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D Georgia Senate · District 39 On the 2026 ballot

Sen. Sonya Halpern

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Total votes
3,017
all sessions
Attendance
91%
276 missed
Near the chamber average
With party
97%
of cast votes
Lower than 86% of chamber peers
Bipartisan score
2%
crosses aisle rarely
Higher than 83% of chamber peers
Sponsored
898
bills & resolutions
Near the chamber average
Committees
7
assignments
898 bills and resolutions

Sponsored bills

Total
898
Primary
898
Co-sponsor
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Primary SB 4
In committee · Georgia Senate · Lead sponsor
"Georgia Senate Redistricting Act of 2023"; enact

A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide for the composition and number of state senatorial districts; to provide for a short title; to provide for the continuation of present members of the Senate; to provide that the provisions of this Act shall supersede and replace a districting plan and certain changes thereto; to provide for related matters; to provide an effective date; to repeal a specific Act; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

In committee Nov 29, 2023 0 co-sponsors
Primary SB 211
Signed into law · Georgia Senate · Lead sponsor
Georgia Council on Literacy; establish

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 20 of the O.C.G.A., relating to education, so as to establish the Georgia Council on Literacy; to provide for consultation with subject matter experts; to provide for automatic repeal; to require local school systems to develop and implement five-year literacy plans for such school system and individual literacy plans for students in kindergarten through grade five; to replace the Education Coordinating Council with the Alliance of Education Agency Heads; to provide for related matters; to make conforming changes; to provide for legislative findings; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Signed into law Jul 1, 2023 0 co-sponsors
Primary SB 135
Signed into law · Georgia Senate · Lead sponsor
Paternity; Uniform Parentage Act of 2017; align evidentiary medical and genetic testing

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 3 of Chapter 7 of Title 19 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to determination of paternity, so as to align evidentiary medical and genetic testing with the Uniform Parentage Act of 2017; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Signed into law Jul 1, 2023 0 co-sponsors
Primary SB 220
Signed into law · Georgia Senate · Lead sponsor
'Georgia Farmland Conservation Act'; historic preservation

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 10 of Title 44 of the O.C.G.A., relating to historic preservation, so as to establish the Georgia Farmland Conservation Fund, Georgia Farmland Conservation Fund Program, and Georgia Farmland Advisory Council; to provide matching grants to certain holders or prospective holders of agricultural conservation easements; to provide for a short title; to provide for legislative intent; to provide for compliance with constitutional requirements; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Signed into law Jul 1, 2023 0 co-sponsors
Primary SB 27
Signed into law · Georgia Senate · Lead sponsor
Unfair Trade Practices; health care insurer from requiring an ophthalmologist or optometrist to extend any discounts on services that are not covered eye care services; prohibit

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 33-6-4 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the enumeration of unfair methods of competition and unfair or deceptive acts or practices and penalty, so as to prohibit a health care insurer from requiring an ophthalmologist or optometrist to extend any discounts on services that are not covered eye care services in order to receive increased payments, better reimbursements, preferential treatment, or any other benefit; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date and applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Signed into law Jul 1, 2023 0 co-sponsors
Primary SB 223
Signed into law · Georgia Senate · Lead sponsor
Health; reimbursement of patient incurred expenses related to participation in a cancer clinical trial; authorize

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 1 of Title 31 of the O.C.G.A., relating to general provisions regarding health, so as to authorize reimbursement of patient incurred expenses related to participation in a cancer clinical trial; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Signed into law Jul 1, 2023 0 co-sponsors
Primary SB 303
Signed into law · Georgia Senate · Lead sponsor
Fulton County; ad valorem taxes for county purposes; seniors have to reapply for such exemption every two years; remove the requirement

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act providing a homestead exemption from Fulton County ad valorem taxes for county purposes in the amount of 50 percent of the assessed value of the homestead for residents of that county who are 65 years of age or older and whose household income does not exceed 200 percent of the federal poverty level, approved May 13, 2008 (Ga. L. 2008, p. 3945), so as to remove the requirement for seniors to have to reapply for such exemption every two years; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Signed into law May 5, 2023 0 co-sponsors
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