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Democratic
· Representative
Brian Prince
Represents District 132 in the House of Representatives.
Votes with Democrats
74%
on 106 party-line votes · House Democrats median 92%
Cast a vote
94%
Yea or Nay on 1,082 of 1,146 roll calls · House median 96%
Their bills that became law
42 of 69
as a primary sponsor, this session · Democrats median 47.5
Roll calls on record
1,146
2025-2026 Regular Session
Votes and bills updated Oct 4, 2026 from LegiScan (CC BY 4.0), which republishes the legislature’s own records. Profile details from OpenStates / Plural Policy. Figures cover 2025-2026 Regular Session.
How Brian Prince votes
A party-line vote is a roll call where most voting Democrats and most voting Republicans took opposite sides. Absences and not-voting are never counted. Same method as our Congress pages.
Where Brian Prince sits in the House
Each dot is one member of the House, placed by how often they voted on the Democratic side of party-line votes. Brian Prince is circled.
Always on the Republican sideAlways on the Democratic side
Times they broke with their party
28 of 106 party-line votes, most recent 10 shown.
HB1534 · Chatham County; State Court; provide additional judge
In plain English Adds one judge to Chatham County State Court with specified election, powers, duties, jurisdiction, and compensation.
Supplemental Local Calendar #2: House Vote #871 · 2026-04-02 · Passed 101–69 · most Democrats voted the other way
HB1277 · Conservation and natural resources; increase project cost threshold for public roads or airports requiring environmental evaluations
In plain English Increases the project cost threshold for public roads or airports that require environmental evaluations.
Agree To Senate Substitute: House Vote #873 · 2026-04-02 · Passed 122–50 · most Democrats voted the other way
HB413 · Agriculture; prohibit local ordinances that prohibit operation of mobile sawmills on agricultural land
In plain English Prohibits local ordinances from banning mobile sawmills on agricultural land.
Agree To Senate Substitute: House Vote #861 · 2026-04-02 · Passed 96–70 · most Democrats voted the other way
SB591 · Offenses Against Public Order; the disruption of a religious service; prohibit
In plain English Prohibits disrupting a religious service and provides enhanced penalties for doing so.
Passage: House Vote #826 · 2026-03-31 · Passed 128–39 · most Democrats voted the other way
HB1567 · Quitman, City of; transfer of all legal rights, privileges, and assets to Brooks County; provide
In plain English Transfers the City of Quitman's legal rights, privileges, and assets to Brooks County and establishes a special tax district for outstanding debts.
Supplemental Local Calendar : House Vote #760 · 2026-03-25 · Passed 96–68 · most Democrats voted the other way
SB179 · Education; the academic and disciplinary records of each transferring student shall be provided within five days; require
In plain English Requires schools to send a transferring student's academic and disciplinary records to the new school within five days, among other changes.
Agree To Senate Amendment To House Sub: House Vote #741 · 2026-03-23 · Passed 99–66 · most Democrats voted the other way
SB485 · Professional Counselors; applicants for a license in social work enrolled in a master's degree program to take the master's social work licensing examination in their final semester of the program; authorize
In plain English Allows social work master's degree students to take their licensing exam during their final semester instead of after graduation.
Passage: House Vote #747 · 2026-03-23 · Passed 121–46 · most Democrats voted the other way
HB1285 · Sales and use tax; limit number of local sales and use taxes by authorizing counties; revise provisions
Passage: House Vote #688 · 2026-03-07 · Passed 98–58 · most Democrats voted the other way
HB1261 · Revenue and taxation; level 1 freeport exemptions for certain goods in inventory for electric utilities; provide
In plain English Allows electric utilities to apply for tax exemptions on certain goods held in inventory under the state's freeport exemption program.
Passage: House Vote #662 · 2026-03-06 · Passed 100–66 · most Democrats voted the other way
HB1220 · Education; student eligibility and maximum scholarship amounts; revise provisions
Passage: House Vote #616 · 2026-03-04 · Passed 106–63 · most Democrats voted the other way
Closest votes they cast
Roll calls decided by the fewest votes, one per bill.
SB8 · Courts; arrest warrant requirements when juvenile courts are acting as courts of inquiry; provide
Passage: House Vote #348 · 2025-03-31 · Failed 79–87
SB68 · Civil Practice; substantive and comprehensive revision of provisions regarding civil practice, evidentiary matters, damages, and liability in tort actions; provide
Passage: House Vote #290 · 2025-03-20 · Passed 91–82
HB1324 · Crimes and offenses; possessing a silencer; repeal prohibition
Passage: House Vote #665 · 2026-03-06 · Passed 87–76
HB717 · Medical Practice Act; regulation of the administration of psychedelic-assisted treatment and therapy; provide
In plain English Allows the state to regulate and license clinics that provide psychedelic-assisted treatment and therapy under medical supervision.
Passage: House Vote #586 · 2026-03-03 · Failed 73–88
SB175 · Elections and Primaries; use of ranked-choice voting; prohibit
Passage: House Vote #817 · 2026-03-31 · Passed 89–73
Republicans they vote with most
Share of contested roll calls (the losing side got at least 10%) where both voted and landed on the same side. Unanimous votes are left out, because on those everyone agrees.
Marcus WiedowerRepublican · District 121 · 34 shared contested votes
53%
Deborah SilcoxRepublican · District 53 · 142 shared contested votes
50%
Matt DubnikRepublican · District 29 · 147 shared contested votes
50%
Their session, month by month
Dark bars are roll calls they were recorded on each month; the red part is the ones without a Yea or Nay (64 in all). Gaps are months the chamber wasn’t voting.
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Their bills, from filing to law
Bills Brian Prince was a primary sponsor of this session. Most bills from either party never leave committee; in Illinois many never get past the Assignments or Rules committee.
Introduced69
Out of committee58
Passed one chamber50
Passed both chambers42
Became law42
Never left committee11
For comparison, the median Democratic member of the House has 47.5 bills that became law this session.
Professions and businesses; move regulation of various professions from individual boards to Secretary of State
In plain English Moves regulation of various professions from individual boards to the Secretary of State.
Official synopsis: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend various titles of the O.C.G.A., so as to move the regulation of various professions from individual boards to the Secretary of State; to amend Chapter 14 of Title 10 of the O.C.G.A., relating to cemetery and…
Became lawEffective Date 2026-07-01 · 2026-05-11
Middle Judicial Circuit; superior courts; provide for a third judge
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 15-6-2 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the number of judges of superior courts, so as to provide for a third judge of the superior courts of the Middle Judicial Circuit;…
Became lawEffective Date 2026-05-11 · 2026-05-11
Veterans affairs; revise terms of eligibility for persons to be buried in Georgia veteran cemeteries
In plain English Revises eligibility requirements for burial in Georgia veteran cemeteries and allows the Veterans Service Board discretion in certain circumstances.
Official synopsis: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 3 of Article 2 of Chapter 4 of Title 38 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to Georgia veterans cemeteries, so as to revise the terms of eligibility for persons to be buried…
Became lawEffective Date 2026-07-01 · 2026-05-11
Education; tuition equalization grants; expand definition of an approved school to include certain institutions which offer programs in nursing
In plain English Expands the definition of approved schools for tuition equalization grants to include institutions offering nursing programs.
Official synopsis: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 20-3-411 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to definitions regarding tuition equalization grants at private colleges and universities, so as to expand the definition of an approved school to include certain institutions…
Became lawEffective Date 2026-07-01 · 2026-05-11
Peace officers; extend time frame for which reimbursement of total training expenses by a subsequent employer may be sought
In plain English Extends the time frame for seeking reimbursement of peace officer training expenses from a subsequent employer.
Official synopsis: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 35-8-22 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to reimbursement of training expenses by subsequent employer of peace officer, collection procedure, and required documentation, so as to extend the time frame for which…
Became lawEffective Date 2026-07-01 · 2026-05-06
Crimes and offenses; protections for inspectors of code enforcement; provide
In plain English Increases penalties for assault and battery crimes committed against code enforcement inspectors.
Official synopsis: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 5 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to assault and battery, so as to provide for protections for inspectors of code enforcement; to provide for definitions; to…
Became lawEffective Date 2026-05-05 · 2026-05-05
Physician Assistant Licensure Compact; enter into an interstate compact
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 4 of Chapter 34 of Title 43 of the O.C.G.A., relating to physician assistants, so as to enter into an interstate compact known as the "PA Licensure Compact"; to revise provisions relating to the Georgia…
Passed one chamberSenate Passed/Adopted As Amended · 2026-04-02
Ndewa, Blaise Aristide; commend
A RESOLUTION commending Blaise Aristide Ndewa; and for other purposes.
Became lawHouse Read and Adopted · 2026-03-31
Chairman Don A. Grantham Interchange; Richmond County; dedicate
A RESOLUTION recognizing Mr. Don A. Grantham and dedicating an interchange in his honor; and for other purposes.
Not out of committeeHouse Second Readers · 2026-03-31
Disabled Veteran Home Modification Act; enact
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 80 of Title 36 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions regarding provisions applicable to counties and municipal corporations, so as to prohibit counties, municipal corporations, and other governmental entities from…
Passed one chamberSenate Tabled · 2026-03-31
Leonard, Madrean Peoples; honoring the life and memory; condolences
A RESOLUTION honoring the life and memory of Madrean Peoples Leonard; and for other purposes.
Became lawHouse Read and Adopted · 2026-03-27
Copeland, First Lady Sarah Reynolds; commend
A RESOLUTION recognizing and commending First Lady Sarah Reynolds Copeland; and for other purposes.
Became lawHouse Read and Adopted · 2026-03-25
Copeland, Rev. Dr. Rufus; occasion of his 40th pastoral anniversary; recognize
A RESOLUTION recognizing and commending Rev. Dr. Rufus Copeland on the occasion of his 40th pastoral anniversary; and for other purposes.
Became lawHouse Read and Adopted · 2026-03-25
Garvey, Marcus Mosiah; honoring the life and memory; condolences
A RESOLUTION honoring the life and memory of Marcus Mosiah Garvey; and for other purposes.
Became lawHouse Read and Adopted · 2026-03-25
RESCUER initiative; recognize importance of voluntary community based resource recovery efforts; encourage counties to explore voluntary resource recovery programs
A RESOLUTION recognizing the importance of voluntary community based resource recovery efforts through the RESCUER initiative and encouraging counties and municipal corporations in this state to explore voluntary resource recovery programs utilizing digital platforms to facilitate food sharing within local communities; and for other purposes.
Out of committeeHouse Committee Favorably Reported · 2026-03-25
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HB1409 · 2026-04-03
Domestic relations; revise mandated reporting of child abuse (Agree To Senate Substitute: House Vote #880)
SB33 · 2026-04-03
"Georgia Hemp Farming Act"; total THC concentration of consumable hemp products; provide limits (Agree To Senate Amend To House Sub: House Vote #879)
HB651 · 2026-04-03
Motor vehicles; use of automated traffic enforcement safety devices in school zones; revise provisions (Agree To Senate Amend To Ham To Ssub: House Vote #878)
HB350 · 2026-04-03
Domestic relations; safe places for newborns; revise provisions (Agree To Senate Substitute: House Vote #877)
HB413 · 2026-04-02
Agriculture; prohibit local ordinances that prohibit operation of mobile sawmills on agricultural land (Agree To Senate Substitute: House Vote #861)
SB556 · 2026-04-02
HOPE Scholarship; the inclusion of advanced placement and international baccalaureate fine arts courses in the calculation of grade point averages; provide (Passage: House Vote #842)
SB625 · 2026-04-02
City of Decatur Public Facilities Authority; a referendum for issuing revenue bonds for certain projects requested by the City Schools of Decatur; require (Local Calendar : House Vote #846)
HB334 · 2026-04-02
Sickle Cell Disease Protection Act; enact (Agree To Senate Substitute: House Vote #867)
SB622 · 2026-04-02
City of Tucker; annexation of certain territory into the boundaries of the city; provide (Local Calendar : House Vote #846)
HB445 · 2026-04-02
Ad valorem tax; language required to be included in notices of current assessment; revise (Agree To Senate Sub As Am: House Vote #838)
HB1161 · 2026-04-02
Motor vehicles; proper operation upon approach by an authorized emergency vehicle or by a law enforcement vehicle for purposes of a traffic stop; provide (Agree To Senate Sub As Am: House Vote #864)
SB618 · 2026-04-02
Municipal Court of the City of Decatur; the assessment and collection of a technology fee; authorize (Local Calendar : House Vote #846)
SB627 · 2026-04-02
City of Dallas; ad valorem taxes for municipal purposes; provide a homestead exemption (Supplemental Local Calendar : House Vote #857)
SB627 · 2026-04-02
City of Dallas; ad valorem taxes for municipal purposes; provide a homestead exemption (Sb614 & Sb627 Recon: House Vote #858)
SB619 · 2026-04-02
Board of Education of Hancock County; the description of the education districts; change (Supplemental Local Calendar : House Vote #857)
SB601 · 2026-04-02
Atlanta Board of Education; residency limitations on qualifications for employment of the executive assistant to the board, chief financial officer, and internal auditor; remove (Supplemental Local Calendar : House Vote #857)
HB1277 · 2026-04-02
Conservation and natural resources; increase project cost threshold for public roads or airports requiring environmental evaluations (Agree To Senate Substitute: House Vote #873)
SB76 · 2026-04-02
License Plates; specialty license plate benefitting the Georgia Veterans Service Foundation; establish (Passage: House Vote #839)
SB76 · 2026-04-02
License Plates; specialty license plate benefitting the Georgia Veterans Service Foundation; establish (Agree To Senate Amend To House Sub: House Vote #870)
SB621 · 2026-04-02
"Barrow County Public Facilities Authority Act"; enact (Supplemental Local Calendar : House Vote #857)
SB503 · 2026-04-02
Insurance; rental home marketplace guarantees from the definition of property insurance; exempt (Agree To Senate Amend To House Sub: House Vote #850)
SB620 · 2026-04-02
State Court of Barrow County; a full-time solicitor-general; provide (Supplemental Local Calendar : House Vote #857)
HB1129 · 2026-04-02
Local government; designation of enterprise zones; provisions (Agree To Senate Substitute: House Vote #868)
HB1247 · 2026-04-02
Georgia Bureaucratic Deference Elimination Act; enact (Am 62 0077: House Vote #853)
HB1247 · 2026-04-02
Georgia Bureaucratic Deference Elimination Act; enact (Agree To Senate Sub As Am: House Vote #854)
HB1567 · 2026-04-02
Quitman, City of; transfer of all legal rights, privileges, and assets to Brooks County; provide (Remove From Local Cal/vote Separately: House Vote #845)
SB411 · 2026-04-02
Professions and Businesses; dry needling to be performed by certain licensed professionals; provide (Passage: House Vote #855)
SB440 · 2026-04-02
Department of Public Health; provisions relative to duties or functions; modernize and update (Passage: House Vote #847)
HB463 · 2026-04-02
Ad valorem tax; certain senior citizens who volunteer with local governments; provide homestead exemption (Agree To Senate Sub As Am: House Vote #849)
HB1344 · 2026-04-02
Georgia Insurance Affordability and Claims Integrity Act; enact (Agree To Senate Substitute: House Vote #860)
SB52 · 2026-04-02
"Timberlands Recovery, Exemption, and Earnings Stability (TREES) Act"; enact (Passage: House Vote #872)
HB1283 · 2026-04-02
Family Justice Center Act; enact (Agree To Senate Amendment: House Vote #834)
HB506 · 2026-04-02
Social services; Medicaid coverage for tobacco cessation treatments; provide (Agree To Senate Substitute: House Vote #835)
HB466 · 2026-04-02
State symbols; marsh tacky horse as official Georgia heritage horse breed; designate (Agree To Senate Substitute: House Vote #863)
HB297 · 2026-04-02
Ad valorem tax; define multipurpose off-highway vehicle; provisions (Agree To Senate Sub As Am: House Vote #841)
HB1534 · 2026-04-02
Chatham County; State Court; provide additional judge (Supplemental Local Calendar #2: House Vote #871)
HB974 · 2026-04-02
General appropriations; State Fiscal Year July 1, 2026 – June 30, 2027 (Adopt Ccr: House Vote #876)
HB1116 · 2026-04-02
Homeownership Opportunity and Market Equalization Act of 2026; enact (Agree To Senate Sub As Am: House Vote #848)
HB1075 · 2026-04-02
Sexual offenses; modify penalty for offenders previously convicted of the offense of trafficking of persons for labor or sexual servitude (Agree To Senate Substitute: House Vote #875)
HB659 · 2026-04-02
Health; rural assistance; expand medical education funding and the service cancelable loan program to include optometrists (Agree To Senate Amendment: House Vote #840)
SB513 · 2026-04-02
"Every Day Counts Act"; enact (Passage: House Vote #843)
SB513 · 2026-04-02
"Every Day Counts Act"; enact (Reconsider: House Vote #844)
HB1112 · 2026-04-02
Commerce and trade; rounding of total price of sale of goods or services when using legal tender; provide (Agree To Senate Substitute: House Vote #833)
HB256 · 2026-04-02
Social services; foster parents bill of rights; revise provisions (Agree To Senate Substitute: House Vote #836)
HB1131 · 2026-04-02
Criminal procedure; personal service of process for notice of a warrant application hearing; provide (Agree To Senate Substitute: House Vote #865)
HB1238 · 2026-04-02
Community Health, Department of; submit a waiver request to the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to authorize the qualification of certain caregivers for Medicaid reimbursement (Agree To Senate Sub As Am: House Vote #852)
HB295 · 2026-04-02
Local government; procedures for real property owners to make claims for compensation for loss of property value or expenses incurred; provisions (Agree To Senate Amend As Ham: House Vote #866)
HB1138 · 2026-04-02
Increasing Access to Contraceptives Act; enact (Agree To Senate Substitute: House Vote #874)
HB1434 · 2026-04-02
Aviation; air facilities; identification of airport affected areas; provide (Agree To Senate Substitute: House Vote #869)
SB214 · 2026-04-02
Elections and Primaries; electors to cast physical absentee on-request ballots as an alternative to using other authorized means of casting in-person votes; authorize (Passage: House Vote #856)
SB609 · 2026-04-02
DeKalb County; County Board of Education; changes in boundaries of school district; revise provisions (Local Calendar : House Vote #846)
HB1215 · 2026-04-02
Middle Judicial Circuit; superior courts; provide for a third judge (Agree To Senate Substitute: House Vote #837)
HB1396 · 2026-04-02
State government; require certain privately funded organizations that operate a shelter or provide outreach services to homeless individuals participate in the Georgia Homeless Management Information System (HMIS) (Agree To Senate Am As Am: House Vote #851)
SB614 · 2026-04-02
City of Hampton; homestead exemption; ad valorem taxes for municipal purposes; provide (Supplemental Local Calendar : House Vote #857)
SB614 · 2026-04-02
City of Hampton; homestead exemption; ad valorem taxes for municipal purposes; provide (Sb614 & Sb627 Recon: House Vote #858)
SB616 · 2026-04-02
Fulton County; written consent for the creation of community improvement districts; provide (Supplemental Local Calendar : House Vote #857)
HR1300 · 2026-04-02
Representative Penny Houston Roundabout; Cook County; dedicate (Agree To Senate Substitute: House Vote #862)
SR624 · 2026-04-02
Officer Drew Haynes Brown Memorial Intersection; Cobb County; dedicate (Adopt: House Vote #859)
SB447 · 2026-03-31
Control of Soil Erosion and Sedimentation; denial or nonacceptance of permits; revise provisions (Passage: House Vote #805)
HB1374 · 2026-03-31
Insurance; methods of payment to healthcare providers; provide certain requirements (Agree To Senate Substitute: House Vote #814)
Complete voting record from LegiScan (showing the 60 most recent of 1146 total roll-call votes this session).
Capitol Office
📍Room 608-D, Coverdell Legislative Office Building 18 Capitol Square SW, Atlanta, GA 30334
District-Mail Office
📍P.O. Box 14264, Augusta, GA 30919
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