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Bo Hatchett

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Overview

Thomas Lawrence "Bo" Hatchett III is an American attorney and Republican politician from Cornelia, Georgia, serving as a member of the Georgia State Senate for District 50.

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Facts from Wikipedia.

Bills they wrote

Bills and joint resolutions where they're the main author, since 2023. Laws first, then the ones that got furthest.

Wrote

31 bills

Became law

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

  • Introduced Feb 24, 2026SB 553: Professions and Businesses; repeal Chapter 14, relating to electrical contractors, plumbers, conditioned air contractors, low voltage contractors, and utility contractors and enact a new Chapter 14
    Became law
  • Introduced Feb 2, 2026SB 452: Retirement and Pension; maximum employer contribution to a 401(k) for certain state law enforcement officers; increase
    Became law
  • Introduced Jan 12, 2026SB 384: Motor Vehicle; optional five-year motor vehicle registration and revalidation for certain motor vehicles; provide
    Became law
  • Introduced Feb 12, 2025SB 148: Public School Property and Facilities; outdoor learning spaces pilot program; provide
    Became law
  • Introduced Feb 12, 2025SB 154: United States Department of Education; references from the Official Code of Georgia Annotated; revise or remove
    Became law
  • Introduced Feb 12, 2025SB 153: Official Code of Georgia Annotated; revise, modernize, correct errors or omissions in, and reenact the statutory portion of said Code
    Became law
  • Introduced Feb 11, 2025SB 141: Revenue and Taxation; the appeal and protest period from 30 days to 45 days for tax assessments; extend
    Became law
  • Introduced Jan 28, 2025SB 42: Penalties for violating Code Sections 16-6-9 through 16-6-12; certain penalty provisions for the offense of prostitution, keeping a place of prostitution, pimping, and pandering; repeal
    Became law
  • Introduced Jan 28, 2025SB 40: Secondary Metals Recyclers; the definition of the term "used, detached catalytic converters" to said article; provide for applicability
    Became law
  • Introduced Feb 12, 2024SB 493: Sexual Offender Risk Review Board; additional penalties for registered sexual offenders; provide
    Became law
  • Introduced Feb 9, 2024SB 483: Minors; enter into the Interstate Compact for the Placement of Children; definitions; provisions; provide
    Became law
  • Introduced Feb 1, 2024SB 448: Official Code of Georgia Annotated; revise, modernize, correct errors or omissions in, and reenact the statutory portion of said Code, as amended, in furtherance of the work of the Code Revision Commission
    Became law
  • Introduced Feb 27, 2023SB 259: Superior Court of Banks County; move from the Piedmont Judicial Circuit to the Mountain Judicial Circuit
    Became law
  • Introduced Jan 31, 2023SB 60: Secondary Metals Recyclers; it shall be illegal for certain persons to purchase, possess, obtain, or sell or attempt to purchase, possess, obtain, or sell; provide
    Became law
  • Introduced Jan 31, 2023SB 59: Governor; Office of the Inspector General; establish
    Became law
  • Introduced Jan 30, 2023SB 44: Street Gang Terrorism and Prevention Act; mandatory minimum penalties for violations; provide
    Became law
  • Introduced Jan 13, 2026SB 398: Wiretapping, Eavesdropping, Surveillance, and Related Offenses; criminal offenses of virtual peeping; establish
    Passed both chambers
  • Introduced Feb 8, 2024SB 479: Secondary Metals Recyclers; applicability of the definition of the term "used, detached catalytic converters" to said article; provide
    Passed both chambers
  • Introduced Feb 22, 2023SB 237: Georgia Student Finance Authority; student loan repayment for peace officers; provide
    Passed both chambers
  • Introduced Feb 25, 2026SB 593: Development Impact Fees; disclosure of impact fees upon transfer of ownership; provide
    Passed the Senate
  • Introduced Feb 16, 2024SB 515: Emergency Medical Services; two-year pilot program to provide additional ambulances to certain areas of this state; provide
    Passed the Senate
  • Introduced Jun 18, 2026SB 6: Stephens County; ad valorem taxes; homestead property determined annually for the special district based upon the proceeds of a new Local Homestead Option Sales Tax (LHOST); provide homestead exemption
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jun 18, 2026SB 5: City of Toccoa; ad valorem taxes; homestead property determined annually for the special district based upon the proceeds of a new Local Homestead Option Sales Tax (LHOST); provide homestead exemption
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 27, 2025SB 364: Insurers; new penalties for insurers that knowingly give false or misleading information to the Commissioner of Insurance; provide
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 19, 2025SB 343: Age Verification of Account Holders; providers of social media platforms from permitting a minor aged 14 years or younger to be an account holder; prohibit
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 26, 2025SB 269: Mental Illness; certain procedures and notifications for involuntary outpatient commitments; provide
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 16, 2024SB 523: Offenses Against Public Order and Safety; criminal offenses related to material support of terrorism; provide
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 7, 2024SB 466: Obscenity and Related Offenses; limitations of defense that a sexually exploitive visual medium is digitally altered; provide
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 27, 2023SB 258: Georgia Child Advocate for the Protection of Children Act; additional duties regarding legal representation of children and parents; provide
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 27, 2023SB 260: "Georgia Electric Vehicle Future Act"; enact
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 6, 2023SB 100: Unsecured Judicial Release; limitation of unsecured judicial release in certain circumstances where the accused has a prior conviction for the offense of bail jumping or failure to appear; 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

2,067 votes on bills that passed at least one chamber.

Attendance

Didn't vote on 173 of 2,510 votes (7%). They had permission to be away (excused) for 124 of them.

By topic
Agriculture60 votes
    Alcoholic Beverages10 votes
      Animals8 votes
        Appeal and Error25 votes
          Aviation10 votes
            Banking and Finance26 votes
              Buildings and Housing32 votes
                Civil Practice56 votes
                  Commerce and Trade79 votes
                    Commercial Code5 votes
                      Conservation and Natural Resources57 votes
                        Contracts6 votes
                          Corporations, Partnerships, and Associations10 votes
                            Courts173 votes
                              Crimes and Offenses (Criminal Code)185 votes
                                Criminal Procedure54 votes
                                  Domestic Relations31 votes
                                    Education298 votes
                                      Elections50 votes
                                        Equity7 votes
                                          Evidence20 votes
                                            Fire Protection and Safety17 votes
                                              Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics34 votes
                                                Game and Fish18 votes
                                                  General Assembly87 votes
                                                    General Provisions, Ocga7 votes
                                                      Guardian and Ward12 votes
                                                        Handicapped Persons19 votes
                                                          Health196 votes
                                                            Highways, Bridges, and Ferries65 votes
                                                              Insurance111 votes
                                                                Labor and Industrial Relations21 votes
                                                                  Law Enforcement Officers and Agencies89 votes
                                                                    Local Government155 votes
                                                                      Mental Health33 votes
                                                                        Military, Emergency Management, and Veterans Affairs53 votes
                                                                          Minors66 votes
                                                                            Motor Vehicles and Traffic174 votes
                                                                              Nuisances4 votes
                                                                                Penal Institutions49 votes
                                                                                  Professions and Businesses164 votes
                                                                                    Property112 votes
                                                                                      Public Officers and Employees94 votes
                                                                                        Public Utilities and Transportation31 votes
                                                                                          Retirement and Pensions62 votes
                                                                                            Revenue and Taxation242 votes
                                                                                              Social Services68 votes
                                                                                                State Government175 votes
                                                                                                  Torts33 votes
                                                                                                    Waters, Ports, and Watercraft19 votes
                                                                                                      Wills, Trusts, and Administration of Estates14 votes
                                                                                                        Local laws (one city or county)29 votes
                                                                                                          Other80 votes

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