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Imani Barnes

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Overview

Imani Barnes is an American politician from the Georgia Democratic Party who serves as a member of the Georgia House of Representatives representing District 86.

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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

19 bills

Became law

None became law.

  • Introduced Mar 3, 2026HB 1495: Senior Stabilization Act; enact
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 12, 2026HB 1304: Public utilities; portable solar generation devices; provide
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jan 27, 2026HB 1019: Senior Stabilization Act; enact
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jan 15, 2026HB 993: Nourish to Flourish Act; enact
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jan 15, 2026HB 995: Vape-Free Schools Act; enact
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 27, 2025HB 867: Georgia Student Finance Authority; grants to eligible students to assist with cost of attending an approved school of barbering, cosmetology, esthetics, hair design, or nail care; establish pilot program
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 21, 2025HB 580: Georgia Penmanship Act; enact
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 11, 2025HB 386: Back to School Relief Act; enact
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jan 28, 2025HB 149: Healthy Mothers Now Act; enact
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jan 17, 2025HB 106: Safe Teens Act; enact
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jan 17, 2025HB 109: Mental health; five-year pilot program for the purpose of creating emergency psychiatric assessment, treatment, and healing units or EmPATH units in hospitals; provide
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jan 16, 2025HB 88: State veterinary education; biomedical technicians to be eligible for the state student loan forgiveness program; provide
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jan 15, 2025HB 60: Healthy Start Act; enact
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jan 12, 2024HB 938: Senior Stabilization Act; enact
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jan 10, 2024HB 914: Safe Teens Act; enact
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jan 10, 2024HB 913: EmPATH Georgia Act; enact
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 21, 2023HB 527: Quality Basic Education Act; inclusion of certain visual safety devices in minimum facility requirements; provide
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 21, 2023HB 510: Education; breakfast and lunch programs for all public school students; provide
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jan 24, 2023HB 74: Social services; Medicaid coverage for prevention and treatment of lymphedema; provide
    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 115 of 1,606 votes (7%). They had permission to be away (excused) for 68 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.