Representative Carter Barrett

House District 24 · Republican

Higher Education (Vice Chairman), Appropriations, Banks & Banking (Secretary), Code Revision (Secretary), Ways & Means

The Record

5 of 8 tracked bills voted GPS’s position

0 GPS-tracked reform bills sponsored

13 advocacy contacts directed at them

0 responses recorded

Georgia Prisoners’ Speak publishes the record, not a grade. Every line below is a roll-call vote or a bill filing you can verify against the General Assembly’s own records.

Voting Record on GPS-Tracked Bills

Voted GPS’s position on 5 of 8 scored bills on which they voted. Excused and not-voting are shown but not counted.

Bill	Description	GPS Position	Vote	Aligned?
HB 162 (2025)	Georgia Bureau of Investigation; restriction and seal of First Offender Act sentences until such status is revoked; provide	support	YEA	✓
SB 185 (2025)	Inmate Gender Treatment Ban — Transgender Prisoner Healthcare	oppose	YEA	✗
HB 1255 (2024)	The Terry Act; enact	support	YEA	✓
SB 533 (2024)	Proceedings; jail-based competency restoration programs; provide	support	YEA	✓
SB 63 (2024)	Bail Reform — Expanded Cash Bail Requirements	oppose	YEA	✗
HB 364 (2023)	Wrongful Conviction Compensation Act; enact	support	EXCUSED	—
HB 462 (2023)	Raise the Age Act; enact	support	YEA	✓
HB 497 (2023)	Health; use of certified medication aides in penal institutions; authorize	support	YEA	✓
SB 159 (2023)	Cell Phone Ban in Prisons	oppose	YEA	✗

Also On The Record

Tracked bills that are on the record but not scored. Most passed without opposition, so they do not distinguish one legislator from another; the chamber margin is shown so you can judge each one.

Bill	Description	Vote	Chamber margin
HB 903 (2026)	Georgia Administrative Procedure Act shall apply to all executive branch agencies; provide	YEA	House 168-3
HB 123 (2025)	Criminal procedure; pretrial proceedings in capital offense cases where the death penalty is sought when the accused has an intellectual disability; provide	YEA	House 172-0 · Senate 53-1 · House 150-3
HB 176 (2025)	Appeal and error; judgments deemed directly appealable; change a provision	YEA	House 168-0 · Senate 51-0
HB 582 (2025)	Georgia Survivor Justice Act; enact	YEA	House 166-2 · Senate 53-1 · House 164-0
HB535 (2025)	Penal institutions; credit for time served regarding probation revocation sentencing; provide	YEA	H 178-0; S 53-0; H 160-0
SB 147 (2025)	Correctional Institutions of State and Counties; consent for the release of certain criminal history, vocational, and educational information for inmates upon release; provide	YEA	Senate 55-0 · House 163-0 · Senate 51-0
SB 244 (2025)	Criminal Proceedings; the award of reasonable attorney's fees and costs in a criminal case to the defendant upon such defendant making a successful motion to disqualify the prosecuting attorney for m	YEA	Senate 55-0 · House 103-61 · Senate 35-18
HB 996 (2024)	Penal institutions; provide jailers with arrest powers	YEA	House 166-0
HB1201 (2024)	Criminal procedure; vacating of sentences of victims of trafficking; provisions	YEA	H 167-0; S 51-0; H 169-0
HB909 (2024)	Georgia Bureau of Investigation; restriction and seal of First Offenders Act; provide	YEA	H 155-0

Also Sponsored: Bills GPS Opposes

Listed so the record is complete. These are not counted as reform sponsorships.

Bill	Session	Role	Outcome
HB 602 GPS OPPOSES	2025-2026	Co-sponsor	—

Advocacy Directed at This Legislator

📧 7 advocacy emails via GPS

📬 3 postcards mailed via GPS Campaigns

📜 3 Tell My Story postcards

📊 13 total advocacy contacts

📅 Jul 19, 2026 last contact date

No responses recorded from this legislator despite 13 advocacy contacts.

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