Senator Russ Goodman

Senate District 8 · Republican

Agriculture and Consumer Affairs (Chairman), Appropriations (Ex-Officio), Public Safety, Retirement, Natural Resources and the Environment (Secretary), Health and Human Services (Ex-Officio)

C Score: 28 / 100

Score Breakdown

Voting Record (80%) 23/100

District Conditions (20%) 46/100

3 facilities in district. 2 deaths in 2026. 65 deaths since 2020.

Voting Record on GPS-Tracked Bills

Aligned with reform on 3 of 13 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	YEA	✗
SB 79 (2025)	Fentanyl Eradication and Removal Act — Fentanyl Mandatory Minimums	oppose	YEA	✗
HB 364 (2024)	Wrongful Conviction Compensation	support	YEA	✓
HB 505 (2024)	Riot Felony Penalty Enhancement	oppose	YEA	✗
SB 159 (2024)	Cell Phone Ban in Prisons	oppose	YEA	✗
SB 63 (2024)	Bail Reform — Expanded Cash Bail Requirements	oppose	YEA	✗
SB 44 (2023)	Street Gang Terrorism and Prevention Act — Gang Mandatory Minimum Sentences	oppose	YEA	✗
HB 1216 (2022)	Enhanced Fleeing Police Penalties	oppose	YEA	✗
SB 174 (2022)	Unsecured Judicial Release	support	YEA	✓
SB 441 (2022)	Reducing Barriers to Reentry Act	support	YEA	✓
SB 504 (2022)	Expanded Bail Restrictions	oppose	YEA	✗

Advocacy Directed at This Legislator

📧 88 advocacy emails via GPS

📬 2 postcards mailed via GPS Campaigns

📜 2 Tell My Story postcards

📊 92 total advocacy contacts

📅 Mar 16, 2026 last contact date

No responses recorded from this legislator despite 92 advocacy contacts.

District Prison Data

3 GDC facilities in this district. 65 deaths documented since 2020.

VALDOSTA STATE PRISON 61 deaths since 2020 (2 in 2026) VALDOSTA TRANSITIONAL CENTER 2 deaths since 2020 PATTEN PROBATION DETENTION CENTER 2 deaths since 2020

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Grade History

Mar 2026 C (28)

Mar 2026 C (27)

Mar 2026 C (28)

Mar 2026 F (21)

Mar 2026 F (27)

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