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Running forState House, District 12

Eddie Lumsden

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Overview

James Eddie Lumsden is an American politician who has served in the Georgia House of Representatives from the 12th district since 2013.

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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

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

  • Introduced Mar 12, 2026HB 1543: Chattooga County; school district ad valorem tax; homestead exemption; increase income cap
    Became law
  • Introduced Mar 12, 2026HB 1544: Chattooga County; ad valorem tax; county purposes; provide a homestead exemption
    Became law
  • Introduced Feb 19, 2025HB 511: Insurance; deductions from taxable income for contributions by taxpayers to catastrophe savings accounts and interest earned on such accounts; provide
    Became law
  • Introduced Feb 4, 2025HB 238: Georgia Peace Officer Standards and Training Council; create and maintain an at-risk adult training course focusing on officer response to individuals with Alzheimer's disease or dementia
    Became law
  • Introduced Jan 17, 2025HB 94: Insurance; medically necessary expenses for standard fertility preservation services when a medically necessary treatment for cancer, sickle cell disease, or lupus may directly or indirectly cause an impairment of fertility; require coverage
    Became law
  • Introduced Jan 29, 2024HB 1063: Chattooga County; board of elections and registration; create
    Became law
  • Introduced Jan 22, 2024HB 961: Menlo, City of; future mayors and councilmembers shall be elected to four-year terms of office; provide
    Became law
  • Introduced Jan 22, 2024HB 984: Insurance, Department of; Office of the Safety Fire Commissioner; update practices
    Became law
  • Introduced Jan 9, 2024HB 877: Chattooga County; ad valorem taxes for county purposes; provide homestead exemption
    Became law
  • Introduced Mar 13, 2023HB 716: Cave Spring, City of; revise and modernize charter
    Became law
  • Introduced Feb 2, 2023HB 221: Insurance; filing review process for private passenger motor vehicle liability coverage providing the minimum limits offered by the carrier; revise
    Became law
  • Introduced Feb 2, 2023HB 222: Insurance, Department of; clarify, streamline, and make transparent the practices of the department
    Became law
  • Introduced Feb 10, 2026HB 1263: Insurance; premiums made within three years of payment to the Commissioner; provide for a claim for a refund of certain fees and taxes
    Passed both chambers
  • Introduced Jan 29, 2025HB 182: Life insurance; excluding or restricting liability for certain deaths occurring while an individual is an active duty service member; prohibit
    Passed both chambers
  • Introduced Feb 22, 2023HB 541: Motor vehicles; proper procedure for passing postal service vehicle; provide
    Vetoed
  • Introduced Feb 10, 2026HB 1262: Insurance; increase amount of monetary penalties authorized to impose for certain violations of the Georgia Insurance Code
    Passed the House
  • Introduced Jan 9, 2024HB 878: Uniform rules of the road; proper procedure for passing a postal service vehicle; provide
    Passed the House
  • Introduced Jun 17, 2026HB 19: Floyd County; ad valorem tax; provide homestead exemption
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jun 17, 2026HB 67: Rome, City of; ad valorem tax; provide homestead exemption
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 27, 2025HB 868: Public officers and employees; certain retiring county officers and their spouses and dependents be included in certain county health plans; provide
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 24, 2025HB 611: Forever Chemicals Transparency Act; enact
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jan 29, 2025HB 184: Georgia Consumer Protection Towing Act; enact
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 12, 2024HB 1261: Motor vehicles and property; notice requirements and forms of payments for fees relative to towing and storage firms; clarify
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 8, 2024HB 1206: Commerce and trade; form executed via electronic signature; provisions
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 8, 2024HB 1204: Insurance; medically necessary expenses for standard fertility preservation services when a medically necessary treatment for cancer, sickle cell disease, or lupus may directly or indirectly cause iatrogenic infertility; require coverage
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jan 30, 2024HB 1084: Chattooga County; board of elections and registration; create
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jan 29, 2024HB 1067: Trion, Town of; levy an excise tax
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jan 29, 2024HB 1062: Chattooga County; levy an excise tax
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jan 29, 2024HB 1061: Summerville, City of; levy an excise tax
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 16, 2023HB 459: Georgia Bureau of Investigation; submit felony juvenile arrest fingerprints to Federal Bureau of Investigation; authorize
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 9, 2023HB 346: Courts; certain cases concerning probate of wills may be removed from a probate court to a superior court; 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

1,474 votes on bills that passed at least one chamber.

Attendance

Didn't vote on 4 of 1,606 votes (less than 1%). They had permission to be away (excused) for 3 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.