Senator Rick Williams
Senate District 25 · Republican
Retirement (Chairman), Ethics (Vice Chairman), Public Safety (Secretary), Higher Education, Rules (Ex-Officio), Regulated Industries and Utilities (Secretary), State and Local Governmental Operations (Ex-Officio)
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 3 of 6 tracked bills where the chamber was divided.
| Bill | Description | GPS Position | Vote | Aligned? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SB 185 (2025) | Inmate Gender Treatment Ban — Transgender Prisoner Healthcare | oppose | YEA | ✗ |
| HB 364 (2024) | Wrongful Conviction Compensation | support | YEA | ✓ |
| SB 159 (2024) | Cell Phone Ban in Prisons | oppose | YEA | ✗ |
| SB 63 (2024) | Bail Reform — Expanded Cash Bail Requirements | oppose | YEA | ✗ |
| SB 257 (2021) | Georgia Crime Information Center; criminal history record restrictions for certain persons cited with or convicted of certain criminal offenses; provide | support | YEA | ✓ |
| SB 565 (2021) | 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 s | support | YEA | ✓ |
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.
| Bill | Description | Vote | Chamber margin |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 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 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; provide | YEA | House 99-66 · Senate 40-11 |
| HB 916 (2021) | Superior and State Court Appellate Practice Act; enact | NV | House 167-0 · Senate 51-0 |
| SB 105 (2021) | State-Wide Probation System; conditions and procedures under which probation may be terminated early; revise | YEA | Senate 53-0 · House 169-2 |
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 176 | 2025-2026 | Co-sponsor | — |
| SB 592 | 2025-2026 | Co-sponsor | — |
Advocacy Directed at This Legislator
1 response(s) recorded from this legislator.
District Prison Data
4 GDC facilities in this district. 201 deaths documented since 2020.
Response History
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