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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

6 of 11 tracked bills voted GPS’s position
0 GPS-tracked reform bills sponsored
21 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 6 of 11 tracked bills where the chamber was divided.

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✗
SB 159
(2024)		Cell Phone Ban in PrisonsopposeYEA✗
SB 63
(2024)		Bail Reform — Expanded Cash Bail RequirementsopposeYEA✗
HB 1255
(2023)		The Terry Act; enactsupportYEA✓
HB 462
(2023)		Raise the Age Act; enactsupportNAY✗
HB 497
(2023)		Health; use of certified medication aides in penal institutions; authorizesupportYEA✓
SB 533
(2023)		Proceedings; jail-based competency restoration programs; providesupportYEA✓
HB 1354
(2021)		Wrongful Conviction Compensation Act; enactsupportNAY✗
HB 194
(2021)		Criminal procedure; term of probation shall follow mandatory term of imprisonment for persons convicted of a sexual offense; clarifysupportYEA✓
SB 565
(2021)		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✓

Also On The Record

Reform bills that passed without opposition. These are not scored — they do not distinguish one legislator from another — but they are part of the record.

BillDescriptionVoteChamber margin
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
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 996
(2023)		Penal institutions; provide jailers with arrest powersYEAHouse 166-0
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
HB 916
(2021)		Superior and State Court Appellate Practice Act; enactYEAHouse 167-0 · Senate 51-0
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

📧 16 advocacy emails via GPS
📬 2 postcards mailed via GPS Campaigns
📜 3 Tell My Story postcards
📊 21 total advocacy contacts
📅 Sep 8, 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

Patricia send me your address and phone number. They are heading down next week to check your statement out. keep me advised. Representative Emory Dunahoo

Sep 8, 2026 Email Reply

I reached out today about that issue. Best Regards Representative Emory Dunahoo

Sep 1, 2026 Email Reply

Mrs, Healan , Chad Bingham will take office .January 12 2027 I will let him know and forward this to him. I will not have any opportunity to handle any legislation .Chad ,Ward,Chris or Holt would be the one to contact. Respectfully Representative Emory Dunahoo Jr

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