VOTE RECORD: Official video of the House Higher Education vote on HB 120 which passed 16-4 on Thursday March 4, 2021 #KaseyCarpenter

Name	District	Position
Chuck Martin (Chairman) DNV Republican	49th	Chairman
Ginny Ehrhart NO Republican	36th	Vice Chairman
Patty Bentley YES Democrat	139th	Secretary
Rhonda Burnough YES Democrat	77th	Member
Kasey Carpenter (Sponsor) YES Republican	4th	Member
Jasmine Clark YES Democrat	108th	Member
Katie Dempsey YES Republican	13th	Member
Robert Dickey YES Republican	140th	Member
David Dreyer YES Democrat	59th	Member
Matt Dubnik NO Republican	29th	Member
Scott Holcomb – absent Democrat	81st	Member
Betsy Holland YES Democrat	54th	Member
Rick Jasperse NO Republican	11th	Member
Angelika Kausche YES Democrat	50th	Member
Trey Kelley – absent Republican	16th	Member
David Knight – absent Republican	130th	Member
Karen Mathiak NO Republican	73rd	Member
Marie Metze YES Democrat	55th	Member
Sam Park YES Democrat	101st	Member
Clay Pirkle YES Republican	155th	Member
Bert Reeves YES Republican	34th	Member
Calvin Smyre “HERE” <– Democrat	135th	Member
Dale Washburn YES Republican	141st	Member
Marcus Wiedower YES Republican	119th	Member
Rick Williams YES Republican	145th	Member

Name

District

Position

Chuck Martin (Chairman) DNV Republican

49th

Chairman

Ginny Ehrhart NO Republican

36th

Vice Chairman

Patty Bentley YES Democrat

139th

Secretary

Rhonda Burnough YES Democrat

77th

Member

Kasey Carpenter (Sponsor) YES Republican

4th

Member

Jasmine Clark YES Democrat

108th

Member

Katie Dempsey YES Republican

13th

Member

Robert Dickey YES Republican

140th

Member

David Dreyer YES Democrat

59th

Member

Matt Dubnik NO Republican

29th

Member

Scott Holcomb – absent Democrat

81st

Member

Betsy Holland YES Democrat

54th

Member

Rick Jasperse NO Republican

11th

Member

Angelika Kausche YES Democrat

50th

Member

Trey Kelley – absent Republican

16th

Member

David Knight – absent Republican

130th

Member

Karen Mathiak NO Republican

73rd

Member

Marie Metze YES Democrat

55th

Member

Sam Park YES Democrat

101st

Member

Clay Pirkle YES Republican

155th

Member

Bert Reeves YES Republican

34th

Member

Calvin Smyre “HERE” <– Democrat

135th

Member

Dale Washburn YES Republican

141st

Member

Marcus Wiedower YES Republican

119th

Member

Rick Williams YES Republican

145th

Member

The below originally ran on the subscription Insider Advantage Georgia website, October 15, 2021. It is reposted here with permission.

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Many thanks to InsiderAdvantage for your recent profile on Rep. Bee Nguyen (Nguyen among a crowded field in Secretary of State’s race). I found it quite informative and provided useful insight into her background. It is vitally important to get an idea of the beliefs and priorities of a potential constitutional office holder.

I would like to add information on Nguyen’s position regarding at least one aspect of illegal immigration that most voters will find relevant in their decision process on selecting a candidate for next year’s Secretary of State race. Including at our pro-enforcement house, she is unlikely to find support from anyone who wants to make Georgia unattractive to illegal immigration and voter fraud.

Nguyen is the sponsor of HB 833 also known as the “Freedom to Drive Act” which would reward illegal aliens who don’t already have a Georgia driver’s license and or state ID Card with a “Driving Card” and/or an official ID card. The official permission to drive and use state ID would apply to virtually all the estimated 400,000 illegal aliens in Georgia as well as any of the hordes of illegal aliens who have been welcomed into the U.S. by the Biden administration and who have Georgia on their mind as a homestead destination.

The 20,000 illegal aliens living in Georgia who are recipients of the Obama era DACA status already have access to the exact same driver’s license the Department of Drivers Services issues to legal immigrants and guest workers here with legal visas.

The official nod for “undocumented workers” to drive lawfully would extend to commercial operations as well.

Dustin Inman Society President D.A. King has warned about this legislation and provided background on the failed attempt by Tennessee to provide security or transparency in almost an identical concept in 2004. “Tennessee ended that adventure after two years and a federal investigation that exposed the extreme level of fraud, bribery and the fact that illegal aliens from other states were flocking to Tennessee to get ‘documented’ Georgia is already home to more illegal aliens than Arizona. Most of us don’t want to make it easier for them to vote,” wrote King.

I join him in noting that “in Bee Nguyen’s proposed change to state law, documents used by illegal aliens on the application for ID and driving credentials could not be used for a state criminal investigation unless there was an order by a federal judge. That includes the application itself.” There is more.

Conservative voters may believe this legislation is far too extreme to be taken seriously by leaders under the Gold Dome. I respectfully urge those who would dismiss the possibility of passage in the GOP-controlled legislature to consider the power of the special interest groups who will push behind the scenes for passage in the name of a “mobile workforce” and “Number One for Business…”

Would Gov. Brian Kemp sign such a bill if it did pass?

Inger Eberhart

Board member, The Dustin Inman Society

Canton, GA.