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Kay Kirkpatrick

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Overview

Kay Kirkpatrick is an American politician who is a member of the Georgia State Senate for the 32nd district, a district which includes portions of Cobb and Fulton counties.

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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

35 bills

Became law

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

  • Introduced Feb 19, 2026SB 535: Mental Health; the re-creation of community service boards; provide
    Became law
  • Introduced Feb 2, 2026SB 444: Private Review Agents; certain decisions with regard to the provision of insurance coverage for healthcare services shall not be based solely on artificial intelligence systems; provide
    Became law
  • Introduced Jan 28, 2026SB 431: Education; enrollment of foster care students within two school days of a request for enrollment by such student's parent or legal custodian; require
    Became law
  • Introduced Jan 27, 2026SB 428: Medical Assistance; Department of Community Health to submit a waiver request to the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services; direct
    Became law
  • Introduced Jan 15, 2026SB 403: Unclaimed Property; property is presumed abandoned; provide for exceptions
    Became law
  • Introduced Jan 13, 2026SB 395: Department of Public Health; eligible for the Low THC Oil Patient Registry; require a physician to submit certain information to the Georgia Composite Medical Board
    Became law
  • Introduced Jan 12, 2026SB 383: Child Abuse; local child fatality review committees; modify the review
    Became law
  • Introduced Feb 19, 2025SB 213: "Fair Business Practices Act of 1975" commercial cheating services that target students and examinees seeking a professional license as an unlawful, unfair, and deceptive trade practice; ban
    Became law
  • Introduced Feb 12, 2025SB 160: Reckless Stunt Driving; a motor vehicle involved in a second offense of reckless stunt driving; replace the forfeiture penalty
    Became law
  • Introduced Jan 27, 2025SB 33: "Georgia Hemp Farming Act"; total THC concentration of consumable hemp products; provide limits
    Became law
  • Introduced Jan 16, 2025SB 20: Veterinarians; student loan repayment; who practice shelter medicine and in nonprofit pet sterilization clinics; provide; create the State Veterinary Education Board for Shelter Medicine and Pet Sterilization
    Became law
  • Introduced Jan 14, 2025SB 6: Controlled Substances; determine whether a controlled substance has been adulterated; authorize the use of testing equipment
    Became law
  • Introduced Jan 13, 2025SB 5: Private Review Agents; health insurers to implement and maintain a program that allows for the selective application of reductions in prior authorization requirements; provide
    Became law
  • Introduced Jan 26, 2024SB 410: Licensing of Veterinarians; certain sterilization services performed by out-of-state veterinarians from licensing requirements; exempt
    Became law
  • Introduced Jan 25, 2024SB 398: Georgia Joint Defense Commission; commission's operations; revise
    Became law
  • Introduced Jan 25, 2024SB 401: Senate Foster Care and Adoption Study Committee; implement recommendations
    Became law
  • Introduced Jan 24, 2024SB 388: Cherokee County School District; full value exemption for senior and disabled residents; provide
    Became law
  • Introduced Jan 24, 2024SB 387: Identification Cards; certain applicants who are either homeless or in the legal custody of the Division of Family and Children Services do not require signatures; provide
    Became law
  • Introduced Jan 9, 2024SB 341: Official Code of Georgia Annotated; relating to inactive boards, panels, authorities, centers, commissions, committees, councils, task forces, and other such bodies and certain procedures of the General Assembly; repeal
    Became law
  • Introduced Jan 9, 2024SB 340: Sales and Use Taxes; firearm safes and firearm safety devices; exempt
    Became law
  • Introduced Jan 8, 2024SB 337: Georgia Colonel; appoint honorary title for life; authorize the Governor
    Became law
  • Introduced Feb 13, 2023SB 155: Dangerous Instrumentalities and Practices; provisions relating to harming a law enforcement animal; revise
    Became law
  • Introduced Feb 9, 2023SB 135: Paternity; Uniform Parentage Act of 2017; align evidentiary medical and genetic testing
    Became law
  • Introduced Jan 25, 2023SB 19: Courts; collection of passport application and processing fees by clerks of superior courts and probate court judges; provide
    Became law
  • Introduced Jan 25, 2023SB 21: Georgia Veterans Service Foundation, Inc.; revise operations
    Became law
  • Introduced Jan 25, 2023SB 20: "Surprise Billing Consumer Protection Act"; ensure consumer access to quality healthcare by setting adequacy standards for network plans offered by an insurer
    Became law
  • Introduced Jan 29, 2026SB 440: Department of Public Health; provisions relative to duties or functions; modernize and update
    Passed both chambers
  • Introduced Jan 14, 2025SB 8: Courts; arrest warrant requirements when juvenile courts are acting as courts of inquiry; provide
    Passed both chambers
  • Introduced Mar 15, 2023SB 307: Private Review Agents; health insurers to implement and maintain a program that allows for the selective application of reductions; provide
    Passed both chambers
  • Introduced Jan 25, 2023SB 23: O.C.G.A.; various titles; revise a committee name; relating to inactive boards, panels, authorities, centers, commissions, committees, councils, task forces, and other such bodies; provisions; repeal
    Vetoed
  • Introduced Jan 25, 2023SB 22: Hemp Farming; relating to offenses against public health and morals; the purchase of, sale of, and the offering of samples of hemp products by or to any individual under the age of 18 years old; prohibit
    Passed the Senate
  • Introduced Jan 10, 2024SB 350: Sale of Consumable Hemp Products; individuals under the age of 21 years; prohibit
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jan 8, 2024SB 336: Administration of Mental Health; Behavioral Health Coordinating Council to be represented by a delegate or agent; allow for certain officials
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 27, 2023SB 330: Dogs; protections for dogs kept outdoors; provide
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 8, 2023SB 122: Primaries and Elections; qualifications of members of performance review boards; 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

1,331 votes on bills that passed at least one chamber.

Attendance

Didn't vote on 43 of 1,704 votes (3%). They had permission to be away (excused) for 30 of them.

By topic
Agriculture36 votes
    Alcoholic Beverages5 votes
      Animals6 votes
        Appeal and Error17 votes
          Aviation9 votes
            Banking and Finance17 votes
              Buildings and Housing20 votes
                Civil Practice38 votes
                  Commerce and Trade51 votes
                    Commercial Code3 votes
                      Conservation and Natural Resources38 votes
                        Contracts5 votes
                          Corporations, Partnerships, and Associations6 votes
                            Courts108 votes
                              Crimes and Offenses (Criminal Code)120 votes
                                Criminal Procedure33 votes
                                  Domestic Relations23 votes
                                    Education207 votes
                                      Elections33 votes
                                        Equity3 votes
                                          Evidence10 votes
                                            Fire Protection and Safety11 votes
                                              Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics22 votes
                                                Game and Fish11 votes
                                                  General Assembly49 votes
                                                    General Provisions, Ocga4 votes
                                                      Guardian and Ward7 votes
                                                        Handicapped Persons9 votes
                                                          Health125 votes
                                                            Highways, Bridges, and Ferries43 votes
                                                              Insurance68 votes
                                                                Labor and Industrial Relations14 votes
                                                                  Law Enforcement Officers and Agencies53 votes
                                                                    Local Government90 votes
                                                                      Mental Health20 votes
                                                                        Military, Emergency Management, and Veterans Affairs34 votes
                                                                          Minors49 votes
                                                                            Motor Vehicles and Traffic103 votes
                                                                              Nuisances2 votes
                                                                                Penal Institutions31 votes
                                                                                  Professions and Businesses106 votes
                                                                                    Property67 votes
                                                                                      Public Officers and Employees56 votes
                                                                                        Public Utilities and Transportation18 votes
                                                                                          Retirement and Pensions45 votes
                                                                                            Revenue and Taxation153 votes
                                                                                              Social Services41 votes
                                                                                                State Government106 votes
                                                                                                  Torts20 votes
                                                                                                    Waters, Ports, and Watercraft9 votes
                                                                                                      Wills, Trusts, and Administration of Estates9 votes
                                                                                                        Local laws (one city or county)23 votes
                                                                                                          Other66 votes

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