Senator Drew Echols
Senate District 49 · Republican
Economic Development and Tourism (Chairman), Retirement (Secretary), Agriculture and Consumer Affairs (Ex-Officio), Science and Technology (Secretary), Appropriations
The Record
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 10 tracked bills where the chamber was divided.
Also On The Record
Reform bills that passed without opposition. These are not scored — they do not distinguish one legislator from another — but they are part of the record.
Bills Sponsored
GPS-tracked reform bills 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.
| Bill | Session | Role | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| SB 147 | 2025-2026 | Co-sponsor | — |
| SB 244 | 2025-2026 | Co-sponsor | — |
| SB 592 | 2025-2026 | Co-sponsor | — |
| HB 497 | 2023-2024 | Co-sponsor | — |
| SB 100 | 2023-2024 | Co-sponsor | — |
Advocacy Directed at This Legislator
1 response(s) recorded from this legislator.
District Prison Data
1 GDC facilities in this district. 1 deaths documented since 2020.
Response History
Sen. Drew Echols' office (Legislative Assistant Riley Spencer) replied substantively: the office would contact the Department of Corrections Government Affairs liaison about the constituent's husband's safety and request guidance on initiating a welfare check. NOTE: the office also asked the writer to confirm her home address and to state whether she was writing in a personal capacity or on behalf of any media or press organization. Attribution: the quoted original in the thread reads To: Echols, Drew <Drew.Echols@senate.ga.gov>; Spencer staffs both Echols (49) and Hodges (3), so the outbound recipient is what settles it.