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Rick Townsend
Georgia GA
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2025-2026 Regular Session
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Georgia State Representative
Rick Townsend
2025-2026 Regular Session - Authored & Sponsored Legislation (Page 5)
Legislative Session
2025-2026 Regular Session
2023-2024 Regular Session
Primary Sponsor of Legislation
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GA
Georgia 2025-2026 Regular Session
Georgia House Bill HR1747
Introduced
3/16/26
House Study Committee on Restoring Georgia's Salt-Water Ecosystems; create
GA
GA
Georgia 2025-2026 Regular Session
Georgia House Bill HB1147
Introduced
2/2/26
Georgia Childcare for Economic Well-Being Act; enact
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GA
Georgia 2025-2026 Regular Session
Georgia House Bill HB1146
Introduced
2/2/26
Georgia Ready to Learn Act; enact
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GA
Georgia 2025-2026 Regular Session
Georgia House Bill HB1135
Introduced
2/2/26
Report Pass
3/3/26
Education; participate in federal tax credit program for contributions of individuals to scholarship granting organizations; provide
GA
GA
Georgia 2025-2026 Regular Session
Georgia House Bill HB1179
Introduced
2/3/26
Revenue and taxation; excise tax on rooms, lodgings, and accommodations; provisions
GA
GA
Georgia 2025-2026 Regular Session
Georgia House Bill HR1771
Introduced
3/18/26
Enrolled
3/18/26
Passed
3/18/26
Goodman, Patricia; receipt of a Lifetime Achievement Award; commend
GA
GA
Georgia 2025-2026 Regular Session
Georgia House Bill HB115
Introduced
1/17/25
Report Pass
2/19/25
Engrossed
2/26/25
Refer
2/27/25
Report Pass
3/20/25
Report Pass
2/24/26
Enrolled
4/6/26
Natural Resources, Department of; certain notice upon registration of a vessel; provide
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GA
Georgia 2025-2026 Regular Session
Georgia House Bill HB117
Introduced
1/17/25
Report Pass
2/12/25
Engrossed
2/19/25
Refer
2/20/25
Report Pass
2/27/25
Report Pass
3/31/25
Report Pass
1/28/26
Enrolled
4/6/26
Chaptered
5/6/26
Passed
5/6/26
Food service establishments; require notification of the country of origin of seafood items
GA
GA
Georgia 2025-2026 Regular Session
Georgia House Bill HB873
Introduced
3/27/25
Education, Department of; employ beneficiaries of Teachers Retirement System of Georgia; allow
GA
GA
Georgia 2025-2026 Regular Session
Georgia House Bill HB793
Introduced
3/18/25
Report Pass
3/27/25
Engrossed
3/27/25
Refer
3/28/25
Report Pass
3/31/25
Enrolled
4/8/25
Chaptered
5/1/25
Passed
5/1/25
Home Ownership Municipal Exemption (H.O.M.E.) Act; enact
GA
GA
Georgia 2025-2026 Regular Session
Georgia House Bill HB760
Introduced
3/11/25
Report Pass
3/25/25
Engrossed
3/25/25
Refer
3/27/25
Report Pass
3/28/25
Enrolled
4/7/25
Chaptered
5/1/25
Passed
5/1/25
Glynn County; board of commissioners; chairperson and members; change annual salary
GA
GA
Georgia 2025-2026 Regular Session
Georgia House Bill HR525
Introduced
3/6/25
Enrolled
3/6/25
Passed
3/6/25
Crew, Community Supervision Officer John; Department of Community Supervision's 2024 Officer of the Year; commend
GA
GA
Georgia 2025-2026 Regular Session
Georgia House Bill HR1098
Introduced
1/27/26
Enrolled
1/27/26
Passed
1/27/26
Big Brothers Big Sisters agencies; work in supporting students and families across the state of Georgia; recognize
GA
GA
Georgia 2025-2026 Regular Session
Georgia House Bill HB991
Introduced
1/15/26
Report Pass
1/29/26
Labor and industrial relations; definition of employment for certain services performed by certain healthcare technology platform contractors; provisions
GA
GA
Georgia 2025-2026 Regular Session
Georgia House Bill HB984
Introduced
1/15/26
Report Pass
3/6/26
Crimes and offenses; court order to locate an alleged victim of child or elder abuse; provide
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