Karen Mathiak
Georgia
Record ID: GA-House-82-MATHIAK-K
- Chairman, State Planning & Community Affairs
- 508-D Coverdell Legislative Office Bldg. Atlanta GA 30334
- (404) 656-0213
- karen.mathiak@house.ga.gov
Legislation
Sponsored Bills
| Bill | Title | Status | Session |
|---|---|---|---|
| HB 506 | Social services; Medicaid coverage for tobacco cessation treatments; provide | passed_upper | 1033 |
| HB 350 | Domestic relations; safe places for newborns; revise provisions | passed_upper | 1033 |
| HB 1581 | Fayetteville, City of; ad valorem tax for municipal purposes; provide homestead exemption | passed_upper | 1033 |
| HB 1582 | Fayette County; school district ad valorem tax; provide homestead exemption | passed_upper | 1033 |
| HB 1583 | Fayette County; ad valorem tax; floating proportional amount based upon any increased property tax collections; provide new exemption | passed_upper | 1033 |
| HB 1409 | Domestic relations; revise mandated reporting of child abuse | passed_upper | 1033 |
| HB 323 | Bridging the Gap for ALS and Chronic Kidney Disease Act of 2025; enact | failed | 1033 |
| HB 1557 | Fayette County; board of elections; revise composition | passed_upper | 1033 |
| HB 629 | Education; remove requirement of having a licensed physician in automated external defibrillator programs | failed | 1033 |
| HB 421 | Interstate Sexual Predator Prevention Act; enact | failed | 1033 |
| HB 1519 | Peachtree City Public Facilities Authority; terms of office for certain members; provide | passed_upper | 1033 |
| HB 291 | Health; certification of community health workers; provide | in_committee | 1033 |
| HR 1859 | Capitol Art Standards Commission and the Governor; place a portrait of Governor Rufus Bullock in the state capitol; urge | in_committee | 1033 |
| HB 1592 | Student Journalist Press Freedom Restoration Act; enact | in_committee | 1033 |
| HB 108 | Safeguarding American Veteran Empowerment Act or SAVE Act; enact | in_committee | 1033 |
| HB 87 | Insurance; require health benefit policy coverage for medically necessary orthotic and prosthetic devices and their materials and components | in_committee | 1033 |
| HB 641 | Public utilities; require electric supplier to hold the proposed discontinuation of electrical service to a residential customer who suffers from a serious illness in abeyance for a certain period of time | in_committee | 1033 |
| HB 1513 | Fayette County; State Court; change compensation of judge | passed_upper | 1033 |
| HB 1391 | Specialty license plates; honor public safety officers; establish | passed_upper | 1033 |
| HB 1195 | Veterinarians; practice and provision of veterinary teletriage and veterinary telemedicine; revise provisions | passed_upper | 1033 |
| HB 948 | Property; debtors in foreclosures to receive certain information and forms in a notice of foreclosure; provide | in_committee | 1033 |
| HR 1770 | Jones, Aniston; commend | passed_lower | 1033 |
| HR 1771 | Goodman, Patricia; receipt of a Lifetime Achievement Award; commend | passed_lower | 1033 |
| HR 1787 | Rock Springs Christian Academy wrestling team; winning the 2026 GAPPS State Wrestling Championship; commend | passed_lower | 1033 |
| HR 1474 | Georgia House of Representatives; creation of a life sciences caucus; encourage | in_committee | 1033 |
| HR 1733 | Terrell Academy Lady Eagles; winning the 2026 GIAA AAA Basketball State Championship; congratulate | passed_lower | 1033 |
| HR 1742 | Eck, Fallon Georgeanna; celebrate birth | passed_lower | 1033 |
| HR 1679 | Villines, Aubrey T., Jr.; 50 years of distinguished public service at the Georgia State Capitol; commend | passed_lower | 1033 |
| HR 1586 | Marvin R. Adams Memorial Intersection; Fayette County; dedicate | in_committee | 1033 |
| HB 951 | Insurance; require health benefit policy coverage for medically necessary orthotic and prosthetic devices and their materials and components | in_committee | 1033 |
| HB 969 | Georgia State Employees Post-employment Health Benefit Fund; certain fund beneficiaries to not be disqualified from postretirement health benefits; provide | in_committee | 1033 |
| HB 467 | State flag, seal, and other symbols; protection of government statues and monuments; revise provisions | in_committee | 1033 |
| HB 984 | Crimes and offenses; court order to locate an alleged victim of child or elder abuse; provide | in_committee | 1033 |
| HB 1089 | Controlled substances; ivermectin as an over-the-counter medication; provide | in_committee | 1033 |
| HR 1587 | Licensed Professional Counselors Appreciation Day at the state capitol; 3/5/26; recognize | passed_lower | 1033 |
| HB 626 | Criminal procedure; extend retention period of evidence of sexual assault when victim elects not to immediately report assault | failed | 1033 |
| HB 1332 | Georgia Buy American Medicine Act; enact | in_committee | 1033 |
| HB 1447 | Local government; comprehensive efficiency review of local taxing bodies; provide | in_committee | 1033 |
| HB 1226 | Crimes; justification for use of force in defense of self or others; revise standards | in_committee | 1033 |
| HR 1507 | Eichhammer, Dr. Bob; honoring the life and memory; condolences | passed_lower | 1033 |
| HR 1518 | Civil Air Patrol; service to the citizens of Georgia; commend | passed_lower | 1033 |
| HB 863 | Georgia Small Business Set-Aside Act; enact | in_committee | 1033 |
| HR 1501 | Riekeman, Dr. Guy F; honoring the life and memory; condolences | passed_lower | 1033 |
| HB 1236 | Insurance; medical necessity of a healthcare service; provisions | in_committee | 1033 |
| HB 1139 | Spalding County Water Authority Act; enact | passed_upper | 1033 |
| HB 1169 | Spalding County; Probate Court; authorize assessment and collection of a technology fee | passed_upper | 1033 |
| HB 1170 | Spalding County; State Court; authorize assessment and collection of a technology fee | passed_upper | 1033 |
| HB 1172 | Spalding County; Magistrate Court; authorize assessment and collection of a technology fee | passed_upper | 1033 |
| HR 1420 | Harrell, Anthony Trey; honoring the life and memory; condolences | passed_lower | 1033 |
| HB 170 | Insurance; benefit provider to disclose certain payments to a treating healthcare provider; provide | in_committee | 1033 |
| HB 877 | Fayetteville, City of; provide new charter | passed_upper | 1033 |
| HB 1273 | Professions and businesses; authorize physician assistants to receive certain delegated authorities from podiatric physicians | in_committee | 1033 |
| HB 1066 | Nuisances; immunity from public and private nuisance claims; provide | in_committee | 1033 |
| HB 57 | Crimes and offenses; incest; include step-grandparent and step-grandchild relationship | in_committee | 1033 |
| HR 1334 | Georgia Limb Loss and Limb Difference Awareness Day at the state capitol; 03/10/26; recognize | passed_lower | 1033 |
| HB 1242 | Medical Freedom Act; enact | in_committee | 1033 |
| HB 54 | Health; advanced practice registered nurses and physician assistants to order home healthcare services; authorize | passed_upper | 1033 |
| HR 1291 | Pethel, Eden; commend | passed_lower | 1033 |
| HR 1252 | Cancer Prevention Day at the capitol; February 5, 2026; commending the collaborative efforts of Georgia's cancer prevention, screening, and advocacy partners; recognize | passed_lower | 1033 |
| HB 1144 | Georgia Hygiene Essentials Tax-Free Period; enact | in_committee | 1033 |
| HB 1154 | Criminal procedure; imposition of death penalty; include offense of trafficking of persons for labor and sexual servitude | in_committee | 1033 |
| HB 1088 | Chiropractors; replace term chiropractor with chiropractic physician | in_committee | 1033 |
| HB 1104 | Health; prohibit certain examinations on an unconscious patient or a patient undergoing anesthesia without prior informed consent or authorization | in_committee | 1033 |
| HR 1155 | Georgia PAD Screening and Amputation Prevention Act; state-wide support for passage; urge | in_committee | 1033 |
| HB 522 | Health; prohibit certain health care providers and facilities from discriminating against potential organ transplant recipients due solely to their vaccine status | in_committee | 1033 |
| HB 110 | Pawnbrokers; certain protections for current military members and related persons; provide | in_committee | 1033 |
| HR 1015 | Seminole County Youth Poll Worker Initiative; commend | passed_lower | 1033 |
| HR 1016 | Executive director, staff, and members of the Golden Triangle Resource Conservation and Development Council; commend | passed_lower | 1033 |
| HB 266 | Income tax; exempt income received as personal compensation for full-time duty in the active military service of the United States | enacted | 1033 |
| HR 121 | John W. Mixon Georgia Forestry Building; Dry Branch Community; dedicate | enacted | 1033 |
| HB 433 | Human Services, Department of; authorized to access restricted and sealed information to conduct employee oversight in certain circumstances; provide | enacted | 1033 |
| HB 703 | Peachtree City, City of; ad valorem tax for municipal purposes; homestead exemption; increase income cap | enacted | 1033 |
| HB 758 | Spalding County; school district ad valorem tax; provide homestead exemption | enacted | 1033 |
| HB 759 | Spalding County; board of elections; terms of members; update provisions | enacted | 1033 |
| HB 798 | Spalding County; State Court; modernize, update, and readopt provisions | enacted | 1033 |
| HR 72 | House Study Committee on Cancer Care Access; create | passed_lower | 1033 |
| HB 107 | Professions and businesses; issuance of digitally verifiable licenses for certain military spouses and transitioning military service members; provide | failed | 1033 |
| HB 420 | Insurance; require certain health benefit policies to cover genetic testing for an inherited mutation and cancer imaging under certain conditions | failed | 1033 |
| HB 434 | Crimes and offenses; offense of selling a child for financial gain; provide | failed | 1033 |
| HB 435 | Crimes and offenses; sexual exploitation of children; expand limitations to include Division of Family and Children Services | failed | 1033 |
| HR 960 | Tarlano, Nancy Nell Spires; honor | passed_lower | 1033 |
| HR 934 | Mainor, Mesha; commend | passed_lower | 1033 |
| HR 601 | Support for increased awareness of stomach cancer; recognize | passed_lower | 1033 |
| HR 546 | Myositis Awareness Month; May 2025; recognize | passed_lower | 1033 |
| HB 612 | Behavioral Health Coordinating Council; add member | in_committee | 1033 |
| HB 520 | Georgia Licensed Midwife Act; enact | failed | 1033 |
| HR 258 | Congress; call convention to set term limits on members elected to the House of Representatives; apply | in_committee | 1033 |
| HB 440 | Providing Effective Access to Cannabis for Health (PEACH) Act; enact | in_committee | 1033 |
| HR 288 | No-Kill Awareness Day at the state capitol; April 30, 2025; recognize | passed_lower | 1033 |
| HB 292 | Income tax; certification of certain employers as living wage employers; provide | in_committee | 1033 |
| HB 269 | Education; revise requirements of child care learning centers and family child care learning homes | in_committee | 1033 |
| HR 114 | Georgia Limb Loss and Limb Difference Awareness Day at the state capitol; 01/28/25; recognize | passed_lower | 1033 |
| HR 41 | Congress; reduce waiting period for determination and approval of disability benefits for individuals living with lupus; urge | in_committee | 1033 |
| HR 91 | Blood Clot Awareness Month in the State of Georgia; March 2025; recognize | passed_lower | 1033 |
| HR 95 | Community health workers; commend | passed_lower | 1033 |
| HB 118 | Education; revise requirements of child care learning centers and family child care learning homes | in_committee | 1033 |
| HR 54 | Honoring several cities upon their designation as Georgia PlanFirst communities; commend | passed_lower | 1033 |