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Republican
· Representative
Matt Reeves
Represents District 99 in the House of Representatives.
Votes with Republicans
98%
on 116 party-line votes · House Republicans median 98%
Cast a vote
98%
Yea or Nay on 1,126 of 1,146 roll calls · House median 96%
Their bills that became law
104 of 176
as a primary sponsor, this session · Republicans median 47
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 Matt Reeves 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 Matt Reeves 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. Matt Reeves is circled.
Always on the Republican sideAlways on the Democratic side
Times they broke with their party
2 of 116 party-line votes.
HB1166 · Local government; zoning decisions shall not affect or be required for certain residential dwellings of 400 square feet or fewer; provide
Passage: House Vote #674 · 2026-03-06 · Passed 111–50 · most Republicans voted the other way
HB862 · Fulton County; fix salary of sheriff
Supplemental Local Calendar : House Vote #394 · 2025-04-02 · Failed 63–88 · most Republicans 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
Democrats 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.
Patty Marie StinsonDemocrat · District 150 · 97 shared contested votes
61%
Sheila NelsonDemocrat · District 130 · 65 shared contested votes
57%
Tangie HerringDemocrat · District 145 · 155 shared contested votes
57%
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 (20 in all). Gaps are months the chamber wasn’t voting.
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Their bills, from filing to law
Bills Matt Reeves 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.
Introduced176
Out of committee146
Passed one chamber123
Passed both chambers105
Became law104
Never left committee30
For comparison, the median Republican member of the House has 47 bills that became law this session.
Georgia Insurance Affordability and Claims Integrity Act; enact
In plain English Strengthens insurance commissioner enforcement authority and clarifies regulations on insurance fraud, uninsured motorists, claims processing, rates, and related matters.
Official synopsis: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Titles 33 and 40 of the O.C.G.A., relating to insurance and motor vehicles and traffic, respectively, so as to strengthen the enforcement authority of the Commissioner of Insurance and to clarify regulations on insurance, insurance fraud,…
Became lawEffective Date 2027-01-01 · 2026-05-12
Georgia Bureaucratic Deference Elimination Act; enact
In plain English Prohibits courts and administrative officers from deferring to agency interpretations of laws and regulations.
Official synopsis: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 1 of Title 15 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions, so as to prohibit courts and administrative officers from deferring to agency interpretations of laws and regulations; to provide for…
Became lawEffective Date 2026-05-12 · 2026-05-12
Motor vehicles; proper operation upon approach by an authorized emergency vehicle or by a law enforcement vehicle for purposes of a traffic stop; provide
In plain English Requires drivers to properly operate their vehicles when approached by emergency or law enforcement vehicles.
Official synopsis: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to motor vehicles and traffic, so as to provide for proper operation of a motor vehicle upon approach by an authorized emergency vehicle or by a…
Became lawEffective Date 2026-07-01 · 2026-05-12
Gwinnett County; State Court; provide eighth judge January 1, 2027 and ninth judge January 1, 2028
In plain English Adds an eighth judge to Gwinnett County State Court starting January 1, 2027, and a ninth judge starting January 1, 2028.
Official synopsis: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to continue and re-create the State Court of Gwinnett County, approved March 23, 1977 (Ga. L. 1977, p. 3331), as amended, particularly by an Act approved May 2, 2022 (Ga. L. 2002, p. 6031),…
Became lawEffective Date 2026-05-12 · 2026-05-12
Judicial Retirement System; payment of monthly retirement benefits for creditable service as a district attorney at the age of 65 years; provide
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 23 of Title 47 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Georgia Judicial Retirement System, so as to provide for the payment of monthly retirement benefits for creditable service as a district…
Became lawEffective Date 2026-07-01 · 2026-05-12
Magistrate courts; collecting sums and fees authorized by law; revise provisions
In plain English Revises how magistrate courts collect fees and corrects a technical error in a law about nonpartisan magistrate elections.
Official synopsis: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 5 of Chapter 10 of Title 15 the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to fees and costs of magistrate courts, so as to revise provisions related to magistrate courts collecting sums and fees authorized…
Became lawEffective Date 2026-07-01 · 2026-05-12
Revenue and taxation; amount of federal work opportunity credit claimed by a taxpayer shall also be allowed as a tax credit; provide
In plain English Allows taxpayers to claim the federal work opportunity tax credit as a credit against Georgia state income taxes, subject to conditions and limitations.
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 imposition, rate, computation, exemption, and credits, so as to provide that the amount of the federal work opportunity credit…
VetoedVeto V3 · 2026-05-12
Local government; Georgia Municipal Court Clerks' Council; create
In plain English Creates the Georgia Municipal Court Clerks' Council with defined membership, powers, duties, and funding.
Official synopsis: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 32 of Title 36 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to municipal courts, so as to create the Georgia Municipal Court Clerks' Council; to provide for definitions; to provide for the membership, powers,…
Became lawEffective Date 2026-07-01 · 2026-05-12
Suwanee, City of; change corporate limits
In plain English Changes the corporate limits of the City of Suwanee.
Official synopsis: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act creating a new charter for the City of Suwanee, approved April 9, 1999 (Ga. L. 1999, p. 3729), as amended, particularly by an Act approved May 3, 2023 (Ga. L. 2023, p. 4425), so…
Became lawEffective Date 2026-05-11 · 2026-05-11
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
Criminal procedure; personal service of process for notice of a warrant application hearing; provide
In plain English Requires personal service of process to notify someone of a hearing on a warrant application.
Official synopsis: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 3 of Chapter 4 of Title 17 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to warrants for arrest, so as to provide for personal service of process for notice of a warrant application hearing;…
Became lawEffective Date 2026-07-01 · 2026-05-11
Increasing Access to Contraceptives Act; enact
In plain English Allows pharmacists to dispense and administer certain hormonal contraceptives, requires insurers to cover minimum amounts of contraceptives, and provides liability protections under certain circumstances.
Official synopsis: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 3 of Chapter 4 of Title 26 of the O.C.G.A., relating to practice of pharmacy, so as to authorize pharmacists in certain circumstances to dispense self-administered hormonal contraceptives or administer injectable hormonal contraceptives; to amend…
Became lawEffective Date 2027-01-01 · 2026-05-11
Suwanee, City of; ad valorem taxes for municipal purposes; provide homestead exemption
In plain English Allows the City of Suwanee to provide a homestead exemption from city property taxes for residents, subject to voter approval.
Official synopsis: A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide a homestead exemption from City of Suwanee ad valorem taxes for municipal purposes for residents of that city; to provide for definitions; to specify the terms and conditions of the exemption and the procedures relating thereto;…
Became lawEffective Date 2026-05-11 · 2026-05-11
Property; debtor's aggregate interest in real property or personal property used as a residence; revise exemption
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 44-13-100 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to exemptions for purposes of bankruptcy and intestate insolvent estates, so as to revise the exemption for a debtor's aggregate interest in real property or…
Became lawEffective Date 2026-07-01 · 2026-05-11
Public officers and employees; 120 hours of maternal birth leave; provide
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 20 of Title 45 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions relative to personnel administration, so as to provide 80 hours of maternal birth leave; to provide for…
Became lawEffective Date 2026-07-01 · 2026-05-05
“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)
Complete voting record from LegiScan (showing the 60 most recent of 1146 total roll-call votes this session).
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