Georgia · Current officeholder
James Burchett
Republican Georgia House, District 176
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Sponsored legislation
108 bills in the current data (108 as primary sponsor), sorted by most recent official action. Linked by Open States person ID.
| Bill | Title | Role | Stage | Last action |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HR 251 | Local government; probate judges shall be elected in nonpartisan elections; provide - CA | Primary sponsor | Enacted | July 1, 2026 |
| HB 651 | Motor vehicles; use of automated traffic enforcement safety devices in school zones; revise provisions | Primary sponsor | Enacted | July 1, 2026 |
| HB 134 | Sales and use tax; manufactured homes; revise and expand exemption | Primary sponsor | Enacted | July 1, 2026 |
| HB 1268 | Official Code of Georgia Annotated; revise, modernize and correct errors or omissions | Primary sponsor | Enacted | July 1, 2026 |
| HB 75 | Lanier County; ad valorem tax; provide homestead exemption | Primary sponsor | In committee | June 23, 2026 |
| HR 28 | Burns, Speaker Jon and Mrs. Dayle; celebration of their 50th wedding anniversary; recognize | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | June 22, 2026 |
| HB 55 | Valdosta, City of; ad valorem tax; provide homestead exemption | Primary sponsor | In committee | June 22, 2026 |
| HB 27 | Lowndes County; ad valorem tax; provide homestead exemption | Primary sponsor | In committee | June 22, 2026 |
| HB 1026 | Valdosta, City of; Board of Education; provide compensation | Primary sponsor | Enacted | June 1, 2026 |
| HB 1566 | Ware County; school district ad valorem tax; provide homestead exemption | Primary sponsor | Enacted | May 12, 2026 |
| HB 1541 | Ware County; Magistrate Court; authorize assessment and collection of a technology fee | Primary sponsor | Enacted | May 12, 2026 |
| HB 1540 | Ware County; State Court; authorize assessment and collection of a technology fee | Primary sponsor | Enacted | May 12, 2026 |
| HB 1539 | Ware County; Probate Court; authorize assessment and collection of a technology fee | Primary sponsor | Enacted | May 12, 2026 |
| HB 983 | Conservation and natural resources; prescribed burning for silviculture purposes is exempt from certain burning notice and permit requirements; clarify | Primary sponsor | Enacted | May 6, 2026 |
| HB 1208 | Civil practice; require depositions to be taken before certified court reporters | Primary sponsor | Enacted | May 5, 2026 |
| HB 1393 | Hospitals; allow rural hospitals to join together to allow further purchasing power with third-party payors but retain their independence | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | March 31, 2026 |
| HR 1859 | Capitol Art Standards Commission and the Governor; place a portrait of Governor Rufus Bullock in the state capitol; urge | Primary sponsor | Introduced | March 27, 2026 |
| HB 1085 | Income tax; various tax credits for forestry manufacturing facilities; provide | Primary sponsor | Passed both chambers | March 27, 2026 |
| HR 1935 | Kerce, Dr. Stephanie Dean; Georgia General Assembly Special Event Interns from Georgia State University; commend | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | March 25, 2026 |
| HB 1432 | Georgia Public Defender Council; provide for vacancies on the legislative oversight committee | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | March 25, 2026 |
| HB 1076 | Crimes and offenses; create felony offense of obstruction of a law enforcement officer with a motor vehicle | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | March 25, 2026 |
| HB 1061 | Mandi Ballinger Act; enact | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | March 25, 2026 |
| HB 1093 | Ware County; nonbinding advisory referendum for the purpose of ascertaining whether the electors support a perimeter highway bypass around Waycross; provide | Primary sponsor | Enacted | March 19, 2026 |
| HR 1662 | Trump, President Donald J.; recognize leadership; commend the courage and professionalism of the United States Armed Forces | Primary sponsor | In committee | March 18, 2026 |
| HB 984 | Crimes and offenses; court order to locate an alleged victim of child or elder abuse; provide | Primary sponsor | In committee | March 6, 2026 |
| HB 669 | Quality Basic Education Act; award of low-wealth capital outlay grants to qualifying local school systems that award certain contracts for roofing improvements to suppliers that meet certain criteria; provide | Primary sponsor | In committee | March 6, 2026 |
| HB 276 | Income tax; change certain definitions | Primary sponsor | In committee | March 6, 2026 |
| HB 1433 | Courts; make certain acts of the unauthorized practice of law felonies and to provide for penalties | Primary sponsor | In committee | March 4, 2026 |
| HB 997 | Penal institutions; limit time that Department of Community Supervision can hold certain inmates in a county facility | Primary sponsor | In committee | March 3, 2026 |
| HB 570 | Local government; acknowledge that certain international organizations have no jurisdiction in this state | Primary sponsor | In committee | March 3, 2026 |
| HB 377 | Buildings and housing; manufactured homes; provisions | Primary sponsor | Passed both chambers | March 3, 2026 |
| HB 1327 | Education; install key boxes at each school building in locations determined in collaboration with local law enforcement; provide | Primary sponsor | In committee | March 3, 2026 |
| HB 1299 | Health; allow hospital authorities to acquire, develop, operate, or equip certain outpatient healthcare facilities | Primary sponsor | In committee | March 3, 2026 |
| HB 1260 | Local government; cessation of payment of salary, compensation, and expenses to members of county and municipal governing authorities who fail to certify completion of mandatory training; provide | Primary sponsor | In committee | March 3, 2026 |
| HR 1506 | Chambers, Michael "Mike" Earl, Sr.; honoring the life and memory; condolences | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | February 26, 2026 |
| HB 1431 | Child custody; presumption of joint physical custody in divorce proceedings; provide | Primary sponsor | Introduced | February 26, 2026 |
| HB 1430 | Community Health, Department of; license supportive senior housing communities; provide | Primary sponsor | Introduced | February 26, 2026 |
| HB 1336 | Ad valorem tax; levy and collection of tax upon apportioned valuation of aircraft by local tax jurisdictions; provisions | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 26, 2026 |
| HB 905 | Employees' Retirement System; any member shall be eligible to transfer funds to Judicial Retirement System; provide | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 25, 2026 |
| HB 1412 | Courts; payment of certain money arising from traffic fines generated by members of the Uniform Division of the Department of Public Safety; provide | Primary sponsor | Introduced | February 25, 2026 |
| HB 1384 | Local government; require municipalities to remit a portion of revenue generated through certain franchise agreements to the county in which they are located | Primary sponsor | Introduced | February 24, 2026 |
| HB 1362 | Public officers; persons having certain financial interest shall be ineligible to hold certain public offices; provide | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 24, 2026 |
| HB 1352 | Student Character Development Act; enact | Primary sponsor | Introduced | February 19, 2026 |
| HR 1370 | Adams, Andrew; founder and owner of ProLevel Recovery; commend | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | February 12, 2026 |
| HB 1130 | Safeguarding Election Candidates Using Reasonable Expenditures (SECURE) Act; enact | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 12, 2026 |
| HB 1214 | Sales and use tax; new special purpose local option sales tax dedicated to certain healthcare purposes; provide | Primary sponsor | Introduced | February 9, 2026 |
| HB 1183 | Income tax; exempt income received as personal compensation for full-time duty in the active military service of the United States | Primary sponsor | Introduced | February 6, 2026 |
| HR 1257 | Hodges, Herbert; 2025 Georgia Tree Farmer of the Year; commend | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | February 5, 2026 |
| HB 934 | Banking and finance; transfer regulation of securities and commodities from Secretary of State to Department of Banking and Finance | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 5, 2026 |
| HR 1235 | Georgia Community Service Boards; Community Service Boards' Day at the state capitol; February 5, 2026; recognize | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | February 4, 2026 |
| HB 1115 | End Home Poaching Act; enact | Primary sponsor | Introduced | February 3, 2026 |
| HR 1187 | Whitaker, Community Supervision Officer Traci; Department of Community Supervision 2025 Officer of the Year; commend | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | February 2, 2026 |
| HR 1186 | Jones, Andruw; induction to the National Baseball Hall of Fame; commend | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | February 2, 2026 |
| HR 1092 | Georgia Business Aviation Association; commend | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | January 27, 2026 |
| HR 1085 | Georgia Society of the Sons of the American Revolution; Captain John Collins Chapter; 25th anniversary; recognize | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | January 27, 2026 |
| HR 1076 | Clayton Homes Waycross; commend | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | January 27, 2026 |
| HR 1034 | Crews, Reba Highsmith; honoring the life; condolences | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | January 16, 2026 |
| HB 590 | Professions and businesses; regulation of trailer manufacturers; provide | Primary sponsor | In committee | January 16, 2026 |
| HR 1018 | Charlton County Chief Ranger Roger Todd of the Georgia Forestry Commission; recipient of the 2025 Director's Award and for his outstanding service to the State of Georgia; commend | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | January 14, 2026 |
| HB 51 | Georgia Environmental Finance Authority; finance and perform certain duties for projects relating to natural gas facilities; authorize | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | January 12, 2026 |
| HB 86 | Public officers and employees; calculating and setting the salaries of certain state officials; revise provisions | Primary sponsor | Enacted | July 1, 2025 |
| HB 85 | Superior Court Judicial Compensation Reform Act; enact | Primary sponsor | Enacted | July 1, 2025 |
| HB 586 | Revenue and taxation; intangible recording tax; revise notes | Primary sponsor | Enacted | July 1, 2025 |
| HB 582 | Georgia Survivor Justice Act; enact | Primary sponsor | Enacted | July 1, 2025 |
| HB 513 | Local government; criteria for service delivery strategy; revise provisions | Primary sponsor | Enacted | July 1, 2025 |
| HB 511 | Insurance; deductions from taxable income for contributions by taxpayers to catastrophe savings accounts and interest earned on such accounts; provide | Primary sponsor | Enacted | July 1, 2025 |
| HB 426 | Courts; nonpartisan election of magistrates; provide | Primary sponsor | Enacted | July 1, 2025 |
| HB 422 | State employees' health insurance; include high deductible health plans | Primary sponsor | Enacted | July 1, 2025 |
| HB 233 | State symbols; Brunswick stew as the official state stew; designate | Primary sponsor | Enacted | July 1, 2025 |
| HB 348 | Insurance; expand lines of insurance or reinsurance in which a limited purpose subsidiary and captive insurance company may engage | Primary sponsor | Enacted | June 1, 2025 |
| HB 815 | Lowndes County; ad valorem tax for county purposes; provide homestead exemption | Primary sponsor | Enacted | May 14, 2025 |
| HB 814 | Lowndes County; ad valorem tax for county purposes; provide homestead exemption | Primary sponsor | Enacted | May 14, 2025 |
| HB 813 | Lowndes County; school district ad valorem tax; provide homestead exemption | Primary sponsor | Enacted | May 14, 2025 |
| HB 811 | Lowndes County; school district ad valorem tax; provide homestead exemption | Primary sponsor | Enacted | May 14, 2025 |
| HB 129 | Ad valorem tax; bona fide conservation use property; remove a limitation on leased property as to certain entities | Primary sponsor | Enacted | May 14, 2025 |
| HB 742 | Broxton, City of; increase compensation of mayor and councilmembers | Primary sponsor | Enacted | May 13, 2025 |
| HB 55 | Alapaha Judicial Circuit; superior courts; provide for an additional judge | Primary sponsor | Enacted | May 13, 2025 |
| HB 208 | Special license plates; support state parks and historic sites; establish | Primary sponsor | Enacted | May 13, 2025 |
| HB 223 | Revenue and taxation; exclude from the calculation of taxable net income certain disaster relief or assistance grant program payments for agricultural losses suffered due to Hurricane Helene | Primary sponsor | Enacted | May 8, 2025 |
| HR 29 | General Assembly; appropriation of funds received from certain legal judgments or settlements; provide - CA | Primary sponsor | In committee | April 4, 2025 |
| HB 424 | Agriculture; clarify that a manufacturer cannot be held liable for failing to warn consumers of health risks above those required by the United States Environmental Protection Agency | Primary sponsor | In committee | April 4, 2025 |
| HB 133 | Student Character Development Act; enact | Primary sponsor | In committee | April 4, 2025 |
| HR 929 | Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge; 88th anniversary of its establishment; recognize | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | April 2, 2025 |
| HR 823 | Boggs, Chief Justice Michael P.; commend | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | March 27, 2025 |
| HR 742 | Georgia Southern University Clay Target Team; winning the 2024 and 2025 ACUI/SCTP Collegiate Clay Target Championships; commend | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | March 25, 2025 |
| HR 732 | Woodbine Public Library Inc.; commend | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | March 25, 2025 |
| HR 726 | Jarrett, Grady; occasion of District 58 Day; recognize | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | March 25, 2025 |
| HR 653 | Veterans Perimeter Road; Coffee County; dedicate | Primary sponsor | Introduced | March 25, 2025 |
| HR 705 | Lanier County High School baseball team; winning the GHSA Class A Division II State Baseball Championship; commend | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | March 21, 2025 |
| HR 704 | Lowndes County; occasion of its Bicentennial; recognize | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | March 21, 2025 |
| HR 703 | Lanier County High School Lady Bulldogs; winning the GHSA Class A Division II State Softball Championship; commend | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | March 21, 2025 |
| HR 691 | Lowndes County High School baseball team; winning the 2024 GHSA 7A State Baseball Championship; commend | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | March 21, 2025 |
| HR 680 | Anderson, Will, Jr.; commend | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | March 20, 2025 |
| HR 664 | Delegation from Wexford, Ireland; visit to the Georgia State Capitol; honor | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | March 20, 2025 |
| HR 630 | Bailey, Franklin; commend | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | March 18, 2025 |
| HR 577 | Pierce County girls golf team; winning the GHSA Girls Golf AA State Championship; commend | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | March 11, 2025 |
| HB 425 | Revenue and taxation; purchase of an emergency power generator to convenience stores and grocery stores; provide tax credit | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | March 10, 2025 |
| HR 487 | Westberry, Jonathon; Dallon Lowe; winning the 2024 GHSA Class AA Traditional Wrestling State Championship; commend | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | March 4, 2025 |
| HR 486 | Brantley County girls tennis team; winning the 2024 GHSA Class AA State Girls Tennis Championship; commend | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | March 4, 2025 |
| HB 262 | Community Health, Department of; grant program for purpose of acquiring and installing backup generators; provide | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | March 4, 2025 |
| HB 655 | Income tax; postproduction expenditures; renew a tax credit | Primary sponsor | Introduced | February 28, 2025 |
| HR 415 | Delta Air Lines; centennial anniversary; recognize | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | February 26, 2025 |
| HR 365 | Georgia Association of Manufacturers; 125th anniversary of its formation; recognize | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | February 21, 2025 |
| HR 307 | Bristow, Investigator Taylor Jaimeson; condolences | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | February 19, 2025 |
| HR 289 | The Woodbine Opry; 25th anniversary; recognize | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | February 18, 2025 |
| HR 217 | H. G. Yeomans III Family Trust; 2024 Georgia Tree Farmer of the Year; commend | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | February 10, 2025 |
| HR 210 | Georgia Forestry Commission; serving the State of Georgia as an emergency response agency; commend | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | February 10, 2025 |
| HR 152 | Leadership Lowndes Day at the state capitol; February 6, 2025; recognize | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | February 4, 2025 |