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Kim Schofield

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Overview

Kim Joy Schofield is an American politician and public health activist. A Democrat, she has been a member of the Georgia House of Representatives since 2017.

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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

47 bills

Became law

2 became law.

  • Introduced Feb 26, 2025HB 648: College Park, City of; ad valorem tax for municipal purposes; homestead exemption; remove income cap
    Became law
  • Introduced Feb 7, 2023HB 270: College Park, City of; ad valorem tax; municipal purposes; provide homestead exemption
    Became law
  • Introduced Feb 17, 2026HB 1335: Emergency management; certain longshoremen and related maritime, port, warehouse, and logistics workers to be considered essential workers; provide
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 5, 2026HB 1204: Employment; age discrimination; change age of individuals protected
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 2, 2026HB 1144: Georgia Hygiene Essentials Tax-Free Period; enact
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 2, 2026HB 1143: Menstrual Product Transparency and Safety Act of 2026; enact
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jan 28, 2026HB 1071: Georgia Workplace Safety and Heat Protection Act; enact
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 12, 2025HB 418: Georgia Child Performer Empowerment and Protection Act; enact
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 6, 2025HB 311: Advancing Fair Employment for All Ages Act; enact
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 6, 2025HB 312: Employee Empowerment and Transparency Act; enact
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 5, 2025HB 284: Minors; creation of the Georgia Baby Bond Savings Plan
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jan 27, 2025HB 135: Housing; discrimination based on hairstyles associated with race, color, or national origin; prohibit
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jan 13, 2025HB 10: Georgia Booking Photo Privacy Protection Act; enact
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jan 13, 2025HB 16: Labor and industrial relations; protections for warehouse distribution center workers; provide
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jan 13, 2025HB 17: Public Health, Department of; carry out projects to increase education, awareness, or diagnosis of valvular heart disease; authorize
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jan 13, 2025HB 11: Health; sufficient staff for carrying out food and nutrition services at a long-term care facility; provide
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jan 13, 2025HB 9: Safer States Act; enact
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 13, 2024HB 1263: Georgia Environmental Justice Act; enact
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 8, 2024HB 1208: Housing, education, and labor; prohibit discrimination based on natural, protective, or cultural hairstyles
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jan 29, 2024HB 1066: Fertility Preservation for Chronic Conditions Act; enact
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jan 29, 2024HB 1064: Trauma Informed School Counselors Act; enact
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jan 22, 2024HB 968: Georgia Child Performer Empowerment and Protection Act; enact
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jan 22, 2024HB 980: Employee Empowerment and Transparency Act; enact
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jan 22, 2024HB 969: Georgia Indoor Air Quality Act; enact
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jan 10, 2024HB 903: Brady Law regulations; voluntary do not sell list for firearms; establish
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jan 10, 2024HB 902: State government; fees that may be charged for the disclosure of certain public records; provide an exception
    Introduced
  • Introduced Dec 4, 2023HB 861: Menstrual products; require certain labeling on packages
    Introduced
  • Introduced Dec 4, 2023HB 860: Insurance; consumers requiring insulin; reduce out-of-pocket costs
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 20, 2023HB 803: Safer States Act; enact
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 1, 2023HB 646: Quality Basic Education Act; prohibit schools from using Native American names, symbols, or images as school mascots, logos, or team names
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 1, 2023HB 658: Law enforcement officers and agencies; prohibition of certain booking photographs; provide
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 27, 2023HB 600: State government; remove exemption of administrative review from Board of Corrections and its penal institutions
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 22, 2023HB 548: Georgia Entertainment Industry Investment Act; certain sales and transfers of tax credits; impose a fee
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 22, 2023HB 544: Courts; use of solitary confinement for punitive purposes in juvenile detention facilities; prohibit
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 16, 2023HB 448: The Medication and Patient Safety Act; enact
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 15, 2023HB 433: Equity Impact Act; enact
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 15, 2023HB 432: Housing; discrimination based on hairstyles associated with race, color, or national origin; prohibit
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 14, 2023HB 390: Safe Cosmetics Act; enact
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 14, 2023HB 399: Commission for the Blind and the Visually Impaired; create
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 6, 2023HB 256: Labor and industrial relations; prohibition of age discrimination; change age of individuals
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 6, 2023HB 257: Health; feminine hygiene products containing restricted substances; prohibit distribution or sale
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 6, 2023HB 251: Clean Energy Act; enact
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 6, 2023HB 258: Menstrual Product Transparency Act; enact
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 6, 2023HB 260: Georgia Environmental Justice Act of 2023; enact
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 6, 2023HB 259: Transportation, Department of; publication of the disparity study and summary of efforts to increase minority business participation; require
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 1, 2023HB 201: Public Health, Department of; carry out projects to increase education, awareness, or diagnosis of valvular heart disease; authorize
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 1, 2023HB 202: Education on Set Act; enact
    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 71 of 1,606 votes (4%). They had permission to be away (excused) for 61 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.