HB 970 — Quality Basic Education Act; expand which healthcare professionals may conduct preparticipation physical examinations
Congress · introduced 2026-03-31
Latest action: 03/31/2026 — Senate Tabled
Sponsors
- Rick Townsend (R, GA-179) — sponsor · 2026-03-31
- Dale Washburn (R, GA-144) — cosponsor · 2026-03-31
- Angie O'Steen (R, GA-169) — cosponsor · 2026-03-31
- Carmen Rice (R, GA-139) — cosponsor · 2026-03-31
- Leesa Hagan (R, GA-156) — cosponsor · 2026-03-31
- Esther Panitch (D, GA-51) — cosponsor · 2026-03-31
Action timeline
- · house — House Hopper
- · house — House First Readers
- · house — House Second Readers
- · house — House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
- · house — House Passed/Adopted By Substitute
- · house — House Third Readers
- · house — Senate Read and Referred
- · house — Senate Read Second Time
- · house — Senate Committee Favorably Reported
- · house — Senate Tabled
Text versions
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Connected on the graph
Inbound (6)
| date | from | type | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-31 | Leesa Hagan | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-03-31 | Angie O'Steen | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-03-31 | Esther Panitch | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-03-31 | Carmen Rice | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-03-31 | Dale Washburn | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-03-31 | Rick Townsend | sponsor_of_bill | — | sponsor | sponsorship |
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.
| # | Member | Role | Speeches | Voted | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rick Townsend (R, state_lower GA-179) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Angie O'Steen (R, state_lower GA-169) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | Carmen Rice (R, state_lower GA-139) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 4 | Dale Washburn (R, state_lower GA-144) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 5 | Esther Panitch (D, state_lower GA-51) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 6 | Leesa Hagan (R, state_lower GA-156) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
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
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- 2026-03-31 · sponsored by Rick Townsend (sponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-03-31 · cosponsored by Angie O'Steen (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-03-31 · cosponsored by Dale Washburn (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-03-31 · cosponsored by Carmen Rice (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-03-31 · cosponsored by Esther Panitch (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-03-31 · cosponsored by Leesa Hagan (cosponsor) · sponsorship