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Tyler Paul Smith

Representative Tyler Paul Smith

House District 18 · Republican

Judiciary Non-Civil (Chairman), Agriculture & Consumer Affairs, Insurance, Judiciary (Ex-Officio), Judiciary Juvenile, Small Business Development

The Record

8 of 13 tracked bills voted GPS’s position
16 GPS-tracked reform bills sponsored · 6 as lead author
47 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 8 of 13 scored bills on which they voted. Excused and not-voting are shown but not counted.

BillDescriptionGPS PositionVoteAligned?
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✗
HB 1255
(2024)		The Terry Act; enactsupportYEA✓
SB 533
(2024)		Proceedings; jail-based competency restoration programs; providesupportYEA✓
SB 63
(2024)		Bail Reform — Expanded Cash Bail RequirementsopposeYEA✗
HB 364
(2023)		Wrongful Conviction Compensation Act; enactsupportYEA✓
HB 462
(2023)		Raise the Age Act; enactsupportYEA✓
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✗
SB 174
(2021)		Bail-Restricted Offenses Expanded; Appointed Judges' Release AuthorityopposeYEA✗

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 903
(2026)		Georgia Administrative Procedure Act shall apply to all executive branch agencies; provideYEAHouse 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; 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
HB535
(2025)		Penal institutions; credit for time served regarding probation revocation sentencing; provideYEAH 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; 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 996
(2024)		Penal institutions; provide jailers with arrest powersEXCUSEDHouse 166-0
HB1201
(2024)		Criminal procedure; vacating of sentences of victims of trafficking; provisionsYEAH 167-0; S 51-0; H 169-0
HB909
(2024)		Georgia Bureau of Investigation; restriction and seal of First Offenders Act; provideYEAH 155-0
HB 916
(2022)		Superior and State Court Appellate Practice Act; enactYEAHouse 167-0 · Senate 51-0
SB 441
(2022)		Courts; reestablishment of the Criminal Case Data Exchange Board as an advisory board to The Council of Superior Court Clerks of Georgia; provideYEASenate 53-0 · House 98-69 · Senate 33-22
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

Bills Sponsored

GPS-tracked reform bills (bills GPS supports) this legislator put their name on. Most post-conviction bills die in committee without a recorded vote, so sponsorship is often the only public evidence of where a legislator actually stood.

BillSessionRoleOutcome
HB 1232025-2026Co-sponsorENACTED Act 191 (House 172-0, Senate 53-1, House 150-3)
HB 12552025-2026Lead authorFavorably reported by substitute; no floor vote
HB 1622025-2026Co-sponsor—
HB 1762025-2026Lead author—
HB 3542025-2026Co-sponsor—
HB 5332025-2026Co-sponsorDied: Wrongful Conviction Compensation Act
HB 5352025-2026Lead authorENACTED Act 384 (House 178-0, Senate 53-0)
HB 5822025-2026Co-sponsor—
HB 10142023-2024Co-sponsorDied in House committee
HB 12012023-2024Co-sponsorENACTED Act 490 (167-0/51-0/169-0)
HB 3342023-2024Lead authorFavorably reported then killed by recommittal
HB 5882023-2024Lead authorDied: record restriction re-file
HB 9092023-2024Co-sponsorPassed House 155-0; died Sine Die
SB 5332023-2024Co-sponsor—
HB 5022021-2022Lead author—
SB 1052021-2022Co-sponsor—

Also Sponsored: Tracked Bills With No GPS Position

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

BillSessionRoleOutcome
HR 17032025-2026Co-sponsor—

Advocacy Directed at This Legislator

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

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