Farooq Mughal

Voted to adopt the compromise version of HB 557, which lets nurse practitioners and physician assistants prescribe some Schedule II drugs. The Georgia House adopted it 132-35, and it became law.

February 8, 2024Supports Healthcare Affordability

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Mughal co-sponsored House Bill 62 in 2023, the Georgia Health and Economic Livelihood Partnership Act. It proposed expanding Medicaid health coverage to low-income adults and setting up a work-readiness program for people on Medicaid. The bill went to the House Public Health Committee and never got a hearing.

January 25, 2023Supports Healthcare Affordability

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Mughal co-sponsored House Bill 62 in 2023, the Georgia Health and Economic Livelihood Partnership Act. It proposed expanding Medicaid health coverage to low-income adults and setting up a work-readiness program for people on Medicaid. The bill went to the House Public Health Committee and never got a hearing.

January 25, 2023Opposes Government Spending Reduction

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Co-sponsored House Bill 1380 to establish rules for operating a motor vehicle when approaching a law-enforcement vehicle during a traffic stop.

February 26, 2024Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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Co-sponsored a bill to let Georgia cities and counties limit how much landlords can charge for rent (House Bill 1353).

February 22, 2024Supports Housing Affordability

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Co-sponsored House Bill 1319 to lower the age for the City of Buford homestead exemption.

February 21, 2024Supports Housing Affordability

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Co-sponsored a law giving Gwinnett County public service employees, including teachers, police, firefighters, and hospital staff, an extra $2,000 homestead exemption from school property taxes. Gwinnett voters approved it in 2024 (House Bill 748).

March 23, 2023Supports Housing Affordability

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Co-sponsored House Bill 711 to increase the Gwinnett County school-district homestead exemption from $4,000 to $8,000.

March 13, 2023Supports Housing Affordability

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Mughal co-sponsored House Bill 62 in 2023, the Georgia Health and Economic Livelihood Partnership Act. It proposed expanding Medicaid health coverage to low-income adults and setting up a work-readiness program for people on Medicaid. The bill went to the House Public Health Committee and never got a hearing.

January 25, 2023Supports Social Programs and Welfare

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Sponsored House Bill 1434 to create a tax credit for certain expenses by educators and first responders.

March 4, 2024Supports Public Education Quality

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Voted against SB 420, which bars companies and agents of foreign adversary governments from buying Georgia farmland. The Georgia House passed it 97-67, and it became law.

March 21, 2024Opposes Limit Foreign Influence

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Voted to pass SB 351, which bars social media accounts for children under 16 without a parent's consent. The Georgia House passed it 120-45, and it became law.

March 28, 2024Supports Data Privacy

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Co-sponsored a bill to let Georgia cities and counties limit how much landlords can charge for rent (House Bill 1353).

February 22, 2024Supports Corporate Accountability

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Voted against the final version of HB 1105, which requires jails to check immigration status and honor federal detainer requests. The Georgia House agreed it 99-75, and it became law.

March 28, 2024

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Voted against the final version of HB 1339, which loosens certificate of need rules for new hospitals and raises the rural hospital tax credit. The Georgia House agreed it 95-68, and it became law.

March 21, 2024

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Voted against SB 362, which strips economic development incentives from employers that accept a union on signed cards alone. The Georgia House passed it 96-78, and it became law.

March 20, 2024

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Voted against HB 1018, which bars banks from using a merchant code that marks gun shops and bars any registry of gun owners. The Georgia House passed it 106-60, and it became law.

February 27, 2024

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Sponsored House Bill 1354 to exempt certain child-rearing and adult-care products from sales and use tax.

February 22, 2024

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Was the lead sponsor of a Georgia bill barring city and county governments from charging a home-based business any regulatory fee, the charge local governments collect for inspecting a business (House Bill 1355, the Home Based Businesses Entrepreneurship Act). The ban would run through the year the business first applies and the two years after that. The bill defined a home-based business as a one-member limited liability company or an activity run from a home by family members living there. It went no further than a second reading on February 26, 2024.

February 22, 2024

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Co-sponsored House Bill 1320 to increase the City of Buford homestead exemption.

February 21, 2024

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Voted against the compromise version of SB 63, which requires money bail for more offenses and caps the cash bonds one person may post. The Georgia House adopted it 97-69, and it became law.

February 6, 2024

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Voted against Senate Bill 3EX, a new map of Georgia's congressional districts to replace the 2021 map a federal court struck down. The Georgia House passed it 98-71, and it became law.

December 7, 2023

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Voted against Senate Bill 1EX, a new map of Georgia's state Senate districts to replace the 2021 map a federal court struck down. The Georgia House passed it 98-71, and it became law.

December 5, 2023

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Voted against House Bill 1EX, a new map of Georgia's state House districts to replace the 2021 map a federal court struck down. The Georgia House passed it 101-77, and it became law.

December 1, 2023

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Co-sponsored House Bill 777, which amended Gwinnett County commissioner compensation provisions.

May 5, 2023

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Voted against SB 159, which raises penalties for inmates caught with banned items and for staff who bring them in. The Georgia House passed it 103-72, and it became law.

March 27, 2023

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Voted against SB 222, which bars election officials from taking private donations and makes the State Election Board its own agency. The Georgia House passed it 100-69, and it became law.

March 27, 2023

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Voted against SB 44, which sets a prison term of at least five years for recruiting someone into a criminal street gang. The Georgia House passed it 99-74, and it became law.

March 20, 2023

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Voted against SB 140, which bans hormone therapy and sex reassignment surgery for minors treated for gender dysphoria. The Georgia House passed it 96-75, and it became law.

March 16, 2023

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Voted against HB 500, which creates the crime of arson of a law enforcement vehicle, with five to 20 years in prison. The Georgia House passed it 100-69, and it became law.

March 1, 2023

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