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Sharon Cooper

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Overview

Sharon Meyer Cooper is an American former registered nurse and politician. She is a Republican representing the 45th district in Marietta, Georgia.

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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

26 bills

Became law

6 became law. Another 7 passed the House or Senate but didn't.

  • Introduced Mar 3, 2025HB 717: Medical Practice Act; regulation of the administration of psychedelic-assisted treatment and therapy; provide
    Became law
  • Introduced Jan 29, 2025HB 177: Domestic relations; protection for household pets in both family violence and dating violence protective orders; provide
    Became law
  • Introduced Jan 16, 2025HB 89: Public Health, Department of; require healthcare providers, facilities, and pharmacies to provide the Maternal Mortality Review Committee with psychiatric or other clinical records
    Became law
  • Introduced Jan 29, 2024HB 1072: Health; drug repository program; revise definitions; provide for pharmacist to pharmacy technician ratios
    Became law
  • Introduced Feb 8, 2023HB 309: Health; financial stability requirements for applicants and licensees of personal care homes and assisted living communities; revise provisions
    Became law
  • Introduced Jan 26, 2023HB 85: Insurance; require health benefit policy coverage for biomarker testing if supported by medical and scientific evidence
    Became law
  • Introduced Feb 12, 2026HB 1295: Physician Assistant Licensure Compact; enter into an interstate compact
    Passed both chambers
  • Introduced Feb 18, 2026HB 1368: Mental health; re-creation of community service boards; provide
    Passed the House
  • Introduced Jan 16, 2025HB 91: Professions and businesses; licensure for graduates of foreign colleges or schools of veterinary medicine who are board certified in a specialty; provide
    Passed the House
  • Introduced Feb 1, 2024HB 1125: Labor and industrial relations; phase out payment of subminimum wage to persons with disabilities
    Passed the House
  • Introduced Jan 29, 2024HB 1077: Georgia Board of Health Care Workforce; grant program to provide funding to eligible institutions for additional behavioral health workforce training positions; create
    Passed the House
  • Introduced Jan 25, 2024HB 1035: Pharmacies; board regulates sale and supply of opioid antagonists through vending machines; authorize
    Passed the House
  • Introduced Feb 16, 2023HB 470: Georgia Candor Act; enact
    Passed the House
  • Introduced Feb 19, 2026HB 1398: Georgia Child Care Alternatives, Resources, and Education Act; Trixtian's Law; enact
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 19, 2026HB 1397: Criminal procedure; implied consent to a drug facilitated sexual assault examination for unconscious victims of alleged sexual assault; provide
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 2, 2026HB 1149: Insurance; offer a preenrollment option for anticipated newly born or adopted children; require certain health insurers
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 27, 2025HB 872: Health; right to contraception for individuals; provide
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 18, 2025HB 500: Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Act; increase access to and amount of benefits
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 11, 2025HB 393: Safer Cycling in Georgia Act; enact
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jan 29, 2025HB 178: Social services; treatment services under Medicaid to persons with HIV; provisions
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jan 17, 2025HB 102: Community Health, Department of; Georgia Quality Reporting Project; establish
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 21, 2024HB 1356: Dietitian Licensure Compact Act; enact
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 7, 2024HB 1179: Insurance; step therapy protocols may not be required for medications prescribed for the treatment of serious mental illness under health benefit plans; provide
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 27, 2023HB 606: State health planning and development; certificate of need; revise definitions
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 23, 2023HB 582: Health; permit assisted living communities and personal care homes to enroll as Medicaid providers
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 2, 2023HB 226: Social services; treatment services under Medicaid to persons with HIV; provisions
    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 91 of 1,606 votes (6%). They had permission to be away (excused) for 24 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.