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Running forState House, District 178

Steven Meeks

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Overview

Steven Alton Meeks is an American politician from Georgia. Meeks is a Republican member of the Georgia House of Representatives for District 178.

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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

17 bills

Became law

9 became law. Another 1 passed the House or Senate but didn't.

  • Introduced Mar 4, 2026HB 1507: Wayne County; State Court; judge and solicitor; revise salary
    Became law
  • Introduced Feb 12, 2026HB 1297: Pierce County; Magistrate Court; authorize assessment and collection of a technology fee
    Became law
  • Introduced Jan 29, 2025HB 164: Highways, bridges, and ferries; allowable variance for weight limitations upon a vehicle or load; repeal automatic repeal provisions
    Became law
  • Introduced Mar 4, 2024HB 1441: Appling County; ad valorem tax for educational purposes; provide homestead exemption
    Became law
  • Introduced Feb 26, 2024HB 1411: Screven, City of; change corporate limits
    Became law
  • Introduced Mar 20, 2023HB 788: Blackshear, City of; city council; decrease size to five members; provisions
    Became law
  • Introduced Mar 20, 2023HB 772: Bacon County; State Court; authorize assessment and collection of technology fee
    Became law
  • Introduced Feb 1, 2023HB 189: Highways, bridges, and ferries; allowable variance for weight limitations upon a vehicle or load; provide for
    Became law
  • Introduced Jan 31, 2023HB 159: Jesup, City of; Board of Commissioners; reapportion election districts
    Became law
  • Introduced Feb 12, 2024HB 1235: Motor vehicles; vehicle registration of special mobile equipment that are self-propelled cranes in order to authorize operation of such upon public highways; provide
    Passed the House
  • Introduced Jun 17, 2026HB 72: Patterson, City of; ad valorem tax; provide homestead exemption
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jun 17, 2026HB 57: Pierce County; ad valorem tax; provide homestead exemption
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jun 17, 2026HB 54: Bacon County; ad valorem tax; provide homestead exemption
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jun 17, 2026HB 71: Blackshear, City of; ad valorem tax; provide homestead exemption
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 27, 2025HB 669: Quality Basic Education Act; award of low-wealth capital outlay grants to qualifying local school systems that award certain contracts for roofing improvements to suppliers that meet certain criteria; provide
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 12, 2025HB 424: Agriculture; clarify that a manufacturer cannot be held liable for failing to warn consumers of health risks above those required by the United States Environmental Protection Agency
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 27, 2023HB 835: Employees' Retirement System; create an option for the full-time employment of beneficiaries under certain circumstances
    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 93 of 1,606 votes (6%). They had permission to be away (excused) for 66 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.