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David Wilkerson

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Overview

David Lawrence Wilkerson is an American politician and Certified Public Accountant from the state of Georgia.

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Facts from Wikipedia.

How to reach them
Source: Open States

Bills they wrote

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

Wrote

13 bills

Became law

2 became law. Another 1 passed the House or Senate but didn't.

  • Introduced Jan 16, 2026HB 1005: Austell, City of; provide for a city manager; revise powers and duties of city council committees, the mayor, and department directors
    Became law
  • Introduced Mar 18, 2024HB 1500: Powder Springs, City of; certain map to update boundaries of city; adopt by reference
    Became law
  • Introduced Feb 12, 2025HB 429: Ad valorem tax; exempt vehicles owned by a natural person for which a title was issued before March 1, 2013
    Passed the House
  • Introduced Mar 3, 2026HB 1498: Ad valorem tax; procedures for transmission of relevant information following a real estate closing to allow for the automatic granting of homestead exemptions; provide
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jan 16, 2026HB 1003: Public officers and employees; daily expense accounts of members of the General Assembly; revise provisions
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jan 16, 2026HB 1004: Public Safety, Department of; security guards to leaders of the Senate and House of Representatives and their families; provisions
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jan 15, 2026HB 992: State parks; free admission on certain public and legal holidays; provide
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jan 15, 2026HB 989: Education; public comment periods during meetings of local boards of education; provide
    Introduced
  • Introduced Apr 2, 2025HB 912: Quality Basic Education Act; $500,000.00 in matching grants for purpose of providing home reading programs for students in kindergarten through fourth grade; provisions
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 13, 2025HB 456: Ad valorem tax; additional period to appeal certain property assessments; provide
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 20, 2023HB 801: Mableton, City of; deannex certain properties from corporate limits
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 23, 2023HB 578: Education; development and distribution of an educational fact sheet concerning use and misuse of opioid drugs prescribed for a sports related injury; require
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 8, 2023HB 310: Education; revise definition of term Zell Miller Scholarship Scholar
    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 133 of 1,606 votes (8%). They had permission to be away (excused) for 84 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.