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Darlene Taylor

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Overview

Darlene Kaye Taylor is an American politician. She is a member of the Georgia House of Representatives from the 173rd District, serving since 2008.

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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

23 bills

Became law

6 became law. Another 6 passed the House or Senate but didn't.

  • Introduced Feb 6, 2026HB 1234: State Employees' Assurance Department; assignment of certain group term life insurance benefits to pay for funeral services of a deceased individual who was a member of certain retirement systems; provisions
    Became law
  • Introduced Jan 29, 2026HB 1096: Public Health, Department of; provide that if certain employees of a county board of health become employees of such department such employees will retain accrued annual and sick leave
    Became law
  • Introduced Mar 25, 2025HB 855: Thomasville, City of; excise tax; expenditure of certain proceeds; revise provisions
    Became law
  • Introduced Mar 4, 2024HB 1445: Thomasville, City of; reapportion board of education election districts
    Became law
  • Introduced Feb 8, 2024HB 1189: Barwick, City of; municipal court to collect a technology fee; authorize
    Became law
  • Introduced Feb 8, 2023HB 315: Commissioner of Insurance; promulgate rules and regulations regarding cost-sharing requirements for diagnostic and supplemental breast screening examinations; provide
    Became law
  • Introduced Feb 4, 2026HB 1192: Public assistance; certain accounting practices by Department of Human Services and Department of Community Health; provide
    Vetoed
  • Introduced Mar 6, 2023HB 680: Thomasville, City of; City Council and Board of Education; reapportion districts
    Vetoed
  • Introduced Feb 8, 2023HB 317: State Employees' Assurance Department; assignment of certain group term life insurance benefits; provisions
    Vetoed
  • Introduced Feb 12, 2025HB 421: Interstate Sexual Predator Prevention Act; enact
    Passed the House
  • Introduced Feb 5, 2025HB 291: Health; certification of community health workers; provide
    Passed the House
  • Introduced Feb 4, 2025HB 250: Better Small Business Employee Benefits Act; enact
    Passed the House
  • Introduced Feb 24, 2026HB 1430: Community Health, Department of; license supportive senior housing communities; provide
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 20, 2025HB 561: Okefenokee Protection Act; enact
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 20, 2025HB 562: Natural Resources, Department of; five-year moratorium on acceptance of applications for new or requests to modify existing permits; provisions
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 12, 2025HB 420: Insurance; require certain health benefit policies to cover genetic testing for an inherited mutation and cancer imaging under certain conditions
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jan 29, 2025HB 173: Education, Department of; provide parents and guardians of students entering sixth grade information regarding adolescent vaccinations in print and electronic form
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 26, 2024HB 1515: Better Small Business Employee Benefits Act; enact
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 21, 2024HB 1349: Attorney General; authorize and direct appointment of special prosecutor subject to certain criteria
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 1, 2024HB 1120: Ad valorem tax; post-appeal valuation freeze; exclude certain residential properties
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jan 30, 2024HB 1081: Health; provide mandatory preeclampsia biomarker testing for pregnant women during their first prenatal visit
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 29, 2023HB 848: Public Safety, Department of; authorize enforcement of excess vehicle weight violations through use of an automated vehicle weight detection system
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jan 24, 2023HB 71: Okefenokee Protection Act; enact
    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

1,474 votes on bills that passed at least one chamber.

Attendance

Didn't vote on 91 of 1,606 votes (6%). They had permission to be away (excused) for 59 of them.

By topic
Agriculture42 votes
    Alcoholic Beverages6 votes
      Animals10 votes
        Appeal and Error21 votes
          Aviation11 votes
            Banking and Finance18 votes
              Buildings and Housing23 votes
                Civil Practice36 votes
                  Commerce and Trade53 votes
                    Commercial Code2 votes
                      Conservation and Natural Resources55 votes
                        Contracts5 votes
                          Corporations, Partnerships, and Associations7 votes
                            Courts124 votes
                              Crimes and Offenses (Criminal Code)132 votes
                                Criminal Procedure49 votes
                                  Domestic Relations25 votes
                                    Education212 votes
                                      Elections33 votes
                                        Equity6 votes
                                          Evidence15 votes
                                            Fire Protection and Safety14 votes
                                              Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics30 votes
                                                Game and Fish20 votes
                                                  General Assembly56 votes
                                                    General Provisions, Ocga10 votes
                                                      Guardian and Ward10 votes
                                                        Handicapped Persons19 votes
                                                          Health159 votes
                                                            Highways, Bridges, and Ferries43 votes
                                                              Insurance98 votes
                                                                Labor and Industrial Relations19 votes
                                                                  Law Enforcement Officers and Agencies72 votes
                                                                    Local Government127 votes
                                                                      Mental Health30 votes
                                                                        Military, Emergency Management, and Veterans Affairs47 votes
                                                                          Minors33 votes
                                                                            Motor Vehicles and Traffic137 votes
                                                                              Nuisances2 votes
                                                                                Penal Institutions36 votes
                                                                                  Professions and Businesses132 votes
                                                                                    Property91 votes
                                                                                      Public Officers and Employees76 votes
                                                                                        Public Utilities and Transportation27 votes
                                                                                          Retirement and Pensions37 votes
                                                                                            Revenue and Taxation203 votes
                                                                                              Social Services51 votes
                                                                                                State Government135 votes
                                                                                                  Torts18 votes
                                                                                                    Waters, Ports, and Watercraft14 votes
                                                                                                      Wills, Trusts, and Administration of Estates9 votes
                                                                                                        Local laws (one city or county)9 votes
                                                                                                          Other23 votes

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