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Rep. Eric Bell

Democrat - GA - 75th district

Limited Government Rating

2023: N/A

Ratings by Policy Category

Regulations

100.00%

Healthcare

50.00%

Local and National Security

20.00%

Tax and Fiscal

0.00%

Law and Scope of Government

0.00%

Free Speech and Elections

0.00%

Education

0.00%

Title

Lawmaker Position

Strengthening Election Integrity by Prohibiting Private Funds for Election Administration.

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Voted against Limited Government

Improving Educational Outcomes through School Choice - Implementing the "Georgia Promise Scholarship Act".

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Voted against Limited Government

Strengthening Public Safety by Ensuring Localities Enforce Ordinances Which Ban Homeless Encampments.

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Voted against Limited Government

Strengthening Public Safety by Combatting "Catch-and-Release" Practices Under Pre-Trial Bail Laws.

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Voted against Limited Government

Strengthening Public Safety by Creating a Commission to Remove Activist Prosecutors Who Refuse to Enforce Criminal Laws.

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Voted against Limited Government

Growing Government Dependency by Expanding Welfare Eligibility Under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program.

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No vote

Providing Regulatory Relief by Allowing the Use of "Ungraded Lumber" to Construct Structures which are Not Habitable Spaces.

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No vote

Strengthening School Security by Establishing Training Programs and an Additional Safety Measure Designed to Protect Students and Teachers.

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No vote

Expanding Competition and Reducing Barriers to Employment through Occupational Licensing Reciprocity.

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No vote

Providing Slight Tax Relief through an Automatic Tax Refund Ranging between $250 and $500.

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No vote

Reducing Staffing Shortages through the Elimination of Unnecessary Qualifications for Constables.

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No vote

Advancing a Politicized "Climate Change" Agenda and Indebting Taxpayers to Create New Commercial Property Assessed Conservation, Energy, and Resiliency Development Authorities.

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No vote

Further Punishing Motorists by Imposing Surcharges on all State Traffic Violations to Fund Drivers Education Programs.

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No vote

Growing the Regulatory State by Imposing New Mandates on Property Insurance Companies Concerning "Discounts" for Property Retrofits that Resist Natural Disasters.

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No vote

Expanding Innovation in the Insurance Sector by Authorizing Companies to Provide Incentives to Policy Holders to Encourage Improved Health or Financial Well Being.

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No vote

Combatting "Taxation through Citation" by Prohibiting Additional Fines and Fees for Certain Traffic Offenses Enforced by Cameras.

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No vote

Growing Cronyism and Central Planning through an Extension and Expansion of Income Tax Credits for Medical Professionals who Provide Training Services.

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Improving Educational Outcomes and Expanding School Choice by Reducing Barriers for Charter Schools.

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No vote

Growing Government Regulatory Power within the Pharmaceutical Industry by Imposing New Price Controls on Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBMs).

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Hiking Taxpayer Road Maintenance Costs by Providing Agricultural and Farming Operations Special Exemptions from Maximum Weight Limits.

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Voted for Limited Government

Fueling Out-of-Control Spending Through a $32.4 Billion Budget (7.3% Increase) with Countless Provisions that Further Grow the Size and Scope of Government.

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Voted against Limited Government

Increasing Taxpayer Costs by Subjecting Less Government Procurement to Competitive Bidding.

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Voted against Limited Government

Infringing Property Rights and Raising Home Rental Costs by Lengthening the Eviction Process and Imposing a Series of New Mandates on Landlords.

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No vote

Growing Cronyism and Central Planning by Extending Subsidies for "Competitive Project of Regional Significance" like Hyundai EVs.

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No vote

Promoting Economic Growth through Changes to Business Taxation Structures which Provide Tax Relief.

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No vote

Improving Access to Healthcare by Allowing Pharmacy Technicians to Administer Vaccines.

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No vote

Weakening Public Safety through a Dangerous "Criminal Justice "Reform" Which "Raises the Age" and Reduces Penalties for Violent Crimes Committed by 17-Year-Olds.

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No vote

Strengthening Public Safety by Making Rioting a Felony Offense Rather than a Misdemeanor.

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No vote

Quickening Housing Construction and Reducing Costs by Ensuring Permitting and Zoning Decisions Involving Single Family Residences are Delivered within 180 Days.

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No vote

Fueling Out-of-Control Spending and Even Greater Government Interference in the Healthcare Industry through a $76 Million Mental Health Bill.

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No vote

Hiking Costs on Farmers and Growing Central Planning through the Creation of a "Georgia Citrus Commission" Check-Off Program.

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No vote

Combatting Government Cronyism by Requiring Analyses of Expiring Tax Credits and Exemptions.

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No vote

Increasing Health Insurance Premiums by Mandating All Policies Provide Coverage for Biomarker Testing.

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No vote

Protecting Individual Liberties by Permanently Banning Government-Imposed Covid-19 "Passports".

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No vote

Strengthening Public Safety by Enhancing Penalties for Damage or Disruption of Critical Infrastructure.

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Voted for Limited Government

Expanding Cronyism and Hiking Tax Rates by Authorizing a Referendum for an Additional Sales Tax in Richmond County to Fund an Entertainment Complex.

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Voted against Limited Government

Expanding Wealth Redistribution by Expanding Subsidies for College and other Taxpayer-Funded Tuition Programs.

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Voted against Limited Government

Combatting Local Government Overreach by Prohibiting any Ban on Gas-Powered Leaf Blowers and Creating a Process for Residents to De-Annex from Cities.

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No vote

Repealing the Unjust Licensing Fee which Ambulance Services Providers were Forced to Pay into the Indigent Care Trust Fund.

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Voted for Limited Government

Growing Government Spending and Dependency through a New Pregnancy and Early Childhood "Home Visiting" Pilot Program.

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No vote

Combatting Government Overreach by Preventing Localities from Overregulating New Homes within Manufactured Home Communities.

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No vote

Reducing Recidivism by Helping Reformed Individuals Gain Employment by Providing Released Inmates with Identification Cards and Records of Educational and Work Programs.

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No vote

Fueling Wasteful Spending through the Creation of the "Georgia Farmland Conservation Fund" to Incentivize Farmland Conservation and Food Production.

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No vote

Ensuring Government Can Hire the Most Qualified and Talented Employees by Reducing College Degree Requirements.

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No vote

Strengthening Public Safety by Increasing Mandatory Minimums Sentences Under the Georgia Street Gang Terrorism and Prevention Act.

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No vote

Weakening Property Rights through a Nanny-State Ban on Electronic Cigarettes or "Vaping" in Public.

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No vote

Worsening Government Interference in the Private Sector by Making the State's Sick Leave Mandates Permanent.

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No vote

Strengthening National Security by Banning TikTok and Other Chinese Government-Owned Applications from Being Accessed on State-Issued Devices or Networks.

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No vote

Growing Cronyism by Extending Tax Subsidies for Private Aquariums and Zoos.

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Voted against Limited Government

Taking Steps to Reduce Healthcare Costs and Expand Access by Studying Reforms to the State's Certificate of Need Laws.

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Voted for Limited Government

Imposing New Government Mandates in the Healthcare Industry and Expanding the Medicaid Welfare Program to Provide Continuous Glucose Monitors.

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Voted against Limited Government

Reducing Business Costs through a Slight Reduction in the Contribution Rate to the State Unemployment Insurance System.

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No vote

Fueling Out-of-Control Spending and Government Central Planning through a "Nursing Faculty Program" Providing Student Loan Forgiveness.

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Voted against Limited Government

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