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Deborah Silcox

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Overview

Deborah Donaldson Silcox is an American politician. She has served as a Republican member of the Georgia House of Representatives from District 53 since 2023.

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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

28 bills

Became law

11 became law. Another 4 passed the House or Senate but didn't.

  • Introduced Mar 10, 2026HB 1535: Sandy Springs, City of; Redevelopment Powers Law; provide for a referendum
    Became law
  • Introduced Feb 11, 2026HB 1284: Education; awarding of high school diplomas to high school students who are at the end of life; provide
    Became law
  • Introduced Jan 12, 2026HB 943: Social services; establish a pilot program for autism spectrum disorder to children in foster care; provide
    Became law
  • Introduced Feb 26, 2025HB 625: Fulton County; State Court; provide additional judge
    Became law
  • Introduced Mar 18, 2024HB 1501: City of Roswell Public Facilities Authority Act; enact
    Became law
  • Introduced Mar 13, 2024HB 1480: Fulton County; Board of Education; provide salaries for members
    Became law
  • Introduced Feb 27, 2023HB 601: Sandy Springs, City of; city council; change description of districts
    Became law
  • Introduced Feb 23, 2023HB 571: Georgia Alzheimer's and Related Dementias State Plan; updated every four years; provide
    Became law
  • Introduced Feb 21, 2023HB 500: Crimes and offenses; offense of arson of law enforcement vehicle; provide
    Became law
  • Introduced Feb 21, 2023HB 502: Georgia Cosmetic Laser Services Act; revise a definition; revise a provision
    Became law
  • Introduced Feb 15, 2023HB 416: Pharmacies; authorize qualified pharmacy technicians to administer certain vaccines
    Became law
  • Introduced Feb 27, 2025HB 664: Property owners' associations; development and affirmative election; provisions
    Passed the House
  • Introduced Feb 26, 2025HB 638: MARTA; prohibit stopping or parking of a motor vehicle other than a transit vehicle in a designated transit vehicle lane in the City of Atlanta
    Passed the House
  • Introduced Feb 13, 2025HB 444: Holidays; April of each year as Georgia Native Plant Month; designate
    Passed the House
  • Introduced Feb 4, 2025HB 232: Interstate Massage Compact Act; enact
    Passed the House
  • Introduced Feb 18, 2026HB 1363: Education; authorize public schools and postsecondary educational institutions to consider antisemitism in the same manner as discrimination based on religion
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 17, 2026HB 1337: Courts; retention and expenditure of passport application and processing fees by clerks of superior courts and probate court judges; provide
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 12, 2026HB 1308: Education; local and state charter schools have the right to lease, utilize, or buy unused facilities of a local board of education; provide
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 2, 2026HB 1137: MARTA; authority of local governing bodies to collect a 1 percent retail sales and use tax; extend sunset
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jan 13, 2026HB 955: Holidays and observances; April of each year as Georgia Native Plant Month; designate
    Introduced
  • Introduced Apr 2, 2025HB 904: Health; certificate of need requirements concerning life plan communities; revise an exemption
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 10, 2025HB 363: Crimes and offenses; criminal trespass; include religious worship and observance or acknowledging the death of an individual
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 4, 2025HB 242: Crimes and offenses; disorderly or disruptive conduct at any funeral or memorial service; include religious worship and observance
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jan 28, 2025HB 145: State symbols; change state floral emblem to sweetbay magnolia
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 9, 2024HB 1219: Transportation, Department of; pilot program to determine the efficacy of traffic laws relating to excessive noise levels; provide
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 27, 2023HB 830: Buildings and housing; comprehensive state civil rights law protecting individuals from discrimination in housing, public accommodations, and employment; provide
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 21, 2023HB 501: Minors; employment certificate requirements; repeal certain provisions
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 14, 2023HB 415: Revenue and taxation; joint county and municipal sales and use tax (LOST); call of elections; revise a provision
    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 64 of 1,606 votes (4%). They had permission to be away (excused) for 46 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.