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Chuck Payne

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Overview

Charles F. Payne is an American politician who has served in the Georgia State Senate from the 54th district since 2017.

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Facts from Wikipedia.

Bills they wrote

Bills and joint resolutions where they're the main author, since 2023. Laws first, then the ones that got furthest.

Wrote

16 bills

Became law

8 became law.

  • Introduced Feb 24, 2026SB 556: HOPE Scholarship; the inclusion of advanced placement and international baccalaureate fine arts courses in the calculation of grade point averages; provide
    Became law
  • Introduced Feb 10, 2026SB 485: Professional Counselors; applicants for a license in social work enrolled in a master's degree program to take the master's social work licensing examination in their final semester of the program; authorize
    Became law
  • Introduced Feb 21, 2025SB 235: Whitfield County; school district ad valorem taxes for educational purposes; provide a homestead exemption
    Became law
  • Introduced Feb 21, 2025SB 234: City of Dalton; independent school district ad valorem taxes for educational purposes; provide a homestead exemption
    Became law
  • Introduced Feb 6, 2024SB 453: Juvenile Court of Gordon County; transfer probation and intake services to the Georgia Department of Juvenile Justice
    Became law
  • Introduced Jan 24, 2024SB 389: Georgia National Guard; adjutant general to be the official sponsor of the state sponsored life insurance program; provide
    Became law
  • Introduced Feb 14, 2023SB 181: Georgia Technology Authority; authority to conduct certain fingerprint criminal background checks of all current and prospective employees; require
    Became law
  • Introduced Feb 14, 2023SB 169: Public Schools; extension of hearing dates for student discipline tribunals; provide for limits
    Became law
  • Introduced Feb 24, 2026SB 557: Education; various provisions regarding student discipline and working conditions of teachers and other school personnel; revise
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 24, 2026SB 554: Early Care and Learning; a grant program to expand access to child care and preschool programs; provide
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jan 29, 2026SB 438: Education; the beginning age for compulsory school attendance from six years to five years; reduce
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 3, 2025SB 73: "Safeguarding American Veteran Empowerment Act' or "SAVE Act"; enact
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 26, 2024SB 561: Disabled Veterans and Blind Persons; peddling, operating businesses, or practicing professions; applicants shall provide an affidavit representing that such an applicant is not subject to payment of income taxes; remove the requirement
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 26, 2024SB 557: General Assembly; submission of names and residential addresses of members of the General Assembly to certain entities for purposes of inclusion of such information in motor vehicle records and the criminal justice information system; require
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 23, 2023SB 255: Gambling; provisions relative to dogfighting; revise
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 9, 2023SB 130: City of Dalton; the election wards for the city council; change the description
    Introduced

Source: Open States

How they voted

Final votes on bills that passed either chamber of the Georgia legislature, since 2023. Votes on amendments, committees, and procedure are left out. A bill can show up under more than one topic.

Votes shown

1,331 votes on bills that passed at least one chamber.

Attendance

Didn't vote on 39 of 1,704 votes (2%). They had permission to be away (excused) for 20 of them.

By topic
Agriculture36 votes
    Alcoholic Beverages5 votes
      Animals6 votes
        Appeal and Error17 votes
          Aviation9 votes
            Banking and Finance17 votes
              Buildings and Housing20 votes
                Civil Practice38 votes
                  Commerce and Trade51 votes
                    Commercial Code3 votes
                      Conservation and Natural Resources38 votes
                        Contracts5 votes
                          Corporations, Partnerships, and Associations6 votes
                            Courts108 votes
                              Crimes and Offenses (Criminal Code)120 votes
                                Criminal Procedure33 votes
                                  Domestic Relations23 votes
                                    Education207 votes
                                      Elections33 votes
                                        Equity3 votes
                                          Evidence10 votes
                                            Fire Protection and Safety11 votes
                                              Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics22 votes
                                                Game and Fish11 votes
                                                  General Assembly49 votes
                                                    General Provisions, Ocga4 votes
                                                      Guardian and Ward7 votes
                                                        Handicapped Persons9 votes
                                                          Health125 votes
                                                            Highways, Bridges, and Ferries43 votes
                                                              Insurance68 votes
                                                                Labor and Industrial Relations14 votes
                                                                  Law Enforcement Officers and Agencies53 votes
                                                                    Local Government90 votes
                                                                      Mental Health20 votes
                                                                        Military, Emergency Management, and Veterans Affairs34 votes
                                                                          Minors49 votes
                                                                            Motor Vehicles and Traffic103 votes
                                                                              Nuisances2 votes
                                                                                Penal Institutions31 votes
                                                                                  Professions and Businesses106 votes
                                                                                    Property67 votes
                                                                                      Public Officers and Employees56 votes
                                                                                        Public Utilities and Transportation18 votes
                                                                                          Retirement and Pensions45 votes
                                                                                            Revenue and Taxation153 votes
                                                                                              Social Services41 votes
                                                                                                State Government106 votes
                                                                                                  Torts20 votes
                                                                                                    Waters, Ports, and Watercraft9 votes
                                                                                                      Wills, Trusts, and Administration of Estates9 votes
                                                                                                        Local laws (one city or county)23 votes
                                                                                                          Other66 votes

                                                                                                            Source: Open States, Georgia General Assembly. Topics from the state legislature.