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Martin Momtahan

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Overview

Martin Arash Momtahan is an American politician who has served in the Georgia House of Representatives for the 17th district since 2019.

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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

32 bills

Became law

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

  • Introduced Jan 28, 2025HB 141: Revenue and taxation; allow businesses and practitioners to provide affidavits of certified public accountants in lieu of tax returns
    Became law
  • Introduced Mar 18, 2024HB 1502: Paulding County Airport Authority; revise membership
    Became law
  • Introduced Jan 12, 2024HB 934: Self-service storage facilities; enforcement of unsigned rental agreements under certain circumstances; provide
    Became law
  • Introduced Feb 12, 2026HB 1296: Mental health; pilot program to support clinical research of certain veterans and first responders suffering from certain conditions; provide
    Passed the House
  • Introduced Jan 12, 2026HB 947: Georgia SNAP Healthier Choices Act of 2026; enact
    Passed the House
  • Introduced Mar 18, 2025HB 792: Courts; increase amount of magistrate court claims from $15,000.00 to $30,000.00
    Passed the House
  • Introduced Feb 10, 2025HB 378: State courts of counties; online publishing of terms; provide
    Passed the House
  • Introduced Jan 31, 2023HB 167: Motor vehicles and traffic; standards for issuance of limited driving permits for certain offenders; provide
    Passed the House
  • Introduced Feb 11, 2026HB 1281: Education; require child care learning centers to carry certain amounts of liability insurance coverage and to provide proof of such coverage
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 18, 2025HB 504: Commerce and trade; procedures, conditions, and limitations relative to vehicle value protection agreements; provide
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 10, 2025HB 374: Local government; residential rental property; establish housing management databases
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 10, 2025HB 379: Courts; divorce actions; provide certain lien protections
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 3, 2025HB 220: Insurance; insurer under a liability policy to pay a third party and the senior lienholder under certain circumstances; provide
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jan 30, 2025HB 215: Voter List Integrity Act; enact
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jan 28, 2025HB 151: Income tax; deduction for casualty losses of timber in an amount based on the diminution of value; provide
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 22, 2024HB 1385: Insurance; insurer under a liability insurance policy to pay a third party and the senior lienholder under certain circumstances; provide
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 21, 2024HB 1364: Torts; liability of owners and occupiers of land; weapons; provisions
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 12, 2024HB 1259: Trademarks; streaming services to comply with certain provisions of federal copyright law; provide
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 6, 2024HB 1147: Paulding County; ad valorem tax; county purposes; provide new homestead exemption
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 6, 2024HB 1148: Paulding County; ad valorem tax; educational purposes; provide new homestead exemption
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jan 31, 2024HB 1102: Sanctuary State Deportation Act; enact
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jan 24, 2024HB 1011: Insurance; prohibit insurer from canceling or refusing to renew any property or casualty policy; provisions
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jan 22, 2024HB 967: Magistrate courts; increase amount of court claims from $15,000.00 to $50,000.00
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jan 12, 2024HB 948: Elections; prohibit bar codes, QR codes, and other machine codes on ballots printed by electronic ballot markers
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jan 12, 2024HB 937: Motor vehicles; prohibit certain drivers from possessing weapons in ride share vehicle; preclude ride share network services
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jan 12, 2024HB 949: Elections; voting devices shall not utilize any form of wireless network cards or wireless technology; provide
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jan 12, 2024HB 933: Specialty license plates; supporting advocacy and promotion of strict interpretations of the United States Constitution; establish
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 20, 2023HB 779: Paulding County; Board of Education; filling vacancies; revise provisions
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 14, 2023HB 389: Property; condominiums; revise maximum amount of insurance deductibles payable by unit owners
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 6, 2023HB 246: Property; prohibit China, Iran, North Korea, and Russia, their citizens, and companies owned or operated by them to acquire title or property in this state
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 6, 2023HB 253: Crimes and offenses; offense of drug-induced homicide; provide
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 1, 2023HB 190: Motor vehicles; stopping, standing, or parking of a vehicle outside of a business district in certain instances; prohibit
    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 61 of 1,606 votes (4%). They had permission to be away (excused) for 31 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.