State House, District 49District race (Georgia) · 2 candidates
In their own words
Charles Martin Jr.
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YOUR MONEY - Reducing the Property Tax Burden on Homeowners, Lowering the Income Tax Rate, and Returning Money to Georgia Taxpayers
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• HB 1437: Georgia’s Flat Income Tax (2022). As a named sponsor, Chuck helped move the state to a single, simpler, and lower rate, putting more money back in the pockets of working families and small businesses.
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• 2018 Floating Homestead Exemption. Chuck personally drafted the legislation, working with counsel to write the bill language, which voters then approved at the polls in 2018. This bill has helped shield North Fulton homeowners from runaway property assessments, saving them money every year since.
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• HR 1022: Local Option Homestead Exemption Amendment (2024). Chuck co-sponsored this bipartisan constitutional amendment, giving every Georgia community the option to cap property tax increases at the inflation rate.
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Voting record
- SB 220 (2026) Putting Georgia's Patients First Act (renames low-THC oil as medical cannabis): Nay · 3/23/2026 · Agree to Senate amendment to House substitute, 144–21 · House Vote #743
- SB 36 (2025) Georgia Religious Freedom Restoration Act: Yea · 4/2/2025 · Passage, 96–70 · House Vote #401
- SB 1 (2025) Fair and Safe Athletic Opportunities Act: Yea · 3/31/2025 · Passage, 100–64 · House Vote #350
- HB 428 (2025) Health: codify right to in vitro fertilization: Yea · 3/28/2025 · Agree to Senate substitute, 160–0 · House Vote #333
- SB 68 (2025) Civil practice: revision of provisions on civil practice, evidence, damages and liability in tort actions: Yea · 3/20/2025 · Passage, 91–82 · House Vote #290
- HB 111 (2025) Income tax: reduce rate of tax: Yea · 3/6/2025 · Passage, 110–60 · House Vote #196
- SB 140 (2023) Prohibits certain surgical procedures for treating gender dysphoria in minors in hospitals and licensed facilities: Yea · 3/16/2023 · Passage, 96–75 · House Vote #243
- HB 481 (2019) Living Infants Fairness and Equality (LIFE) Act: Nay · 3/29/2019 · Agree to Senate substitute, 92–78 · House Vote #343
Official roll calls, Georgia General Assembly (open the vote number on the bill page). Final floor vote on each bill in the chamber the member sat in at the time (passage, or agreeing to the other chamber's changes); titles are the official captions. Bills voted on before the member took office are not listed. Which bills and why · Checked 10/18/2026.
Sara Fuchs
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Georgia’s public schools are underfunded, and it shows. Overcrowded classrooms, underpaid teachers, and families paying out of pocket for basics like school lunches and supplies.
- What will I do about it
Fully fund public education so no classroom goes without.
- Key message 3
Raise teacher pay so Georgia stops losing good teachers to other states.