 |
| HR 1686 | Williams, Columbus Police Sergeant Katina; named WRBL News 3's 2026 Remarkable Woman; commend | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | March 12, 2026 |
| HR 1685 | Anyaegbunam, Breyanna; 2025-2026 Youth of the Year for the Boys & Girls Clubs of the Chattahoochee Valley; commend | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | March 12, 2026 |
| HR 1684 | Hudson, Dr. Terry L., II.; commend | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | March 12, 2026 |
| HB 254 | State government; provide placement of Revolutionary War Patriots marker on state capitol building grounds and state archives building grounds | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | March 10, 2026 |
| HR 948 | House Study Committee on Pharmacy Benefits Managers and Consumer Access to Prescription Medications; create | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | March 9, 2026 |
| HR 1000 | Revenue and taxation; eliminate ad valorem tax assessment of certain timber at sale or harvest - CA | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | March 9, 2026 |
| HR 1619 | Wright, Carolyn M.; receiving the 2026 Yellow Rose Nikki T. Randall Servant Leadership Award; commend | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | March 6, 2026 |
| HB 285 | Law enforcement agencies; judicial procedure for purging a person's involuntary hospitalization information; provide | Primary sponsor | In committee | March 6, 2026 |
| HB 1501 | Environmental Protection Division; maintain a public website for monitoring levels of certain contaminants in public water systems | Primary sponsor | Introduced | March 6, 2026 |
| HB 1148 | Income tax; donation of real property for conservation purposes; revise tax credits | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | March 6, 2026 |
| HR 1600 | Cody, Sheri; receiving the 2026 Yellow Rose Nikki T. Randall Servant Leadership Award; commend | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | March 4, 2026 |
| HR 1573 | Harden, Carrie Lula Neal; commend | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | March 3, 2026 |
| HR 1569 | Georgia State Retirees Association; commend | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | March 3, 2026 |
| HR 1547 | Daves, Nancy; receiving the 2026 Yellow Rose Nikki T. Randall Servant Leadership Award; commend | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | March 3, 2026 |
| HR 1543 | Anyaegbunam, Breyana; 2025-2026 Youth of the Year for the Boys & Girls Clubs of the Chattahoochee Valley; commend | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | March 3, 2026 |
| HR 1534 | Metropolitan North Georgia Water Planning District; 25th anniversary; recognize | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | March 3, 2026 |
| HR 1533 | Georgia Environmental Finance Authority; occasion of its 40th anniversary; recognize | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | March 3, 2026 |
| HB 1309 | Practitioners; clarify that all who dispense drugs are engaged in the practice of pharmacy and shall comply with all record keeping and other requirements | Primary sponsor | In committee | March 3, 2026 |
| HB 1040 | Health; prohibit smoking within a 25 foot radius of any state and local government buildings or enclosed public places | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 25, 2026 |
| HR 1448 | Taylor, Clarence; 70th birthday; commend | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | February 24, 2026 |
| HB 1058 | Insurance; authorize tax-exempt organizations to be beneficiaries of employee group life insurance policies | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 24, 2026 |
| HR 1439 | Rodriguez, Ms. Ashley; commend | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | February 20, 2026 |
| HR 1424 | Wright, Bobby and Carolyn; inducted into the Chattahoochee Valley Sports Hall of Fame; commend | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | February 19, 2026 |
| HR 1390 | State Government; action to protect statue of Juliette Gordon Low within the Juliette Gordon Low Building; urge | Primary sponsor | Introduced | February 19, 2026 |
| HR 1375 | Lowman, Patricia; retirement; commend | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | February 17, 2026 |
| HR 1373 | Self, Edwin Marion, Jr.; honoring the life and memory; condolences | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | February 17, 2026 |
| HB 1264 | Medical assistance; pilot program to provide coverage under Medicaid program for doula care for pregnant Medicaid recipients; provide | Primary sponsor | Introduced | February 12, 2026 |
| HB 1113 | Georgia Defined Contribution Plan; exclude part-time students from membership | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 12, 2026 |
| HR 1330 | Terry, John Raymond; honoring the life, service and historic legacy; retired Superintendent of Talbot County and the first African American Chief Probate Judge of Talbot County, Georgia; condolences | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | February 11, 2026 |
| HR 1313 | Kia Day at the state capitol; February 11, 2026; commending Kia's vehicle manufacturing and impact to the state; recognize | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | February 10, 2026 |
| HR 1291 | Pethel, Eden; commend | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | February 9, 2026 |
| HR 1289 | Waters, Brian Daniel; honoring the life and memory; condolences | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | February 9, 2026 |
| HR 1268 | Neal, Reverend Corey J.; occasion of his 18th pastoral anniversary; recognize | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | February 5, 2026 |
| HR 1263 | Walton, George; James Oglethorpe Chapters of the Daughters of the American Revolution's 2025-2026 Good Citizens; commend | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | February 5, 2026 |
| HR 1261 | 2026 as the Year of the Georgia Birding Trail; commend | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | February 5, 2026 |
| HR 1250 | Mathis, Chief Stone; Columbus Police Department; named the Georgia Chapter of the FBI National Academy Associates' Phyllis Goodwin Agency of the Year; commend | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | February 5, 2026 |
| HR 1177 | Pedestrians; wear bright or reflective clothing at night to improve visibility to drivers; urge | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 5, 2026 |
| HB 1144 | Georgia Hygiene Essentials Tax-Free Period; enact | Primary sponsor | Introduced | February 4, 2026 |
| HB 1143 | Menstrual Product Transparency and Safety Act of 2026; enact | Primary sponsor | Introduced | February 4, 2026 |
| HR 1224 | National School Counseling Week at the state capitol; recognize | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | February 3, 2026 |
| HB 1079 | Income tax; credits for rehabilitation of historic structures; revise expiration and transferability | Primary sponsor | Introduced | February 2, 2026 |
| HB 1072 | Environmental Protection Division; authorize director to investigate and consider out-of-state regulatory history when processing applications for certain permits | Primary sponsor | Introduced | February 2, 2026 |
| HB 1065 | West Point, City of; ad valorem tax for municipal purposes; provide homestead exemption | Primary sponsor | Introduced | February 2, 2026 |
| HR 1163 | Girl Scout Day at the state capitol; February 3, 2026; commending Girl Scouts as a national leader in providing the best leadership development experience in the world to American girls; recognize | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | January 29, 2026 |
| HR 1123 | Marriage and Family Therapy Day at the Capitol; 02/11/26; commending the marriage and family therapists of Georgia; recognize | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | January 28, 2026 |
| HR 1118 | Mashburn, Charles "Chuck" Leonard; honoring the life and memory; condolences | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | January 28, 2026 |
| HR 1080 | Strolling Thunder Day at the state capitol; January 29, 2026; recognize | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | January 27, 2026 |
| HR 1057 | Stallion, Reverend Dr. David L., Sr. and First Lady Tammy Stallion of Mount Pilgrim Baptist Church; ten years of service; recognize | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | January 27, 2026 |
| HB 992 | State parks; free admission on certain public and legal holidays; provide | Primary sponsor | Introduced | January 27, 2026 |
| HR 1029 | Craft, Danah; outstanding public service as the executive director of Feeding Georgia; commend | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | January 15, 2026 |
| HB 959 | Revenue and taxation; prohibit sale of any flavored consumable vaping product | Primary sponsor | Introduced | January 15, 2026 |
| HB 958 | Revenue and taxation; require vapor product manufacturers to disclose ingredients in consumable vapor products distributed, sold, or offered for sale | Primary sponsor | Introduced | January 15, 2026 |
| HB 567 | Professions and businesses; authorize and regulate teledentistry by licensed dentists | Primary sponsor | Enacted | January 1, 2026 |
| HB 358 | Agriculture; prohibiting acquisition of possessory interest in certain land by certain foreign persons and entities; provide for a definition | Primary sponsor | Enacted | July 1, 2025 |
| HB 164 | Highways, bridges, and ferries; allowable variance for weight limitations upon a vehicle or load; repeal automatic repeal provisions | Primary sponsor | Enacted | July 1, 2025 |
| HR 32 | General Assembly; increase maximum acreage to qualify for assessment and taxation as a bona fide conservation use property - CA | Primary sponsor | Enacted | May 14, 2025 |
| HB 103 | Troup County; ad valorem tax; educational purposes; increase homestead exemption | Primary sponsor | Enacted | May 14, 2025 |
| HB 608 | Muscogee County; School District; revise how vacancies on board of education are filled | Primary sponsor | Enacted | May 13, 2025 |
| HB 216 | Richard H. Smith Georgia CHIPS Advancement in Research and Economic Development Act; enact | Primary sponsor | Enacted | May 13, 2025 |
| HR 992 | Evans, Gail Hirschorn; extraordinary contributions to journalism, civic life, and mentorship in Georgia; honor | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | April 4, 2025 |
| HR 304 | House Study Committee on the Costs and Effects of Smoking; create | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | April 4, 2025 |
| HB 526 | Ad valorem tax; extension of preferential assessment period for certain historic properties; provide | Primary sponsor | In committee | April 4, 2025 |
| HR 946 | State of Georgia; economic leadership and recognizing the importance of transparent, informed decision making; commend | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | April 2, 2025 |
| HR 824 | The acute and ongoing threat to Georgia's forest posed by the southern pine beetle, and encouraging all Georgia landowners to follow guidance by the Georgia Forestry Commission to mitigate the spread of this destructive pest; commend | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | March 27, 2025 |
| HR 803 | Chambers, Dr. Charis; commend | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | March 27, 2025 |
| HR 661 | Federal Railroad Administration; deny CSX's request to become the first railroad to use Trip Optimizer's Zero-to-Zero feature; urge | Primary sponsor | Introduced | March 25, 2025 |
| HR 665 | Georgia Association of Senior Centers in honor of National Senior Center Month; commend | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | March 20, 2025 |
| HR 626 | King, Reverend Sherryl Harris; occasion of her 20th pastoral anniversary; recognize | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | March 18, 2025 |
| HR 625 | Hardaway Hawks varsity girls basketball team; winning the 2025 GHSA Class 2A Girls Varsity Basketball State Championship; commend | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | March 18, 2025 |
| HB 751 | Community Health, Department of; submit a Section 1115 waiver request to the United States Department of Health and Human Services for Medicare and Medicaid Services; authorize | Primary sponsor | Introduced | March 13, 2025 |
| HR 576 | Bryant, Janice Arnwine; receiving the 2025 Yellow Rose Nikki T. Randall Servant Leader Award; commend | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | March 11, 2025 |
| HR 573 | Thames, Tina; receiving the 2025 Yellow Rose Nikki T. Randall Servant Leader Award; commend | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | March 11, 2025 |
| HR 554 | Nationwide Polio Vaccination Campaign; 70th anniversary; recognize | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | March 6, 2025 |
| HB 729 | Georgia Maternity Care Desert Reduction Act; enact | Primary sponsor | Introduced | March 6, 2025 |
| HR 489 | McMickens, Brinca Y.; receiving the 2025 Yellow Rose Nikki T. Randall Servant Leadership Award; commend | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | March 4, 2025 |
| HR 428 | House Study Committee on the Affordability and Accessibility of Georgia's Legitimation Process; create | Primary sponsor | Introduced | March 3, 2025 |
| HB 644 | Environmental Protection Division; authorize director to investigate and consider out-of-state regulatory history when processing applications for certain permits | Primary sponsor | Introduced | February 28, 2025 |
| HR 444 | Greenblatt, Corie; receiving the 2025 Yellow Rose Nikki T. Randall Servant Leadership Award; commend | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | February 27, 2025 |
| HR 435 | Allen, Judge John; condolences | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | February 27, 2025 |
| HB 610 | Local government; authorize acquisition of property interests by municipal elected and appointed officials and employees in redevelopment areas with certain conditions | Primary sponsor | Introduced | February 27, 2025 |
| HB 609 | Local government; prohibitions on employees holding interest in redevelopment activities; revise provisions | Primary sponsor | Introduced | February 27, 2025 |
| HR 391 | Sherman, Reverend Dr. Michael Wayne, Sr.; occasion of his tenth pastoral anniversary; recognize | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | February 24, 2025 |
| HR 380 | Gant, James and Patricia; retirement; commend | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | February 24, 2025 |
| HB 562 | Natural Resources, Department of; five-year moratorium on acceptance of applications for new or requests to modify existing permits; provisions | Primary sponsor | Introduced | February 24, 2025 |
| HB 561 | Okefenokee Protection Act; enact | Primary sponsor | Introduced | February 24, 2025 |
| HB 559 | Sales and use tax; exemption for certain high-technology data center equipment; revise sunset date | Primary sponsor | Introduced | February 21, 2025 |
| HB 528 | Revenue and taxation; require certain high resource use facilities to provide disclosures regarding community impact and energy and water usage | Primary sponsor | Introduced | February 21, 2025 |
| HR 272 | Congress; U.S.D.A. modify eligibility requirements for SNAP Program; adopt legislation | Primary sponsor | Introduced | February 20, 2025 |
| HB 499 | Sales and use tax; menstrual discharge collection devices; create an exemption | Primary sponsor | Introduced | February 20, 2025 |
| HR 308 | Multi-Agency Alliance for Children; commend | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | February 19, 2025 |
| HB 456 | Ad valorem tax; additional period to appeal certain property assessments; provide | Primary sponsor | Introduced | February 19, 2025 |
| HR 288 | No-Kill Awareness Day at the state capitol; April 30, 2025; recognize | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | February 18, 2025 |
| HR 283 | Community Health Centers Day; 02/20/25; Georgia Primary Care Association; recognize | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | February 18, 2025 |
| HR 228 | Duke, Nellie Dunaway; condolences | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | February 11, 2025 |
| HB 292 | Income tax; certification of certain employers as living wage employers; provide | Primary sponsor | Introduced | February 10, 2025 |
| HR 203 | Youth Villages; commend | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | February 6, 2025 |
| HB 263 | Medical assistance; pilot program to provide coverage under Medicaid program for doula care for pregnant Medicaid recipients; provide | Primary sponsor | Introduced | February 6, 2025 |
| HB 258 | PeachCare for Adults Act; enact | Primary sponsor | Introduced | February 6, 2025 |
| HR 187 | Neal, Reverend Corey J.; occasion of his 17th pastoral anniversary; recognize | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | February 5, 2025 |
| HB 166 | State holidays; fourth Friday in November as National Sugarcane Syrup Day; designate | Primary sponsor | Introduced | February 3, 2025 |
| HR 125 | George Walton & James Oglethorpe Chapters of the Daughters of the American Revolution's 2024-2025 Good Citizens; commend | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | January 30, 2025 |
| HR 123 | Girl Scout Day at the state capitol; February 4, 2025; commending Girl Scouts as a national leader in providing the best leadership development experience in the world to American girls; recognize | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | January 30, 2025 |
| HR 122 | Mitchell, Reverend Dr. Homer Lee, Sr.; condolences | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | January 30, 2025 |
| HB 149 | Healthy Mothers Now Act; enact | Primary sponsor | Introduced | January 30, 2025 |
| HB 142 | Ad valorem tax; extension of preferential assessment periods for certain historic properties; provide | Primary sponsor | Introduced | January 30, 2025 |
| HR 87 | Keep Georgia Beautiful Day at the state capitol; February 6, 2025; recognize | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | January 28, 2025 |
| HB 99 | Income tax; credit based upon the federal qualified child and dependent care tax credit; revise | Primary sponsor | Introduced | January 28, 2025 |
| HB 118 | Education; revise requirements of child care learning centers and family child care learning homes | Primary sponsor | Introduced | January 28, 2025 |
| HR 51 | Kia's vehicle manufacturing and impact on the state and recognizing January 28, 2025, as Kia Day at the state capitol; recognize | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | January 27, 2025 |
| HB 84 | Revenue and taxation; increase tax rate on consumable vapor products | Primary sponsor | Introduced | January 27, 2025 |
| HB 83 | Revenue and taxation; increase tax rate on each pack of cigarettes | Primary sponsor | Introduced | January 27, 2025 |
| HB 3 | Brady Law Regulations; require universal background checks in all manner of firearm transfers | Primary sponsor | Introduced | January 15, 2025 |