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Running forState House, District 16

Trey Kelley

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Overview

Othel Doyle Kelley is an American politician and lawyer. He served as the Republican Majority Whip of the Georgia House of Representatives until July 2021 from House District 16, covering much of Bartow, Haralson, and Polk Counties.

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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

30 bills

Became law

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

  • Introduced Feb 26, 2026HB 1470: Torts; abusive litigation based on alleged website access violations under federal and state law; create a cause of action
    Became law
  • Introduced Mar 25, 2025HB 834: Cedartown, City of; Redevelopment Powers Law; provide for a referendum
    Became law
  • Introduced Mar 25, 2025HB 848: Polk County; school district ad valorem tax; provide homestead exemption
    Became law
  • Introduced Mar 20, 2025HB 802: Cedartown, City of; Redevelopment Powers Law; provide for a referendum
    Became law
  • Introduced Feb 12, 2025HB 412: Polk County Water Authority; reappointment of members; change certain provisions
    Became law
  • Introduced Feb 10, 2025HB 359: Cedartown, City of; Redevelopment Powers Law; provide for a referendum
    Became law
  • Introduced Jan 30, 2025HB 196: State employees' health insurance plan; drugs dispensed for self-administration; provisions
    Became law
  • Introduced Jan 30, 2025HB 199: Courts; protection of personally identifiable information of judges and their spouses; modify provisions
    Became law
  • Introduced Feb 8, 2024HB 1203: Dispossessory proceedings; authorize landlords to use certain off-duty sheriffs, constables, or marshals to execute writs of possession; provisions
    Became law
  • Introduced Mar 13, 2023HB 713: Polk County; board of elections and registration; expand board to five members
    Became law
  • Introduced Feb 8, 2023HB 300: Solar Technology Trust Fund; fund within state treasury; establish
    Became law
  • Introduced Feb 12, 2026HB 1303: Crimes and offenses; offense of possession of a controlled substance in the presence of a child; provide
    Passed the House
  • Introduced Feb 5, 2026HB 1211: Insurance; guidelines and recommendations for colorectal cancer screening, examinations, and laboratory tests; provide
    Passed the House
  • Introduced Feb 12, 2025HB 432: Game and fish; Georgia turkey stamps; provide
    Passed the House
  • Introduced Feb 6, 2025HB 320: Waste management; require recycling of solar panels
    Passed the House
  • Introduced Mar 3, 2026HB 1502: Community Health, Department of; contracts with care management organizations for the provision of healthcare services for Medicaid or PeachCare for Kids recipients; establish requirements
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 24, 2026HB 1444: Sales and use tax; require each sales tax return include specific information
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 18, 2026HB 1361: Pharmacies; compounding of certain active pharmaceutical ingredients; provisions
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 18, 2026HB 1354: Surprise Billing Consumer Protection Act; require certain health insurers providing a network plan to approve credentialing applications within a certain time frame
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 17, 2026HB 1333: Municipal corporations; calculation of costs of governmental affairs activities by municipalities which taxpayers may elect not to pay; provide
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 6, 2026HB 1236: Insurance; medical necessity of a healthcare service; provisions
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 11, 2025HB 757: Crimes and offenses; registration of kratom products and sworn certification of compliance; provide
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 18, 2025HB 481: Elections; dates on which special elections to present questions to the voters can be held; revise provisions
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 18, 2025HB 482: Courts; superior court judicial officers in certain judicial circuits; provide
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 5, 2025HB 274: Alternative ad valorem tax; motor vehicles; change certain definitions
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 5, 2025HB 273: Title ad valorem tax; motor vehicles; change certain definitions
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 5, 2025HB 298: Health; requirements for nurse staffing in hospitals; provide
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 20, 2024HB 1508: Game and fish; licenses; provide for Georgia turkey stamps
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 7, 2024HB 1176: Insurance; coverage of infant formula when a woman is medically unable to breastfeed; provide
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 16, 2023HB 745: Health; provide requirements for nurse staffing in hospitals; 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 46 of 1,606 votes (3%). They had permission to be away (excused) for 26 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.