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Ron Stephens

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Overview

James Ronald Stephens is an American pharmacist and politician from Georgia. Stephens is a Republican member of the Georgia House of Representatives from the 164th District.

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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

54 bills

Became law

20 became law. Another 4 passed the House or Senate but didn't.

  • Introduced Mar 18, 2026HB 1571: Bryan County; State Court; revise terms
    Became law
  • Introduced Mar 9, 2026HB 1534: Chatham County; State Court; provide additional judge
    Became law
  • Introduced Feb 20, 2026HB 1404: Pooler, City of; levy an excise tax
    Became law
  • Introduced Feb 17, 2026HB 1329: Controlled substances; Schedule I; provide certain provisions
    Became law
  • Introduced Feb 5, 2026HB 1209: Sales and use tax; purchases of tangible property and construction materials used for or in the construction and furnishing of certain buildings; provide exemption
    Became law
  • Introduced Feb 5, 2026HB 1200: Chatham County; City of Savannah; school district ad valorem tax; homestead exemption; provisions
    Became law
  • Introduced Feb 5, 2026HB 1203: Chatham County; school district ad valorem tax; homestead exemption; provisions
    Became law
  • Introduced Feb 4, 2026HB 1186: Garden City Area Convention and Visitors Bureau Authority; repeal Act
    Became law
  • Introduced Mar 18, 2025HB 782: Chatham County Schools' Tax Relief Act; enact
    Became law
  • Introduced Mar 11, 2025HB 763: Richmond Hill-Bryan County Airport Authority Act; enact
    Became law
  • Introduced Mar 4, 2025HB 722: Bryan County; State Court; provide for a chief judge and an associate judge
    Became law
  • Introduced Feb 18, 2025HB 473: Controlled substances; Schedule I; provide certain provisions
    Became law
  • Introduced Feb 18, 2025HB 476: Watson-Stephens-Petrea-Franklin Tax Relief Act; enact
    Became law
  • Introduced Feb 11, 2025HB 382: Controlled substances; Schedule I; psilocybin; revise a provision
    Became law
  • Introduced Feb 3, 2025HB 219: Professions and businesses; establish a professional health program to provide for monitoring and rehabilitation of impaired healthcare professionals; authorize
    Became law
  • Introduced Feb 20, 2024HB 1326: Crimes and offenses; Schedule I, Schedule III, and Schedule IV controlled substances; provide certain provisions
    Became law
  • Introduced Feb 6, 2024HB 1146: Natural Resources, Department of; EPD to issue water permits to private companies in areas where no public service can be provided within a period of 12 months; require
    Became law
  • Introduced Jan 25, 2024HB 1041: Savannah-Georgia Convention Center Authority; maximum amount of bonded indebtedness of the authority; increase
    Became law
  • Introduced Feb 23, 2023HB 569: Bryan County; State Court; judge shall serve in a full-time capacity; provide
    Became law
  • Introduced Feb 22, 2023HB 557: Professions and businesses; authority to certain nurses and physician assistants to prescribe Schedule II controlled substances; authorize
    Became law
  • Introduced Feb 19, 2025HB 519: Revenue and taxation; amount of federal work opportunity credit claimed by a taxpayer shall also be allowed as a tax credit; provide
    Vetoed
  • Introduced Jan 15, 2025HB 66: Ad valorem tax; expand definition of rental motor vehicle
    Passed the House
  • Introduced Feb 13, 2024HB 1264: Professions and businesses; establish a professional health program to provide for monitoring and rehabilitation of impaired healthcare professionals; authorize
    Passed the House
  • Introduced Mar 29, 2023HB 843: Alcoholic beverages; Sunday sales for consumption on the premises in locally designated special entertainment districts; provide
    Passed the House
  • Introduced Mar 3, 2026HB 1483: Civil practice; ad valorem taxation of property; prohibit class action suits by taxpayers for refunds
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 17, 2026HB 1338: Savannah, City of; ad valorem taxes for municipal purposes; homestead exemption; provisions
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 5, 2026HB 1212: PFAS Removal and Remediation Promotion Act; enact
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 5, 2026HB 1229: Alcoholic beverages; authorize a local governing authority to allow certain museums within its jurisdiction to sell alcoholic beverages at the same times on Sundays as other retailers
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 5, 2026HB 1216: Revenue and taxation; require that any excise tax on rooms, lodgings, and accommodations be remitted to the Department of Revenue for disbursement
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 3, 2026HB 1179: Revenue and taxation; excise tax on rooms, lodgings, and accommodations; provisions
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 31, 2025HB 887: Patriots in Trades Act; enact
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 21, 2025HB 574: Labor and industrial relations; applicability of workers' compensation to employers and employees; provisions
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 21, 2025HB 573: Insurance; remove dentists from participation with care management organizations
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 13, 2025HB 450: Wills, trusts, and administration of estates; qualified beneficiary; provide for definition
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 6, 2025HB 317: Workforce and Residential Infrastructure District for Georgia Act; enact
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 13, 2024HB 1482: Chatham County; establishment of fire protection districts; repeal such Act and all amendatory Acts thereto
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 20, 2024HB 1329: State government; regulation and taxation of fantasy contests; authorize and provide
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 7, 2024HB 1177: Revenue and taxation; statewide homestead exemption from ad valorem taxes when current year assessed value exceeds base year value; provide
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 1, 2024HB 1134: Income tax credit; rehabilitation of historic structures; extend sunset date
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jan 8, 2024HB 868: Bloomingdale, City of; change corporate limits
    Introduced
  • Introduced Nov 29, 2023HB 3: Chatham County; designation of electors for community improvement districts wholly within municipalities; revise provisions
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 6, 2023HB 674: Elections; nonpartisan elections of certain governing authorities; provisions
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 2, 2023HB 664: Employees' Retirement System of Georgia; allow for purchase of up to 18 months of creditable service based upon certain creditable service
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 1, 2023HB 655: Insurance; tax credits to be used by insurance companies against state insurance premium tax liability for contributing money to a nonlapsing flood disaster fund; provide
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 8, 2023HB 313: Workforce EXCELeration Act; enact
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 8, 2023HB 314: Natural Resources, Department of; establish position of director of outdoor recreation
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 2, 2023HB 211: Sales and use tax; certain absorbent diapers, undergarments, and pads; exempt
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 2, 2023HB 223: Revenue and taxation; procedures for certain local governments to change certain nonprofit organizations engaged to promote tourism, conventions, and trade shows for such jurisdiction; provide
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 1, 2023HB 192: Revenue and taxation; consumable vapor products; increase rate of tax
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 1, 2023HB 191: Revenue and taxation; pack of cigarettes; increase rate of tax
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jan 30, 2023HB 97: Revenue and taxation; definitions; change certain provisions
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jan 30, 2023HB 96: Revenue and taxation; definitions; change certain provisions
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jan 30, 2023HB 123: Sales and use tax; certain menstrual products; create exemption
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jan 26, 2023HB 90: Ad valorem tax; provisions shall not apply to levying authorities and recommending authorities with base year homestead exemptions; 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 59 of 1,606 votes (4%). They had permission to be away (excused) for 23 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.