Retirement
🥇 Chairman Senate
📅 Not Scheduled
3 bills pending
Rick Williams — Senate District 25
🔴 Republican
👍 0 Partner Likes
📜 41 Primary Authored Bills
🗳 1374 Individual Votes Observed
🏛 7 Committee Assignments
🥇 Retirement · Chairman · 3 pending
🥈 Ethics · Vice Chairman · 24 pending
📝 Public Safety · Secretary · 30 pending
📝 Regulated Industries and Utilities · Secretary · 17 pending
👤 Higher Education · 3 pending
🛡️ Rules · Ex-Officio · 32 pending
🛡️ State and Local Governmental Operations · Ex-Officio · 29 pending
Votes Like
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Organization Alignment
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No public organization has comparable final-vote history for this legislator yet.
Committee Assignments
Ethics
🥈 Vice Chairman Senate
📅 Not Scheduled
24 bills pending
Public Safety
📝 Secretary Senate
📅 Not Scheduled
30 bills pending
Regulated Industries and Utilities
📝 Secretary Senate
📅 Not Scheduled
17 bills pending
Higher Education
👤 Member Senate
📅 Not Scheduled
3 bills pending
Rules
🛡️ Ex-Officio Senate
📅 Not Scheduled
32 bills pending
State and Local Governmental Operations
🛡️ Ex-Officio Senate
📅 Not Scheduled
29 bills pending
Primary Authored Bills
StateLens credits bill likes to the first-listed primary author. The activity pills below reconcile to this profile's partner-like totals.
SB545
Butts County; a homestead exemption from Butts County ad valorem taxes for county purposes; provide
May 11, 2026Signed by Governor
SB544
Butts County; a homestead exemption from Butts County ad valorem taxes for county purposes; provide
May 11, 2026Signed by Governor
SB543
Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Butts County; required to read an ordinance, resolution, or other matter before the board at one meeting prior to the adoption; provide
May 11, 2026Signed by Governor
SB146
Health, Local Government, and Property; regulations and protections of cemeteries and burial grounds; provide
May 11, 2026Signed by Governor
SB586
"K-9 Law Enforcement Heroes Act of 2026"; enact
April 2, 2026Pending: Senate
SB454
Regulation of Fire and Other Hazards; use of temporary door locking devices in public buildings during certain emergency situations; authorize
April 2, 2026Pending: House
SB29
DNA Sampling, Collection, and Analysis; collection of DNA samples of individuals arrested for the commission of a felony at the time such individuals are booked or otherwise processed by a detention facility; provide
March 27, 2026Pending: House
SB260
Central State Hospital Redevelopment Authority; create
March 27, 2026Pending: House
SB624
Public Facilities Authority of the City of Milledgeville and Baldwin County; references to the City of Milledgeville; remove
March 25, 2026Pending: House Intragovernmental Coordination
SB555
War Veterans Home; the admission of eligible nonveteran residents to a Georgia War Veterans' Home under certain circumstances; authorize
March 25, 2026Pending: House
SB240
Georgia Native Plant Month; designate April of each year
March 16, 2026Pending: House
SB157
Retirement; certain members or former members of the General Assembly to buy into the Georgia Legislative Retirement System; provide
March 9, 2026Pending: House Retirement
SR908
Savoie, Ms. Abigail; condolences
March 6, 2026Passed Legislature
SR907
Department of Insurance; to meet with stakeholders to explore best practices in the medical surveillance of patients after primary therapy for breast cancer and to provide any recommendations; urge
March 6, 2026Pending: Senate Insurance and Labor
SB301
State Flag, Seal, and Other Symbols; protection of government statues, monuments, plaques, banners, and other commemorative symbols; revise provisions
March 6, 2026Introduced in Senate
SR855
Georgia Academy of Audiology; recognize
February 26, 2026Passed Legislature
SR854
Pippin, Kay; recognize
February 26, 2026Passed Legislature
SB582
Coroners; the pronouncement of death by paramedics and emergency medical technicians; authorize
February 26, 2026Pending: Senate Health and Human Services
SB581
Vital Records; cremation permits that are distinct from disposition permits; provide
February 26, 2026Pending: Senate Health and Human Services
SR827
Georgia's Retirees and the Georgia State Retirees Association; honor
February 24, 2026Passed Legislature
SB546
Death Investigations; include microscopic and toxicology studies and immunization records in the investigation of a sudden and unexpected death of a child; require coroner and medical examiners
February 24, 2026Pending: Senate Public Safety
SR814
Pippin, Kay; recognize
February 19, 2026Passed Legislature
SR813
Department of Public Health; to conduct a study on the relationship between sudden unexpected deaths of infants and children and the administration of vaccinations; urge
February 19, 2026Pending: Senate Health and Human Services
SR770
Abigail Savoie Circle of Hope; Butts County; dedicate
February 17, 2026Pending: Senate Transportation
SB509
Insurance; certain health benefit policies to cover an annual chest imaging test for a covered person who has undergone a mastectomy or other cancer treatment; provide
February 17, 2026Pending: Senate Insurance and Labor
SR761
Crosby, Logan; recognize
February 12, 2026Passed Legislature
SR759
Pendleton-Sears, Quanya; commend
February 12, 2026Passed Legislature
SR758
Christopher Monica and Curtis Billue Memorial Highway; Putnam County; dedicate
February 12, 2026Pending: Senate Transportation
SR670
McDowell, Cornelius "Tobey"; congratulate
February 3, 2026Passed Legislature
SB401
Education; local boards of education shall be required to provide instruction in firearm safety in kindergarten through grade 12; provide
January 16, 2026Pending: Senate Education and Youth
SB117
Public Officers and Employees; a misdemeanor offense for violations regarding complaints by public employees; provide
January 12, 2026Introduced in Senate
SB241
Funeral Directors; organic human reduction as a means of disposing of deceased human bodies; provide
May 9, 2025Signed by Governor
SB352
Jasper County; school district ad valorem taxes for educational purposes; provide a homestead exemption
April 2, 2025Pending: House Intragovernmental Coordination
SB283
Certification of Motor Carriers; authority of the Department of Public Safety to establish reasonable rates, fares, and charges; repeal
February 27, 2025Pending: Senate Transportation
SR241
Georgia Military College; commend
February 24, 2025Passed Legislature
SB189
Department of Community Affairs; to develop and maintain a publicly accessible data base of legal notices; provide
February 19, 2025Pending: Senate Judiciary
SR145
Minister Berry Vernon Wren; recognize
February 10, 2025Passed Legislature
SR73
Georgia Speech-Language-Hearing Association; recognize
February 3, 2025Passed Legislature
SR71
Employees' Retirement System of Georgia; congratulate
February 3, 2025Passed Legislature
SR54
Butts County; congratulate
January 29, 2025Passed Legislature
SB32
Obstruction of Public Administration; convicted of doing violence in the obstruction or hindering of law enforcement officers; provide for a mandatory minimum sentence
January 28, 2025Pending: Senate Judiciary