Running forState House, District 166

Jesse Petrea

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Overview

Jesse Lewis Petrea III is an American politician who has served in the Georgia House of Representatives from the 166th district since 2015.

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Facts from Wikipedia.

How to reach them: Office: 108 Loyer Lane, Savannah, GA 31411
Email: jesse.petrea@house.ga.gov
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

24 bills

Became law

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

Introduced Feb 24, 2026HB 1440: Petrea-Stephens-Franklin-Watson Tax Relief Act; enact
Became law
Introduced Jan 29, 2026HB 1097: Mental health; criminal background, license status, and registry checks for owners, applicants, and employees of certain mental health facilities; provide
Became law
Introduced Mar 18, 2025HB 797: Homelessness Prevention Act of Chatham County; enact
Became law
Introduced Mar 6, 2025HB 741: Petrea-Stephens-Franklin-Watson Tax Relief Act; enact
Became law
Introduced Mar 4, 2025HB 730: Chatham-Savannah Authority for the Homeless; provide for membership
Became law
Introduced Feb 21, 2025HB 584: Health; reassign licensing and oversight of certain treatments and programs from Departments of Community Health to Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities
Became law
Introduced Jan 17, 2025HB 115: Natural Resources, Department of; certain notice upon registration of a vessel; provide
Became law
Introduced Jan 17, 2025HB 117: Food service establishments; require notification of the country of origin of seafood items
Became law
Introduced Jan 31, 2024HB 1105: Georgia Criminal Alien Track and Report Act of 2024; enact
Became law
Introduced Jan 31, 2024HB 1106: Tybee Island, City of; Municipal Court; charge technology fee
Became law
Introduced Jan 30, 2024HB 1078: Community Health, Department of; Georgia Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE); establish and implement
Became law
Introduced Feb 6, 2023HB 244: Board of Natural Resources; effective date for certain rules and regulations; extend
Became law
Introduced Jan 29, 2026HB 1085: Income tax; various tax credits for forestry manufacturing facilities; provide
Passed both chambers
Introduced Feb 13, 2025HB 443: Game and fish; fees for reef and migratory fish endorsements; provide
Passed both chambers
Introduced Jan 14, 2025HB 56: Education; grants to spouses of law enforcement officers, firefighters, and prison guards who are killed or permanently disabled in the line of duty; provide
Passed the House
Introduced Jan 22, 2024HB 957: Water, ports and watercraft; penalties for failing to remove abandoned vessel; revise
Passed the House
Introduced Jan 23, 2023HB 56: Education; grants to children of law enforcement officers, firefighters, and prison guards killed in the line of duty; provisions
Passed the House
Introduced Apr 2, 2025HB 919: Conservation and natural resources; outdoor stewardship; eliminate reductions in appropriations
Introduced
Introduced Feb 24, 2025HB 615: Chatham County Recreation Authority; abolish current authority memberships; provide new board membership
Introduced
Introduced Feb 10, 2025HB 362: Bryan County; ad valorem tax; educational purposes; provide homestead exemption
Introduced
Introduced Jan 30, 2024HB 1079: Nuisances; provide for inclusion of claims against promoters and organizers for costs incurred by local governments due to unpermitted events in complaints filed on behalf of the public
Introduced
Introduced Jan 30, 2023HB 136: Penal institutions; commissioner of corrections to report certain information; require
Introduced
Introduced Jan 23, 2023HB 47: Motor vehicles; require restitution for certain convictions of homicide by vehicle or vessel when operating under the influence of alcohol or drugs
Introduced
Introduced Jan 23, 2023HB 48: Elections; district attorneys and solicitors-general of state courts be elected in nonpartisan elections; 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 196 of 1,606 votes (12%). They had permission to be away (excused) for 126 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.