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Running forState House, District 127

Mark Newton

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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

25 bills

Became law

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

  • Introduced Feb 11, 2026HB 1275: Medical practice; ensure that stem cell therapies are used to advance medical treatments and improve patient outcomes in an ethical manner that does not involve stem cells derived from aborted fetuses
    Became law
  • Introduced Mar 25, 2025HB 850: Augusta-Richmond County; ad valorem tax; provide homestead exemption
    Became law
  • Introduced Jan 28, 2025HB 144: Income tax; certain medical preceptor rotations; revise tax credit
    Became law
  • Introduced Jan 27, 2025HB 136: Income tax; contributions to foster child support organizations; expand tax credit
    Became law
  • Introduced Feb 2, 2023HB 230: Revenue and taxation; qualified consolidated government special purpose local option sales tax; provide
    Became law
  • Introduced Feb 1, 2023HB 203: Health; restrictions on sale and dispensing of contact lenses with respect to physicians; revise provisions
    Became law
  • Introduced Jan 30, 2024HB 1090: Income tax; contributions to foster child support organizations; expand tax credit
    Passed both chambers
  • Introduced Jan 16, 2025HB 79: Firearm Safe Handling and Secure Storage Tax Credit Act; enact
    Passed the House
  • Introduced Jan 22, 2024HB 971: Firearm Safe Handling and Secure Storage Tax Credit Act; enact
    Passed the House
  • Introduced Feb 9, 2023HB 343: Lowering Prescription Drug Costs for Patients Act; enact
    Passed the House
  • Introduced Feb 8, 2023HB 308: Revenue and taxation; certain medical preceptor rotations; revise tax credit
    Passed the House
  • Introduced Mar 19, 2026HB 1584: Augusta, City of; Richmond County; council-manager form of government; provide
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 12, 2026HB 1309: Practitioners; clarify that all who dispense drugs are engaged in the practice of pharmacy and shall comply with all record keeping and other requirements
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 11, 2026HB 1276: Community Health, Department of; review information from certain sources to determine and verify eligibility of Medicaid recipients; provide
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 28, 2025HB 690: Pharmacy benefits managers; duty of care to insureds, health plans, and providers; provide
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 28, 2025HB 692: Nurses; notify supervising or delegating physician when subject to a complaint or report in outpatient settings; provisions
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 19, 2025HB 526: Ad valorem tax; extension of preferential assessment period for certain historic properties; provide
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 19, 2025HB 515: Augusta Judicial Circuit; superior courts; provide for a sixth judge
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 6, 2025HB 341: Income tax; certain employers that offer individual coverage health reimbursement arrangements to employees; create tax credit
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 5, 2025HB 278: Excise tax; rooms, lodgings, and accommodations; change certain definitions
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jan 28, 2025HB 142: Ad valorem tax; extension of preferential assessment periods for certain historic properties; provide
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 14, 2024HB 1493: Georgia Board of Nursing; transmit copies of certain complaints and reports; require
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 14, 2024HB 1490: Contracts; prohibit enforcement of certain covenants and restrictions on physicians in employment or partnership contracts or agreements
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 16, 2023HB 487: Crimes and offenses; assault and battery offenses upon all healthcare workers; expand enhanced punishment
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jan 23, 2023HB 46: Crimes and offenses; aggravated assault and battery of healthcare workers; expand enhanced punishment
    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 50 of 1,606 votes (3%). They had permission to be away (excused) for 11 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.