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Steve Gooch

Senator Steve Gooch

Senate District 51 · Republican

Leaving this seat after 2026 — seeking other office

Appropriations, Finance, Insurance and Labor (Ex-Officio), Judiciary (Ex-Officio), Reapportionment and Redistricting, Regulated Industries and Utilities, Rules (Ex-Officio), Transportation, MARTOC

The Record

3 of 9 tracked bills voted GPS’s position
0 GPS-tracked reform bills sponsored
401 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 3 of 9 scored bills on which they voted. Excused and not-voting are shown but not counted.

BillDescriptionGPS PositionVoteAligned?
SR 432
(2026)		Senate Higher Education in Prison Study Committee; createsupportYEA✓
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✗
SB 533
(2024)		Proceedings; jail-based competency restoration programs; providesupportYEA✓
SB 63
(2024)		Bail Reform — Expanded Cash Bail RequirementsopposeYEA✗
HB 497
(2023)		Health; use of certified medication aides in penal institutions; authorizesupportEXCUSED—
SB 159
(2023)		Cell Phone Ban in PrisonsopposeYEA✗
SB 257
(2022)		Georgia Crime Information Center; criminal history record restrictions for certain persons cited with or convicted of certain criminal offenses; providesupportNAY✗
SB 504
(2022)		Expanded Bail RestrictionsopposeYEA✗
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 ssupportEXCUSED—
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 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
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 916
(2022)		Superior and State Court Appellate Practice Act; enactNOT VOTINGHouse 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

Also Sponsored: Bills GPS Opposes

Listed so the record is complete. These are not counted as reform sponsorships.

BillSessionRoleOutcome
SB 592
GPS OPPOSES		2025-2026Lead author—
SB 100
GPS OPPOSES		2023-2024Co-sponsor—

Also Sponsored: Tracked Bills With No GPS Position

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

BillSessionRoleOutcome
SB 1472025-2026Co-sponsor—

Advocacy Directed at This Legislator

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

No responses recorded from this legislator despite 401 advocacy contacts.

District Prison Data

1 GDC facilities in this district. 0 deaths documented since 2020.

COLWELL PROBATION DETENTION CENTER 0 deaths recorded

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