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Democratic
· Representative
Debbie Buckner
Represents District 137 in the House of Representatives.
Votes with Democrats
85%
on 117 party-line votes · House Democrats median 92%
Cast a vote
97%
Yea or Nay on 1,117 of 1,146 roll calls · House median 96%
Their bills that became law
85 of 142
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 10, 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 Debbie Buckner 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 Debbie Buckner 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. Debbie Buckner is circled.
Always on the Republican sideAlways on the Democratic side
Times they broke with their party
18 of 117 party-line votes, most recent 10 shown.
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
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
SB472 · Local Boards of Education; audit findings or findings by the state auditor of financial mismanagement or misconduct; provide for the suspension of members
In plain English Allows suspension of local school board members following audit findings of financial mismanagement or misconduct, and caps advance distributions of state funds to school districts.
Passage: House Vote #768 · 2026-03-25 · Passed 96–58 · most Democrats voted the other way
HB1020 · Judicial Retirement System; payment of monthly retirement benefits for creditable service as a district attorney at the age of 65 years; provide
Agree To Senate Substitute: House Vote #770 · 2026-03-25 · Passed 100–55 · 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
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
HB1446 · Health; transfer responsibility for oversight of emergency medical services from Department of Public Health to Georgia Emergency Medical Services and Trauma Council
Reconsider: House Vote #656 · 2026-03-06 · Passed 107–62 · most Democrats voted the other way
HB664 · Property owners' associations; development and affirmative election; provisions
Passage: House Vote #595 · 2026-03-03 · Passed 121–44 · most Democrats voted the other way
HB1164 · Education; require State Board of Education to appoint an audit committee
In plain English Requires the State Board of Education to appoint an audit committee and the Department of Audits and Accounts to audit local school systems and state charter schools.
Passage: House Vote #572 · 2026-02-26 · Passed 103–68 · most Democrats voted the other way
HB1199 · Revenue and taxation; Internal Revenue Code and Internal Revenue Code of 1986; revise terms and incorporate certain provisions of federal law into Georgia law
Passage: House Vote #539 · 2026-02-20 · Passed 106–54 · 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
SB513 · "Every Day Counts Act"; enact
Passage: House Vote #843 · 2026-04-02 · Failed 80–90
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
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.
Matt DubnikRepublican · District 29 · 158 shared contested votes
42%
Don ParsonsRepublican · District 44 · 151 shared contested votes
41%
Bill WerkheiserRepublican · District 157 · 155 shared contested votes
41%
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 (29 in all). Gaps are months the chamber wasn’t voting.
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Their bills, from filing to law
Bills Debbie Buckner 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.
Introduced142
Out of committee106
Passed one chamber97
Passed both chambers87
Became law85
Never left committee36
For comparison, the median Democratic member of the House has 47.5 bills that became law this session.
Muscogee County; State Court; provide additional judge
In plain English Adds one judge to the State Court of Muscogee County and sets terms, powers, compensation and election procedures for the position.
Official synopsis: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act establishing the State Court of Muscogee County, approved December 20, 1884 (Ga. L. 1884-85, p. 455), as amended, particularly by an Act approved March 19, 1987 (Ga. L. 1987, p. 4423), so as to…
Became lawEffective Date 2026-05-12 · 2026-05-12
Sales and use tax; exemption for sales of tickets, fees, and charges of admission to certain museums and fine arts performances or exhibitions at nonprofit facilities; extend sunset date
In plain English Extends the expiration date for a sales tax exemption on admission tickets to nonprofit museums and fine arts performances.
Official synopsis: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 48-8-3 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to exemptions from sales and use taxes, so as to extend the sunset date applicable to the exemption for sales of tickets, fees, and charges…
VetoedVeto V5 · 2026-05-12
Income tax; rehabilitation of certified structures; increase amount of tax credits
In plain English Increases the amount of tax credits available for rehabilitating certified structures.
Official synopsis: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 7 of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the imposition, rate, computation, exemptions, and credits for state income tax, so as to increase the amount of tax…
VetoedVeto V2 · 2026-05-12
West Point, City of; ad valorem tax for municipal purposes; provide homestead exemption
In plain English Allows West Point residents a $10,000 homestead exemption from city property taxes, subject to voter approval.
Official synopsis: A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide a homestead exemption from City of West Point ad valorem taxes for municipal purposes in the amount of $10,000.00 of the assessed value of the homestead for residents of that city; to provide for definitions; to…
Became lawEffective Date 2026-05-11 · 2026-05-11
Property; lease or conveyance of certain state owned property; authorize
In plain English Authorizes the state to sell property in Clayton and DeKalb counties and lease property in Dawson and Troup counties.
Official synopsis: A RESOLUTION authorizing the conveyance of certain state owned property in Clayton County; authorizing the lease of certain state owned property in Dawson County; authorizing the conveyance of certain state owned property in DeKalb County; authorizing the lease of certain state owned property in Troup…
Became lawEffective Date 2026-05-11 · 2026-05-11
Property; granting of non-exclusive easements of certain state owned property; authorize
In plain English Authorizes granting non-exclusive easements on state-owned property in specified Georgia and Tennessee counties for construction and maintenance of facilities, utilities, roads, and access.
Official synopsis: A RESOLUTION authorizing the granting of non-exclusive easements for the construction, operation and maintenance of facilities, utilities, roads, and ingress and egress in, on, over, under, upon, across, or through property owned by the State of Georgia in Baldwin, Bartow, Bulloch, Camden, Catoosa, Chattooga, Clayton,…
Became lawEffective Date 2026-05-11 · 2026-05-11
Muscogee County School District's 2026 Teachers of the Year; commend
A RESOLUTION congratulating and commending the Muscogee County School District's 2026 Teachers of the Year; and for other purposes.
Became lawHouse Read and Adopted · 2026-03-31
Armstrong, Dee; induction into the Georgia Association of Broadcasters Hall of Fame; recognize
A RESOLUTION recognizing and commending Dee Armstrong upon her induction into the Georgia Association of Broadcasters Hall of Fame; and for other purposes.
Became lawHouse Read and Adopted · 2026-03-31
Termed and perpetual conservation easements; important tools for promoting conservation practices; express support
A RESOLUTION expressing support for termed and perpetual conservation easements; and for other purposes.
Out of committeeHouse Committee Favorably Reported · 2026-03-31
Mental health; qualifications of recovery community organizations for substance use; provide
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 37 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to mental health, so as to provide for the qualifications of recovery community organizations for substance use; to provide for definitions; to provide for the certification…
Passed one chamberSenate Passed/Adopted By Substitute · 2026-03-31
Hairston, Ruben; induction into the Fort Valley State Hall of Fame; commend
A RESOLUTION recognizing and commending Ruben Hairston upon his induction into the Fort Valley State Hall of Fame; and for other purposes.
Became lawHouse Read and Adopted · 2026-03-27
Huff, Bruce; outstanding public service; commend
A RESOLUTION recognizing and commending Bruce Huff on his outstanding public service; and for other purposes.
Became lawHouse Read and Adopted · 2026-03-27
Hallett, Sierra; Family and Consumer Sciences Legislative Fellow for the 2026 regular session of the General Assembly of Georgia
A RESOLUTION commending Sierra Hallett, a Family and Consumer Sciences Legislative Fellow for the 2026 regular session of the General Assembly of Georgia; and for other purposes.
Became lawHouse Read and Adopted · 2026-03-27
Income tax; various tax credits for forestry manufacturing facilities; provide
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 7 of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to imposition, rate, computation, exemptions, and credits relative to income taxes, so as to provide for various tax credits for…
Passed one chamberHouse Agreed Senate Amend or Sub As Amended · 2026-03-27
Ferrell, Jai; commend
A RESOLUTION recognizing and commending Jai Ferrell; and for other purposes.
Became lawHouse Read and Adopted · 2026-03-23
“In plain English” lines are written by ThePolitibase with AI (Claude), from the official synopsis only; the synopsis is the authoritative text. Descriptions are the legislature’s own synopsis. Bill data from LegiScan, CC BY 4.0.
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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)
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