Georgia General Assembly - Representative Debbie Buckner

Debbie G. Buckner is from Columbus, Georgia. She earned a bachelor's degree in health science from Columbus State University and a teaching certificate from Georgia Southwestern College. Debbie and her husband live in Junction City, Georgia, and they have three children.

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Debbie is currently a state representative representing the 137th District in the Georgia House of Representatives. She was first elected in 2012 and is in her seventh term. Debbie previously served in the 130th District in the Georgia House of Representatives. She served five terms from 2002 to 2012.

Debbie previously worked as the director of community benefit at Columbus Regional Healthcare System, as well as the director of community relations at Doctors Hospital and a senior public health educator at the Columbus Health Department.

Worked to improve the Georgia Vocational Rehabilitation Agency (GVRA) department to help special needs individuals with specialized job training.

Supports historic preservation and funding through a tax credit.

- Worked to improve the Georgia Vocational Rehabilitation Agency (GVRA) department to help special needs individuals with specialized job training.
- Supports historic preservation and funding through a tax credit.

Economy

Aims to protect Georgia's 100-mile coastline and islands.

Aims to protect water levels and its effects on wildlife from potential Okefenokee mining project damage.

Aims to protect Georgia's waterways and ensure they are suitable for drinking, fishing, and swimming.

- Aims to protect Georgia's 100-mile coastline and islands.
- Aims to protect water levels and its effects on wildlife from potential Okefenokee mining project damage.
- Aims to protect Georgia's waterways and ensure they are suitable for drinking, fishing, and swimming.

Energy & the Environment

Supports expanding Medicaid and reducing maternal and infant mortality rates.

Supports mandated coverage for mammograms and increased notification requirements for dense breast tissue.

Supports increased insurance coverage following childbirth and expanding Medicaid coverage from six weeks to one year postpartum.

Supports the legal right for advanced practice nurses to issue prescriptions to patients.

Worked to increase medical education slots to meet the large unmet need.

Worked to place more medical providers in underserved, rural areas.

- Supports expanding Medicaid and reducing maternal and infant mortality rates.
- Supports mandated coverage for mammograms and increased notification requirements for dense breast tissue.
- Supports increased insurance coverage following childbirth and expanding Medicaid coverage from six weeks to one year postpartum.
- Supports the legal right for advanced practice nurses to issue prescriptions to patients.
- Worked to increase medical education slots to meet the large unmet need.
- Worked to place more medical providers in underserved, rural areas.

Healthcare

As of March 11, 2026, Debbie G Buckner’s website did not contain information on this issue.

Voting & Elections

Proposed a bill that establishes a safer process for restoring gun purchase rights, opposing the current process which automatically allows individuals who have been treated in a mental hospital to purchase a gun five years after release.

Supports public safety and preventing gun violence.

Aims to change the process for wrongfully convicted individuals to receive compensation from a political process to a panel of experts.

- Proposed a bill that establishes a safer process for restoring gun purchase rights, opposing the current process which automatically allows individuals who have been treated in a mental hospital to purchase a gun five years after release.
- Supports public safety and preventing gun violence.
- Aims to change the process for wrongfully convicted individuals to receive compensation from a political process to a panel of experts.

Public Safety

Supports increasing the retirement multiplier for public school employees to increase pensions.

- Supports increasing the retirement multiplier for public school employees to increase pensions.

Education

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Debbie G Buckner

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Debbie Buckner is from Columbus, Georgia. She earned a bachelor's degree in health science from Columbus State University and a teaching certificate from Georgia Southwestern College. Debbie and her husband live in Junction City, Georgia and they have three children.

Debbie is currently a state representative representing Georgia's 137th House District. She was first appointed in 2013. 

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