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Lee Hawkins

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Overview

B. Lee Hawkins is an American politician from Gainesville, Georgia. He is a Republican.

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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

29 bills

Became law

16 became law. Another 7 passed the House or Senate but didn't.

  • Introduced Feb 18, 2026HB 1374: Insurance; methods of payment to healthcare providers; provide certain requirements
    Became law
  • Introduced Feb 18, 2026HB 1375: Hall County; State Court; judges; restate provisions
    Became law
  • Introduced Feb 11, 2026HB 1278: Professions and businesses; improve efficiencies in issuance of permits for dentists to administer conscious sedation and general anesthesia
    Became law
  • Introduced Feb 21, 2025HB 571: Professions and businesses; licensing of radiologist assistants; provide
    Became law
  • Introduced Feb 6, 2025HB 322: Ga. Board of Dentistry; issuance of a dental or dental hygiene license for the sole purpose of teaching in an accredited dental, dental hygiene school, or academic medical center; revise provisions
    Became law
  • Introduced Jan 30, 2025HB 197: Insurance; health care provider to respond to a private review agent or utility review entity's attempt to discuss the patient's care; detail the effort
    Became law
  • Introduced Mar 8, 2024HB 1467: Gillsville, City of; revise compensation of city council
    Became law
  • Introduced Feb 13, 2024HB 1270: Hall County; ad valorem taxes; educational purposes; provide new homestead exemption
    Became law
  • Introduced Feb 13, 2024HB 1268: Hall County; ad valorem tax; county purposes; provide new homestead exemption
    Became law
  • Introduced Feb 13, 2024HB 1271: Gainesville, City of; ad valorem taxes; educational purposes; provide new homestead exemption
    Became law
  • Introduced Feb 13, 2024HB 1269: Gainesville, City of; ad valorem tax; municipal purposes; provide new homestead exemption
    Became law
  • Introduced Jan 12, 2024HB 946: Special district mass transportation sales and use tax; intergovernmental agreements; revise requirements
    Became law
  • Introduced Jan 8, 2024HB 874: Schools; automated external defibrillators; require
    Became law
  • Introduced Jan 8, 2024HB 872: Medical professionals; rural assistance; expand service cancelable loan program for health care providers to include dental students
    Became law
  • Introduced Feb 8, 2023HB 295: Insurance; consumer protections against surprise billing; revise certain procedures
    Became law
  • Introduced Jan 31, 2023HB 156: Hall County; Board of Education; provide that the boundaries are not changed by annexations undertaken by the City of Buford
    Became law
  • Introduced Feb 7, 2024HB 1170: Public Health, Department of; require certain state government buildings, courthouses, and university buildings maintain and make accessible opioid antagonists
    Passed both chambers
  • Introduced Feb 26, 2025HB 629: Education; remove requirement of having a licensed physician in automated external defibrillator programs
    Passed the House
  • Introduced Feb 20, 2025HB 557: Northeastern Judicial Circuit; superior courts; provide for a sixth judge
    Passed the House
  • Introduced Feb 12, 2025HB 419: Education; require possession of opioid antagonists by institutions within University System of Georgia
    Passed the House
  • Introduced Jan 12, 2024HB 945: State employees' health insurance plan; protection for covered persons when an in-network hospital becomes out-of-network prior to the end of year plan; provide
    Passed the House
  • Introduced Feb 15, 2023HB 434: Georgia Composite Medical Board; licensing for radiologist assistants; provide
    Passed the House
  • Introduced Jan 30, 2023HB 122: Georgia Achieving A Better Life Experience (ABLE); governance of program by board of directors of Georgia Higher Education Savings Plan; provide
    Passed the House
  • Introduced Jan 12, 2026HB 933: Lake Lanier Islands Development Authority; property held is for public purposes for the benefit of the people of this state; provide
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jan 31, 2024HB 1098: Bridging the Gap for ALS and Chronic Kidney Disease Act of 2024; enact
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jan 12, 2024HB 944: Ad valorem tax; property; revise date by which homestead exemptions must be applied for
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 21, 2023HB 503: Income tax; certain contributions by taxpayers to certain local firefighter foundations; provide tax credit
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 6, 2023HB 247: Fair Business Practices Act; maximum interest rate of six percent on obligations or liabilities incurred by active military service members; provide
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jan 30, 2023HB 140: State employees; three-year pilot program to provide coverage for the diagnosis and treatment of certain pediatric disorders; provisions
    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 7 of 1,606 votes (less than 1%). They had permission to be away (excused) for 2 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.