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Vance Smith

Representative Vance Smith

House District 138 · Republican

Natural Resources & Environment (Vice Chairman), Appropriations (Vice-Chairman of Subcommittee), Budget and Fiscal Affairs Oversight, Economic Development & Tourism, Motor Vehicles, Transportation, Ways & Means

The Record

6 of 11 tracked bills voted GPS’s position
0 GPS-tracked reform bills sponsored
46 advocacy contacts directed at them
6 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 6 of 11 tracked bills where the chamber was divided.

BillDescriptionGPS PositionVoteAligned?
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 159
(2024)		Cell Phone Ban in PrisonsopposeYEA✗
SB 63
(2024)		Bail Reform — Expanded Cash Bail RequirementsopposeYEA✗
HB 1255
(2023)		The Terry Act; enactsupportYEA✓
HB 462
(2023)		Raise the Age Act; enactsupportNAY✗
HB 497
(2023)		Health; use of certified medication aides in penal institutions; authorizesupportYEA✓
SB 533
(2023)		Proceedings; jail-based competency restoration programs; providesupportYEA✓
HB 1354
(2021)		Wrongful Conviction Compensation Act; enactsupportYEA✓
HB 194
(2021)		Criminal procedure; term of probation shall follow mandatory term of imprisonment for persons convicted of a sexual offense; clarifysupportYEA✓
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 ssupportABSENT✗

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.

BillDescriptionVoteChamber margin
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
HB535
(2025)		Penal institutions; credit for time served regarding probation revocation sentencing; provideYEAH 178-0; S 53-0; H 160-0
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
HB1201
(2024)		Criminal procedure; vacating of sentences of victims of trafficking; provisionsYEAH 167-0; S 51-0; H 169-0
HB909
(2024)		Georgia Bureau of Investigation; restriction and seal of First Offenders Act; provideYEAH 155-0
HB 996
(2023)		Penal institutions; provide jailers with arrest powersYEAHouse 166-0
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
HB 916
(2021)		Superior and State Court Appellate Practice Act; enactYEAHouse 167-0 · Senate 51-0
SB 105
(2021)		State-Wide Probation System; conditions and procedures under which probation may be terminated early; reviseYEASenate 53-0 · House 169-2

Advocacy Directed at This Legislator

📧 40 advocacy emails via GPS
📬 3 postcards mailed via GPS Campaigns
📜 3 Tell My Story postcards
📊 46 total advocacy contacts
📅 Aug 25, 2026 last contact date

6 response(s) recorded from this legislator.

Response History

Aug 25, 2026 Email Reply

Mr. Hughes, Please send me your number and I will be glad to talk. Thanks Vance

Aug 25, 2026 Email Reply

Ms. Waldrop, Please send me your number and I will be glad to talk. Thanks Vance

Aug 4, 2026 Email Reply

Debbra and Willie, I appreciate your email and comments. If you would send me your phone number, I have a contact that will call and discuss. Thanks Vance

Jul 7, 2026 Email Reply

Tracy, I have sent several emails stating that I have made a contact that will look into your issues. All I need is your phone number and your son’s name and ID number and my contact will look into your concerns. Please let me know. Thanks Vance

Jun 30, 2026 Email Reply

Tracy, Send me your phone number and your son’s name a ID number. I have someone that will look into this matter. Thanks Vance

Jun 23, 2026 Email Reply

Tracy, I am working with a former Commissioner of Corrections to help your son. Please send me your phone number and you son’s name and ID number so we can work on this matter. Thanks Vance

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