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R Georgia House · District 31

Rep. Tommy Benton

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Total votes
2,200
all sessions
Attendance
95%
110 missed
Near the chamber average
With party
98%
of cast votes
Near the chamber average
Bipartisan score
1%
crosses aisle rarely
Near the chamber average
Sponsored
256
bills & resolutions
Lower than 81% of chamber peers
Committees
0
assignments
256 bills and resolutions

Sponsored bills

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256
Primary
256
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Primary HB 1130
Introduced · Georgia House · Lead sponsor
Georgia Development Impact Fee Act; enact

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 71 of Title 36 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to development impact fees, so as to provide for development impact fees for education; to provide for definitions; to provide for the manner of calculation, imposition, and collection of such fees; to provide for related matters; to provide for a contingent effective date and for automatic repeal; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Introduced Feb 3, 2022 0 co-sponsors
Primary HR 666
Introduced · Georgia House · Lead sponsor
General Assembly; authorize local boards of education to impose development impact fees and use proceeds to pay for a share of the cost of additional educational facilities; provide - CA

A RESOLUTION proposing an amendment to the Constitution so as to provide that the General Assembly may by general law authorize local boards of education to impose, levy, and collect development impact fees and use the proceeds to pay for a share of the cost of additional educational facilities; to provide for the submission of this amendment for ratification or rejection; and for other purposes.

Introduced Feb 3, 2022 0 co-sponsors
Primary HB 86
Signed into law · Georgia House · Lead sponsor
Education; complaints policy for teachers and other school personnel; provisions

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 11 of Article 17 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to complaints policy for teachers and other school personnel, so as to provide that performance ratings contained in personnel evaluations are subject to complaint for teachers who accepted a school year contract for the fourth or subsequent consecutive school year; to provide for appeals hearings to be conducted by independent third parties; to require local units of administration to submit copies of their complaint policies to the Department of Education; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Signed into law Jul 1, 2021 0 co-sponsors
Primary HB 374
Signed into law · Georgia House · Lead sponsor
Sales and use tax; local authorities providing public water or sewer service; exempt

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 8 of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to sales and use taxes, so as to exempt from taxation local authorities providing public water or sewer service; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Signed into law Jul 1, 2021 0 co-sponsors
Primary HB 173
Signed into law · Georgia House · Lead sponsor
Retirement and pensions; eligible large retirement system's assets that may be invested in alternative investments; increase percentage

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 47-20-87 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to eligible large retirement systems authorized to invest in certain alternative investments, so as to increase the percentage of an eligible large retirement system's assets that may be invested in alternative investments; to provide limitations for the Teachers' Retirement System of Georgia; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Signed into law Jul 1, 2021 0 co-sponsors
Primary HB 754
Signed into law · Georgia House · Lead sponsor
Hoschton, City of; new governmental structure; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to provide for a new charter for the City of Hoschton, Georgia, approved April 24, 2013 (Ga. L. 2013, p. 3539), as amended, so as to provide for a new governmental structure; to provide for an effective date; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Signed into law Jul 1, 2021 0 co-sponsors
Primary HB 223
Signed into law · Georgia House · Lead sponsor
Jackson County; board of elections and registration; provide authority to act in certain situations

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to create a board of elections and registration for Jackson County, approved April 20, 2011 (Ga. L. 2011, p. 3673), as amended, particularly by an Act approved April 30, 2019 (Ga. L. 2019, p. 3682), so as to provide for the authority of the board of elections and registration to act in certain situations; to provide for the terms of members of the board; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Signed into law May 3, 2021 0 co-sponsors
Primary HB 740
Signed into law · Georgia House · Lead sponsor
Pendergrass, City of; add two new members to city council

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act incorporating the Town of Pendergrass, in the County of Jackson, approved December 30, 1890 (Ga. L. 1890-91, Vol. II, p. 681), as amended, particularly by an Act approved April 5, 1994 (Ga. L. 1994, p. 4755), so as to add two new members to the city council; to revise provisions governing quorums and overriding vetoes; to update reference to applicable state election law; to provide for initial and staggered terms of the new councilmembers; to provide for conflict of interest; to provide for holding of other offices; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Signed into law May 3, 2021 0 co-sponsors
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