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Viola Davis

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Overview

Viola Davis is an American businesswoman, nurse, and politician who has served as a member of the Georgia House of Representatives from DeKalb County, 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

35 bills

Became law

None became law.

  • Introduced Feb 26, 2026HB 1471: Georgia Student Mental Health Days Act; enact
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 9, 2026HB 1251: Right to Information for Homeowners Act; enact
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jan 29, 2026HB 1098: Georgia Investment Act; enact
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jan 29, 2026HB 1094: Georgia School Bus Safety and Modernization Act; enact
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jan 28, 2026HB 1068: Georgia Constituent Services Improvement and Accountability Act; enact
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jan 27, 2026HB 1039: Georgia Equitable Economic Development Act; enact
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jan 27, 2026HB 1025: Children in Need of Services (CHINS) Funding Act; enact
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jan 14, 2025HB 42: Quality Basic Education; calculation and distribution of funds to local units of administration for student transportation programs; revise provisions
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jan 14, 2025HB 47: School Security Protection and Safety Infrastructure Act; enact
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jan 14, 2025HB 50: Special license plates; Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.; establish
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jan 14, 2025HB 43: Disadvantaged Community Drinking Water Assistance Program; establish
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jan 14, 2025HB 46: Public Health, Department of; Maternal Mortality Review Committee; provide composition
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jan 14, 2025HB 48: Quality Basic Education Act; Refugee and International Students Equalization (RISE) program; establish
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jan 14, 2025HB 49: Georgia Anti-Corruption Act; enact
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jan 14, 2025HB 41: Georgia Local Governance and Fair Enforcement Act; enact
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jan 14, 2025HB 44: Protections for Consumers Using Self-service Storage Facilities Act; enact
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jan 14, 2025HB 45: Courts; special grand jury impaneling procedures; revise provisions
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 27, 2024HB 1428: Health; prohibit pelvic and rectal examinations on unconscious patients; provisions
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 12, 2024HB 1238: Special license plates; honoring Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.; establish
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jan 10, 2024HB 900: Quality Basic Education Act; Refugee and International Students Equalization (RISE) program; establish
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jan 10, 2024HB 899: School Violence Reduction and Safety Act; enact
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 23, 2023HB 819: Insurance; revise certain tax credits
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 23, 2023HB 818: Revenue and taxation; repeal certain income tax credits
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 23, 2023HB 817: Courts; special grand jury impaneling procedures; revise provisions
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 23, 2023HB 816: Commerce and trade; regulation of certain practices by providers of broadband services; provide
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 23, 2023HB 815: Municipalities; minimum service delivery requirements for new corporations; provide
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 21, 2023HB 811: Protections for Consumers Using Self-service Storage Facilities Act; enact
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 20, 2023HB 795: Crimes and offenses; criminal abortion; immaculate conception clause; enact
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 20, 2023HB 796: Crimes and offenses; restrictions on performance of abortions; medical oath protection clause; enact
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 9, 2023HB 712: Quality Basic Education; calculation and distribution of funds to local units of administration for student transportation programs; revise provisions
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 6, 2023HB 684: Certified Community Midwifery Act; enact
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 2, 2023HB 667: Disadvantaged Community Drinking Water Assistance Program; establish
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 23, 2023HB 577: Georgia Anti-Corruption Act; enact
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 22, 2023HB 551: Crimes and offenses; counties and municipalities to adopt ordinances governing the possession of one ounce or less of marijuana; authorize
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 8, 2023HB 303: Property; protections for homeowners, condominium owners, and property owners in community associations; 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 10 of 1,606 votes (less than 1%). They had permission to be away (excused) for 3 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.