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Scott Hilton

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Overview

Scott Hilton is a politician representing the 48th District in 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

42 bills

Became law

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

  • Introduced Jan 16, 2026HB 1009: Education; enact policies and procedures for use of personal electronic devices at school and school sponsored events by students in grades nine through twelve; require local school systems
    Became law
  • Introduced Feb 18, 2025HB 506: Social services; Medicaid coverage for tobacco cessation treatments; provide
    Became law
  • Introduced Feb 6, 2025HB 340: Distraction-Free Education Act; enact
    Became law
  • Introduced Feb 26, 2024HB 1414: City of Peachtree Corners Community Improvement Districts Act; enact
    Became law
  • Introduced Feb 1, 2024HB 1122: Education; provide for funding requirements to apply to local agencies; charter schools; provisions
    Became law
  • Introduced Feb 16, 2023HB 453: Health; ambulance services pay annual license fee; repeal requirement
    Became law
  • Introduced Feb 14, 2023HB 402: Education; water safety education information to parents of students under 18 years of age and to students 18 years of age and older; provide
    Became law
  • Introduced Feb 8, 2023HB 318: Education; reestablishment of Office of Charter School Compliance under State Charter Schools Commission
    Became law
  • Introduced Feb 2, 2023HB 219: Banking and finance; venue for offense of money laundering; provide
    Became law
  • Introduced Feb 2, 2023HB 218: Evidence; sexual assault hearsay for disabled adults and 17 year olds; provide
    Became law
  • Introduced Feb 10, 2025HB 376: Income tax; rehabilitation of certified structures; increase amount of tax credits
    Vetoed
  • Introduced Feb 11, 2026HB 1290: Crimes and offenses; protection of elder persons; sexual abuse; revise definition
    Passed the House
  • Introduced Feb 6, 2025HB 329: Professional and businesses; authorize certified nurse practitioners and physician assistants to perform artificial insemination
    Passed the House
  • Introduced Jan 29, 2024HB 1075: Notaries public; state agencies shall accept certain notarial acts performed in another state; provide
    Passed the House
  • Introduced Jan 25, 2024HB 1040: Mortgage lenders and brokers; prohibit unfair or deceptive practices in consumer transactions related to mortgage trigger leads
    Passed the House
  • Introduced Jun 17, 2026HB 69: Gwinnett County; ad valorem tax; provide homestead exemption
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 27, 2026HB 1607: Georgia First-Time Homebuyer's Savings Account Act; enact
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 25, 2026HB 1605: Community Health, Dept. of; making claims for Medicaid estate recovery of funds from ABLE accounts maintained through any qualified ABLE account, except as required by applicable federal law; prohibit
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 17, 2026HB 1352: Student Character Development Act; enact
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 9, 2026HB 1250: Daniel Waters Act; enact
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 6, 2026HB 1235: Elections; candidates and certain committees that receive more than 50 percent of their funding from non-Georgia persons shall provide certain notices on their campaign advertisements; provide
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 2, 2026HB 1135: Education; participate in federal tax credit program for contributions of individuals to scholarship granting organizations; provide
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jan 29, 2026HB 1110: Georgia Small Business Healthcare Affordability Act; enact
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jan 28, 2026HB 1078: Georgia Administrative Procedure Act; periodic review and automatic sunset of agency rules; provide
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jan 27, 2026HB 1048: Quality Basic Education Act; State Board adopt criteria for assessment and placement of students who are eligible for initial public school enrollment in first grade
    Introduced
  • Introduced Apr 2, 2025HB 918: Quality Basic Education Act; permit private school students, home study students, and nonresident public school students to enroll as part-time students in any public school in this state
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 31, 2025HB 893: Education; replace terms charter system and charter systems with performance contract system and performance contract systems
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 4, 2025HB 728: Elections; limit effective date of rules or regulations adopted by State Election Board prior to a primary, election, or runoff
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 27, 2025HB 678: Local government; authorities with less than state-wide jurisdiction shall have the same sovereign immunities as provided to counties; provide
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 26, 2025HB 655: Income tax; postproduction expenditures; renew a tax credit
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 18, 2025HB 505: Career Readiness and Economic Development Act; enact
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jan 30, 2025HB 202: Local Charter School Authorization and Support Act of 2025; enact
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 20, 2024HB 1340: Professions and businesses; credentialing of qualified behavior analysts and qualified autism services practitioner-supervisors; provide
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 16, 2024HB 1296: Online internet safety; provide for social media age verification; provide for definitions; provide for parental permission
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 9, 2024HB 1226: Georgia Released Time Education Act; enact
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 7, 2024HB 1186: Education Coordinating Council; school and school system ratings; provisions
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jan 25, 2024HB 1043: Blockchain Basics Act; enact
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jan 25, 2024HB 1039: Elections; political committees shall require disclosures on content or postings made by social media personalities that are paid for by such candidate or committee; provide
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 15, 2023HB 738: Task Force on Workforce and Safety Net Integration; create
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 21, 2023HB 521: Social services; Medicaid coverage of rapid whole genome sequencing; provide
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 14, 2023HB 398: Professions and businesses; ticket brokers; remove an exception permitting certain resale restrictions
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 2, 2023HB 217: Crimes and offenses; dogfighting; revise 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 74 of 1,606 votes (5%). They had permission to be away (excused) for 32 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.