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Sam Watson

Senator Sam Watson

Senate District 11 · Republican

Ethics (Chairman), Agriculture and Consumer Affairs (Ex-Officio), Appropriations, Economic Development and Tourism, Natural Resources and the Environment (Ex-Officio), State and Local Governmental Operations (Secretary)

The Record

6 of 10 tracked bills voted GPS’s position
0 GPS-tracked reform bills sponsored
88 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 6 of 10 scored bills on which they voted. Excused and not-voting are shown but not counted.

BillDescriptionGPS PositionVoteAligned?
SR 432
(2026)		Senate Higher Education in Prison Study Committee; createsupportYEA✓
HB 162
(2025)		Georgia Bureau of Investigation; restriction and seal of First Offender Act sentences until such status is revoked; providesupportYEA✓
SB 185
(2025)		Inmate Gender Treatment Ban — Transgender Prisoner HealthcareopposeYEA✗
SB 533
(2024)		Proceedings; jail-based competency restoration programs; providesupportYEA✓
SB 63
(2024)		Bail Reform — Expanded Cash Bail RequirementsopposeYEA✗
HB 497
(2023)		Health; use of certified medication aides in penal institutions; authorizesupportYEA✓
SB 159
(2023)		Cell Phone Ban in PrisonsopposeYEA✗
HB 1354
(2022)		Wrongful Conviction Compensation Act; enactsupportYEA✓
SB 565
(2022)		Sentence and Punishment; any time after conviction; defendant convicted of an offense and sentenced as a direct result of being a victim of trafficking for labor or sexual servitude may petition the ssupportYEA✓
HB 194
(2021)		Criminal procedure; term of probation shall follow mandatory term of imprisonment for persons convicted of a sexual offense; clarifyopposeYEA✗

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.

BillDescriptionVoteChamber margin
HB 123
(2025)		Criminal procedure; pretrial proceedings in capital offense cases where the death penalty is sought when the accused has an intellectual disability; provideYEAHouse 172-0 · Senate 53-1 · House 150-3
HB 176
(2025)		Appeal and error; judgments deemed directly appealable; change a provisionYEAHouse 168-0 · Senate 51-0
HB 582
(2025)		Georgia Survivor Justice Act; enactYEAHouse 166-2 · Senate 53-1 · House 164-0
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; provideYEASenate 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 mYEASenate 55-0 · House 103-61 · Senate 35-18
HB 916
(2022)		Superior and State Court Appellate Practice Act; enactYEAHouse 167-0 · Senate 51-0
HB 168
(2021)		Penal institutions; certain information within inmate files of the Department of Corrections shall not be classified as confidential state secrets when requested by the district attorney; provideYEAHouse 99-66 · Senate 40-11
SB 105
(2021)		State-Wide Probation System; conditions and procedures under which probation may be terminated early; reviseYEASenate 53-0 · House 169-2

Also Sponsored: Tracked Bills With No GPS Position

GPS follows these bills without taking a side. Not counted as reform sponsorships.

BillSessionRoleOutcome
SB 1472025-2026Co-sponsor—

Advocacy Directed at This Legislator

📧 81 advocacy emails via GPS
📬 3 postcards mailed via GPS Campaigns
📜 4 Tell My Story postcards
📊 88 total advocacy contacts
📅 Sep 29, 2026 last contact date

No responses recorded from this legislator despite 88 advocacy contacts.

District Prison Data

3 GDC facilities in this district. 4 deaths documented since 2020.

COLQUITT COUNTY PRISON 2 deaths since 2020 BAINBRIDGE PROBATION SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT CENTER 2 deaths since 2020 DECATUR COUNTY PRISON 0 deaths recorded

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