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Running forState House, District 82

Karen I Mathiak

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Overview

Karen Irene Mathiak is an American chiropractor and politician from Georgia. Mathiak is a Republican member of the Georgia House of Representatives.

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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

19 bills

Became law

5 became law. Another 3 passed the House or Senate but didn't.

  • Introduced Mar 16, 2026HB 1557: Fayette County; board of elections; revise composition
    Became law
  • Introduced Mar 18, 2025HB 798: Spalding County; State Court; modernize, update, and readopt provisions
    Became law
  • Introduced Mar 11, 2025HB 758: Spalding County; school district ad valorem tax; provide homestead exemption
    Became law
  • Introduced Feb 22, 2023HB 542: Sunny Side, City of; repeal Act to incorporate; transfer duties and obligations to Spalding County
    Became law
  • Introduced Jan 31, 2023HB 166: Courts; provide for qualification of constables
    Became law
  • Introduced Feb 6, 2025HB 323: Bridging the Gap for ALS and Chronic Kidney Disease Act of 2025; enact
    Passed the House
  • Introduced Feb 21, 2024HB 1363: State employees' health insurance plan; drugs dispensed for self-administration; provisions
    Passed the House
  • Introduced Feb 13, 2023HB 362: Insurance; benefit provider to disclose certain payments to a treating healthcare provider; provide
    Passed the House
  • Introduced Jan 29, 2026HB 1088: Chiropractors; replace term chiropractor with chiropractic physician
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jan 29, 2026HB 1089: Controlled substances; ivermectin as an over-the-counter medication; provide
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 19, 2025HB 520: Georgia Licensed Midwife Act; enact
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jan 29, 2025HB 170: Insurance; benefit provider to disclose certain payments to a treating healthcare provider; provide
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 11, 2024HB 1470: Fayette County; board of elections; revise composition; revise provisions
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 16, 2024HB 1301: Health; newborn screening system to include Duchenne muscular dystrophy; require
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jan 26, 2024HB 1050: Professions and businesses; licensure as a professional counselor or associate professional counselor; change certain education requirements
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jan 24, 2024HB 1029: Health; newborn screening system to include Duchenne muscular dystrophy; require
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 22, 2023HB 560: Crimes and offenses; revise various laws pertaining to the carrying and possession of firearms and other weapons
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 16, 2023HB 445: Professions and businesses; administration of anesthesia by certified registered nurse anesthetists; revise a provision
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 9, 2023HB 345: Sales and use tax; sale or use of certain oral hygiene products; exempt
    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 23 of 1,606 votes (1%). They had permission to be away (excused) for 18 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.