Senator Freddie Powell Sims

Senate District 12 · Democrat

Education and Youth (Secretary), Agriculture and Consumer Affairs, Appropriations, Interstate Cooperation, Natural Resources and the Environment, Regulated Industries and Utilities (Ex-Officio), Urban Affairs

C Score: 31 / 100

Score Breakdown

Voting Record (80%) 27/100

District Conditions (20%) 48/100

3 facilities in district. 1 deaths in 2026. 32 deaths since 2020.

Voting Record on GPS-Tracked Bills

Aligned with reform on 3 of 11 tracked bills.

Bill	Description	GPS Position	Vote	Aligned?
SB 116 (2025)	DNA Collection from Detained Immigrants	oppose	YEA	✗
SB 185 (2025)	Inmate Gender Treatment Ban — Transgender Prisoner Healthcare	oppose	YEA	✗
SB 39 (2025)	Gender Care State Funding Ban	oppose	NOT_VOTING	✗
SB 79 (2025)	Fentanyl Eradication and Removal Act — Fentanyl Mandatory Minimums	oppose	NOT_VOTING	✗
HB 505 (2024)	Riot Felony Penalty Enhancement	oppose	NAY	✓
SB 63 (2024)	Bail Reform — Expanded Cash Bail Requirements	oppose	NOT_VOTING	✗
SB 44 (2023)	Street Gang Terrorism and Prevention Act — Gang Mandatory Minimum Sentences	oppose	NAY	✓
HB 1216 (2022)	Enhanced Fleeing Police Penalties	oppose	YEA	✗
SB 174 (2022)	Unsecured Judicial Release	support	NAY	✗
SB 441 (2022)	Reducing Barriers to Reentry Act	support	NAY	✗
SB 504 (2022)	Expanded Bail Restrictions	oppose	NAY	✓

Advocacy Directed at This Legislator

📧 25 advocacy emails via GPS

📬 2 postcards mailed via GPS Campaigns

📜 2 Tell My Story postcards

📊 29 total advocacy contacts

📅 Mar 16, 2026 last contact date

No responses recorded from this legislator despite 29 advocacy contacts.

District Prison Data

3 GDC facilities in this district. 32 deaths documented since 2020.

CALHOUN STATE PRISON 28 deaths since 2020 (1 in 2026) TERRELL COUNTY PRISON 4 deaths since 2020 ALBANY TRANSITIONAL CENTER 0 deaths recorded

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Grade History

Mar 2026 C (31)

Mar 2026 C (32)

Mar 2026 F (28)

Mar 2026 F (21)

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