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HB 237Evidence; admissibility of creative or artistic expression evidence at trial; provide

Congress · introduced 2026-03-03

Latest action: 03/03/2026 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute

Sponsors

Action timeline

  1. · house House Hopper
  2. · house House First Readers
  3. · house House Second Readers
  4. · house House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
  5. · house House Withdrawn, Recommitted
  6. · house House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute

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Connected on the graph

Inbound (5)

datefromtypeamountrolesource
2026-03-03Eric Bellcosponsor_of_billcosponsorsponsorship
2026-03-03Kasey Carpentersponsor_of_billsponsorsponsorship
2026-03-03Spencer Fryecosponsor_of_billcosponsorsponsorship
2026-03-03Trey Kelleycosponsor_of_billcosponsorsponsorship
2026-03-03Tyler Paul Smithcosponsor_of_billcosponsorsponsorship

Who matters

Members ranked by combined influence on this bill: role (sponsor 5 / cosponsor 1), capped speech count from the Congressional Record, and recorded-vote engagement.

#MemberRoleSpeechesVotedScore
1Kasey Carpenter (R, state_lower GA-4)sponsor05
2Eric Bell (D, state_lower GA-75)cosponsor01
3Spencer Frye (D, state_lower GA-122)cosponsor01
4Trey Kelley (R, state_lower GA-16)cosponsor01
5Tyler Paul Smith (R, state_lower GA-18)cosponsor01

Predicted vote

Aggregated from: actual roll-call votes (when present) → sponsor → cosponsor → party median (predicts YES when ≥25% of the caucus sponsored/cosponsored). Each row labels its confidence tier so you can see why a position was predicted.

0 predicted yes (0%) · 543 predicted no (100%) · 0 unknown (0%)

By party: · R: 0 yes / 277 no · D: 0 yes / 263 no · I: 0 yes / 3 no

Activity

Every typed-graph event involving this entity, newest first. Each row is one edge in the influence graph; click the date to jump to its provenance.

  1. 2026-03-03 · sponsored by Kasey Carpenter (sponsor) · sponsorship
  2. 2026-03-03 · cosponsored by Eric Bell (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  3. 2026-03-03 · cosponsored by Tyler Paul Smith (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  4. 2026-03-03 · cosponsored by Spencer Frye (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  5. 2026-03-03 · cosponsored by Trey Kelley (cosponsor) · sponsorship

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