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Emory Dunahoo

Representative Emory Dunahoo

House District 31 · Republican

Retiring — not returning for the 2027 session

Game, Fish & Parks (Vice Chairman), State Properties (Vice Chairman), Agriculture & Consumer Affairs, Appropriations, Banks & Banking, Human Relations & Aging

The Record

5 of 11 tracked bills voted GPS’s position
0 GPS-tracked reform bills sponsored
23 advocacy contacts directed at them
3 responses recorded

Georgia Prisoners’ Speak publishes the record, not a grade. Every line below is a roll-call vote or a bill filing you can verify against the General Assembly’s own records.

Voting Record on GPS-Tracked Bills

Voted GPS’s position on 5 of 11 scored bills on which they voted. Excused and not-voting are shown but not counted.

BillDescriptionGPS PositionVoteAligned?
HB 162
(2025)		Georgia Bureau of Investigation; restriction and seal of First Offender Act sentences until such status is revoked; providesupportYEA✓
SB 185
(2025)		Inmate Gender Treatment Ban — Transgender Prisoner HealthcareopposeYEA✗
HB 1255
(2024)		The Terry Act; enactsupportYEA✓
SB 533
(2024)		Proceedings; jail-based competency restoration programs; providesupportYEA✓
SB 63
(2024)		Bail Reform — Expanded Cash Bail RequirementsopposeYEA✗
HB 364
(2023)		Wrongful Conviction Compensation Act; enactsupportNAY✗
HB 462
(2023)		Raise the Age Act; enactsupportNAY✗
HB 497
(2023)		Health; use of certified medication aides in penal institutions; authorizesupportYEA✓
SB 159
(2023)		Cell Phone Ban in PrisonsopposeYEA✗
HB 1354
(2022)		Wrongful Conviction Compensation Act; enactsupportEXCUSED—
SB 565
(2022)		Sentence and Punishment; any time after conviction; defendant convicted of an offense and sentenced as a direct result of being a victim of trafficking for labor or sexual servitude may petition the ssupportYEA✓
HB 194
(2021)		Criminal procedure; term of probation shall follow mandatory term of imprisonment for persons convicted of a sexual offense; clarifyopposeYEA✗

Also On The Record

Tracked bills that are on the record but not scored. Most passed without opposition, so they do not distinguish one legislator from another; the chamber margin is shown so you can judge each one.

BillDescriptionVoteChamber margin
HB 903
(2026)		Georgia Administrative Procedure Act shall apply to all executive branch agencies; provideYEAHouse 168-3
HB 123
(2025)		Criminal procedure; pretrial proceedings in capital offense cases where the death penalty is sought when the accused has an intellectual disability; provideYEAHouse 172-0 · Senate 53-1 · House 150-3
HB 176
(2025)		Appeal and error; judgments deemed directly appealable; change a provisionYEAHouse 168-0 · Senate 51-0
HB 582
(2025)		Georgia Survivor Justice Act; enactYEAHouse 166-2 · Senate 53-1 · House 164-0
HB535
(2025)		Penal institutions; credit for time served regarding probation revocation sentencing; provideYEAH 178-0; S 53-0; H 160-0
SB 147
(2025)		Correctional Institutions of State and Counties; consent for the release of certain criminal history, vocational, and educational information for inmates upon release; provideYEASenate 55-0 · House 163-0 · Senate 51-0
SB 244
(2025)		Criminal Proceedings; the award of reasonable attorney's fees and costs in a criminal case to the defendant upon such defendant making a successful motion to disqualify the prosecuting attorney for mYEASenate 55-0 · House 103-61 · Senate 35-18
HB 996
(2024)		Penal institutions; provide jailers with arrest powersYEAHouse 166-0
HB1201
(2024)		Criminal procedure; vacating of sentences of victims of trafficking; provisionsYEAH 167-0; S 51-0; H 169-0
HB909
(2024)		Georgia Bureau of Investigation; restriction and seal of First Offenders Act; provideYEAH 155-0
HB 916
(2022)		Superior and State Court Appellate Practice Act; enactYEAHouse 167-0 · Senate 51-0
HB 168
(2021)		Penal institutions; certain information within inmate files of the Department of Corrections shall not be classified as confidential state secrets when requested by the district attorney; provideYEAHouse 99-66 · Senate 40-11
SB 105
(2021)		State-Wide Probation System; conditions and procedures under which probation may be terminated early; reviseYEASenate 53-0 · House 169-2

Advocacy Directed at This Legislator

📧 18 advocacy emails via GPS
📬 2 postcards mailed via GPS Campaigns
📜 3 Tell My Story postcards
📊 23 total advocacy contacts
📅 Sep 29, 2026 last contact date

3 response(s) recorded from this legislator.

District Prison Data

1 GDC facilities in this district. 0 deaths documented since 2020.

JACKSON COUNTY PRISON 0 deaths recorded

Response History

Sep 12, 2026 Email Reply
Sep 8, 2026 Email Reply
Sep 1, 2026 Email Reply

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