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Gabriel Sanchez
Democratic · Representative

Gabriel Sanchez

Represents District 42 in the House of Representatives.

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Votes with Democrats
97%
on 116 party-line votes · House Democrats median 92%
Cast a vote
92%
Yea or Nay on 1,056 of 1,146 roll calls · House median 96%
Their bills that became law
24 of 72
as a primary sponsor, this session · Democrats median 47.5
Roll calls on record
1,146
2025-2026 Regular Session
Votes and bills updated Oct 10, 2026 from LegiScan (CC BY 4.0), which republishes the legislature’s own records. Profile details from OpenStates / Plural Policy. Figures cover 2025-2026 Regular Session.

How Gabriel Sanchez votes

A party-line vote is a roll call where most voting Democrats and most voting Republicans took opposite sides. Absences and not-voting are never counted. Same method as our Congress pages.

Where Gabriel Sanchez sits in the House

Each dot is one member of the House, placed by how often they voted on the Democratic side of party-line votes. Gabriel Sanchez is circled.

Always on the Republican sideAlways on the Democratic side
Times they broke with their party

3 of 116 party-line votes.

SB552 · "True Patriotism and Universal Student Access (TPUSA) Act"; enact
In plain English Requires public schools to allow students to form partisan and nonpartisan political groups and prohibits discrimination based on student political speech content.
Yea
Passage: House Vote #804 · 2026-03-31 · Passed 95–68 · most Democrats voted the other way
HB1199 · Revenue and taxation; Internal Revenue Code and Internal Revenue Code of 1986; revise terms and incorporate certain provisions of federal law into Georgia law
Yea
Passage: House Vote #539 · 2026-02-20 · Passed 106–54 · most Democrats voted the other way
HB308 · Motor vehicles; operation of miniature on-road vehicles on certain highways; provide
Yea
Agree To Senate Amendment: House Vote #415 · 2025-04-04 · Passed 104–60 · most Democrats voted the other way
Closest votes they cast

Roll calls decided by the fewest votes, one per bill.

SB8 · Courts; arrest warrant requirements when juvenile courts are acting as courts of inquiry; provide
Nay
Passage: House Vote #348 · 2025-03-31 · Failed 79–87
SB68 · Civil Practice; substantive and comprehensive revision of provisions regarding civil practice, evidentiary matters, damages, and liability in tort actions; provide
Nay
Passage: House Vote #290 · 2025-03-20 · Passed 91–82
SB513 · "Every Day Counts Act"; enact
Nay
Passage: House Vote #843 · 2026-04-02 · Failed 80–90
HB1324 · Crimes and offenses; possessing a silencer; repeal prohibition
Nay
Passage: House Vote #665 · 2026-03-06 · Passed 87–76
SB175 · Elections and Primaries; use of ranked-choice voting; prohibit
Nay
Passage: House Vote #817 · 2026-03-31 · Passed 89–73
Republicans they vote with most

Share of contested roll calls (the losing side got at least 10%) where both voted and landed on the same side. Unanimous votes are left out, because on those everyone agrees.

Charlice ByrdRepublican · District 20 · 154 shared contested votes
29%
Noelle KahaianRepublican · District 81 · 149 shared contested votes
19%
Bill WerkheiserRepublican · District 157 · 153 shared contested votes
14%
Their session, month by month

Dark bars are roll calls they were recorded on each month; the red part is the ones without a Yea or Nay (90 in all). Gaps are months the chamber wasn’t voting.

2025-02: 128 roll calls, 25 without a Yea or Nay2025-03: 373 roll calls, 30 without a Yea or Nay2025-04: 100 roll calls, 9 without a Yea or Nay2026-01: 3 roll calls, 0 without a Yea or Nay2026-02: 143 roll calls, 4 without a Yea or Nay2026-03: 341 roll calls, 22 without a Yea or Nay2026-04: 58 roll calls, 0 without a Yea or NayFeb 2025Jan 2026Apr 2026
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Their bills, from filing to law

Bills Gabriel Sanchez was a primary sponsor of this session. Most bills from either party never leave committee; in Illinois many never get past the Assignments or Rules committee.

Introduced72
Out of committee27
Passed one chamber24
Passed both chambers24
Became law24
Never left committee45

For comparison, the median Democratic member of the House has 47.5 bills that became law this session.

Cobb County; salaries of chief deputy sheriff, assistant chief deputy sheriff, and executive assistant to the sheriff shall be determined by the sheriff; provide
In plain English Allows the Cobb County sheriff to determine the salaries of the chief deputy sheriff, assistant chief deputy sheriff, and executive assistant to the sheriff.
Official synopsis: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act changing the compensation of the clerk of the superior court, the sheriff, and the judge of the Probate Court of Cobb County from the fee system to the salary system, approved February 9, 1949…
Became lawEffective Date 2026-05-12 · 2026-05-12
Cobb County; abolish office of elected county surveyor; provide appointment
In plain English Abolishes Cobb County's elected surveyor position and allows the county to appoint a surveyor instead, effective after January 1, 2029.
Official synopsis: A BILL to be entitled an Act to abolish the office of elected county surveyor of Cobb County; to provide for the appointment of a county surveyor by the governing authority of the county after January 1, 2029; to provide for successors; to provide for…
Became lawEffective Date 2026-05-12 · 2026-05-12
Mableton, City of; Municipal Court; authorize assessment and collection of a technology fee
In plain English Allows the City of Mableton's Municipal Court to assess and collect a technology fee for authorized uses.
Official synopsis: A BILL to be entitled an Act to authorize the assessment and collection of a technology fee by the Municipal Court of the City of Mableton; to identify the authorized uses of such technology fee; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and…
Became lawEffective Date 2026-05-12 · 2026-05-12
Mableton, City of; Redevelopment Powers Law; provide for a referendum
In plain English Allows the City of Mableton to exercise redevelopment powers under state law, subject to voter approval through referendum.
Official synopsis: A BILL to be entitled an Act to authorize the City of Mableton, Georgia, to exercise all redevelopment and other powers provided for under Article IX, Section II, Paragraph VII(b) of the Georgia Constitution and Chapter 44 of Title 36 of the O.C.G.A., the "Redevelopment…
Became lawEffective Date 2026-05-11 · 2026-05-11
Underserved Communities Day at the state capitol; March 31, 2026; recognize
A RESOLUTION recognizing March 31, 2026, as Underserved Communities Day at the state capitol; and for other purposes.
Became lawHouse Read and Adopted · 2026-03-31
United States Congress; call a convention under Article V of the Constitution of the United States limited to proposing amendments to limit the influence of money in political elections and on government officials
A RESOLUTION applying to the United States Congress to call a convention under Article V of the Constitution of the United States limited to proposing amendments to the Constitution of the United States to limit the influence of money in political elections and on government…
Not out of committeeHouse Second Readers · 2026-03-27
Alcoholic beverages; sale within 250 feet of any polling place; repeal prohibition
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 3-3-20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to sale of alcoholic beverages on Sundays, election days, and Christmas Day, so as to repeal the prohibition on the sale of alcoholic beverages within…
Not out of committeeHouse Second Readers · 2026-03-25
We Are CASA Day at the state capitol; March 26, 2026; recognize
A RESOLUTION recognizing March 26, 2026, as We Are CASA Day at the state capitol; and for other purposes.
Became lawHouse Read and Adopted · 2026-03-23
Andrew Young School of Policy Studies at Georgia State University; 30th anniversary; commend
A RESOLUTION recognizing and commending the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies at Georgia State University on the occasion of its 30th anniversary; and for other purposes.
Became lawHouse Read and Adopted · 2026-03-16
Local government; zoning procedures; operation of immigration detention centers; require special use permits
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 66 of Title 36 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to zoning procedures applicable to counties and municipal corporations, so as to require local governments that have adopted zoning ordinances to require special…
Not out of committeeHouse Second Readers · 2026-03-09
Young Democrats of Georgia Day at the state capitol; March 9, 2026; recognize
A RESOLUTION recognizing March 9, 2026, as Young Democrats of Georgia Day at the state capitol; and for other purposes.
Became lawHouse Read and Adopted · 2026-03-06
Motor vehicles; require ride share network services to provide ride share drivers with certain information on a monthly basis
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 4 of Article 3 of Chapter 1 of Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to ride share network services and transportation referral services, so as to require ride share network services…
Not out of committeeHouse Second Readers · 2026-03-06
Georgia Medicare for All Act; enact
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 4 of Title 49 of the O.C.G.A., relating to public assistance; to amend Title 49 of the O.C.G.A., relating to social services, and an Act amending said title, approved April 15, 2014 (Ga. L. 2014,…
Not out of committeeHouse Second Readers · 2026-03-04
Civil practice; certain alleged acts by clergy members; extend statute of limitations
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 3 of Title 9 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to specific periods of limitation, so as to extend the statute of limitations for certain alleged acts by clergy members;…
Not out of committeeHouse Second Readers · 2026-03-04
General Assembly; provide by general law for an income tax system; require – CA
A RESOLUTION proposing an amendment to the Constitution so as to require the General Assembly to provide by general law for an income tax system; to provide for related matters; to provide for the submission of this amendment for ratification or rejection; and for other…
Not out of committeeHouse Second Readers · 2026-03-03

“In plain English” lines are written by ThePolitibase with AI (Claude), from the official synopsis only; the synopsis is the authoritative text. Descriptions are the legislature’s own synopsis. Bill data from LegiScan, CC BY 4.0.

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HB1409 · 2026-04-03
Domestic relations; revise mandated reporting of child abuse (Agree To Senate Substitute: House Vote #880)
Passed · 155-12
Yea
SB33 · 2026-04-03
"Georgia Hemp Farming Act"; total THC concentration of consumable hemp products; provide limits (Agree To Senate Amend To House Sub: House Vote #879)
Passed · 97-72
Nay
HB651 · 2026-04-03
Motor vehicles; use of automated traffic enforcement safety devices in school zones; revise provisions (Agree To Senate Amend To Ham To Ssub: House Vote #878)
Passed · 156-14
Yea
HB350 · 2026-04-03
Domestic relations; safe places for newborns; revise provisions (Agree To Senate Substitute: House Vote #877)
Passed · 164-4
Yea
HB413 · 2026-04-02
Agriculture; prohibit local ordinances that prohibit operation of mobile sawmills on agricultural land (Agree To Senate Substitute: House Vote #861)
Passed · 96-70
Nay
SB556 · 2026-04-02
HOPE Scholarship; the inclusion of advanced placement and international baccalaureate fine arts courses in the calculation of grade point averages; provide (Passage: House Vote #842)
Passed · 167-2
Yea
SB625 · 2026-04-02
City of Decatur Public Facilities Authority; a referendum for issuing revenue bonds for certain projects requested by the City Schools of Decatur; require (Local Calendar : House Vote #846)
Passed · 110-63
Nay
HB334 · 2026-04-02
Sickle Cell Disease Protection Act; enact (Agree To Senate Substitute: House Vote #867)
Passed · 149-18
Yea
SB622 · 2026-04-02
City of Tucker; annexation of certain territory into the boundaries of the city; provide (Local Calendar : House Vote #846)
Passed · 110-63
Nay
HB445 · 2026-04-02
Ad valorem tax; language required to be included in notices of current assessment; revise (Agree To Senate Sub As Am: House Vote #838)
Passed · 171-1
Yea
HB1161 · 2026-04-02
Motor vehicles; proper operation upon approach by an authorized emergency vehicle or by a law enforcement vehicle for purposes of a traffic stop; provide (Agree To Senate Sub As Am: House Vote #864)
Passed · 163-6
Yea
SB618 · 2026-04-02
Municipal Court of the City of Decatur; the assessment and collection of a technology fee; authorize (Local Calendar : House Vote #846)
Passed · 110-63
Nay
SB627 · 2026-04-02
City of Dallas; ad valorem taxes for municipal purposes; provide a homestead exemption (Supplemental Local Calendar : House Vote #857)
Passed · 94-75
Nay
SB627 · 2026-04-02
City of Dallas; ad valorem taxes for municipal purposes; provide a homestead exemption (Sb614 & Sb627 Recon: House Vote #858)
Passed · 98-72
Nay
SB619 · 2026-04-02
Board of Education of Hancock County; the description of the education districts; change (Supplemental Local Calendar : House Vote #857)
Passed · 94-75
Nay
SB601 · 2026-04-02
Atlanta Board of Education; residency limitations on qualifications for employment of the executive assistant to the board, chief financial officer, and internal auditor; remove (Supplemental Local Calendar : House Vote #857)
Passed · 94-75
Nay
HB1277 · 2026-04-02
Conservation and natural resources; increase project cost threshold for public roads or airports requiring environmental evaluations (Agree To Senate Substitute: House Vote #873)
Passed · 122-50
Nay
SB76 · 2026-04-02
License Plates; specialty license plate benefitting the Georgia Veterans Service Foundation; establish (Passage: House Vote #839)
Passed · 168-2
Yea
SB76 · 2026-04-02
License Plates; specialty license plate benefitting the Georgia Veterans Service Foundation; establish (Agree To Senate Amend To House Sub: House Vote #870)
Passed · 168-2
Yea
SB621 · 2026-04-02
"Barrow County Public Facilities Authority Act"; enact (Supplemental Local Calendar : House Vote #857)
Passed · 94-75
Nay
SB503 · 2026-04-02
Insurance; rental home marketplace guarantees from the definition of property insurance; exempt (Agree To Senate Amend To House Sub: House Vote #850)
Passed · 160-6
Yea
SB620 · 2026-04-02
State Court of Barrow County; a full-time solicitor-general; provide (Supplemental Local Calendar : House Vote #857)
Passed · 94-75
Nay
HB1129 · 2026-04-02
Local government; designation of enterprise zones; provisions (Agree To Senate Substitute: House Vote #868)
Passed · 170-1
Yea
HB1247 · 2026-04-02
Georgia Bureaucratic Deference Elimination Act; enact (Am 62 0077: House Vote #853)
Passed · 96-69
Nay
HB1247 · 2026-04-02
Georgia Bureaucratic Deference Elimination Act; enact (Agree To Senate Sub As Am: House Vote #854)
Passed · 98-70
Nay
HB1567 · 2026-04-02
Quitman, City of; transfer of all legal rights, privileges, and assets to Brooks County; provide (Remove From Local Cal/vote Separately: House Vote #845)
Failed · 75-97
Yea
SB411 · 2026-04-02
Professions and Businesses; dry needling to be performed by certain licensed professionals; provide (Passage: House Vote #855)
Passed · 166-5
Yea
SB440 · 2026-04-02
Department of Public Health; provisions relative to duties or functions; modernize and update (Passage: House Vote #847)
Passed · 98-76
Nay
HB463 · 2026-04-02
Ad valorem tax; certain senior citizens who volunteer with local governments; provide homestead exemption (Agree To Senate Sub As Am: House Vote #849)
Passed · 104-71
Nay
HB1344 · 2026-04-02
Georgia Insurance Affordability and Claims Integrity Act; enact (Agree To Senate Substitute: House Vote #860)
Passed · 164-3
Nay
SB52 · 2026-04-02
"Timberlands Recovery, Exemption, and Earnings Stability (TREES) Act"; enact (Passage: House Vote #872)
Passed · 172-2
Yea
HB1283 · 2026-04-02
Family Justice Center Act; enact (Agree To Senate Amendment: House Vote #834)
Passed · 170-0
Yea
HB506 · 2026-04-02
Social services; Medicaid coverage for tobacco cessation treatments; provide (Agree To Senate Substitute: House Vote #835)
Passed · 168-2
Yea
HB466 · 2026-04-02
State symbols; marsh tacky horse as official Georgia heritage horse breed; designate (Agree To Senate Substitute: House Vote #863)
Passed · 170-1
Yea
HB297 · 2026-04-02
Ad valorem tax; define multipurpose off-highway vehicle; provisions (Agree To Senate Sub As Am: House Vote #841)
Passed · 131-40
Nay
HB1534 · 2026-04-02
Chatham County; State Court; provide additional judge (Supplemental Local Calendar #2: House Vote #871)
Passed · 101-69
Nay
HB974 · 2026-04-02
General appropriations; State Fiscal Year July 1, 2026 – June 30, 2027 (Adopt Ccr: House Vote #876)
Passed · 163-5
Nay
HB1116 · 2026-04-02
Homeownership Opportunity and Market Equalization Act of 2026; enact (Agree To Senate Sub As Am: House Vote #848)
Passed · 102-73
Nay
HB1075 · 2026-04-02
Sexual offenses; modify penalty for offenders previously convicted of the offense of trafficking of persons for labor or sexual servitude (Agree To Senate Substitute: House Vote #875)
Passed · 138-32
Nay
HB659 · 2026-04-02
Health; rural assistance; expand medical education funding and the service cancelable loan program to include optometrists (Agree To Senate Amendment: House Vote #840)
Passed · 164-8
Yea
SB513 · 2026-04-02
"Every Day Counts Act"; enact (Passage: House Vote #843)
Failed · 80-90
Nay
SB513 · 2026-04-02
"Every Day Counts Act"; enact (Reconsider: House Vote #844)
Passed · 96-75
Nay
HB1112 · 2026-04-02
Commerce and trade; rounding of total price of sale of goods or services when using legal tender; provide (Agree To Senate Substitute: House Vote #833)
Passed · 163-4
Yea
HB256 · 2026-04-02
Social services; foster parents bill of rights; revise provisions (Agree To Senate Substitute: House Vote #836)
Passed · 171-0
Yea
HB1131 · 2026-04-02
Criminal procedure; personal service of process for notice of a warrant application hearing; provide (Agree To Senate Substitute: House Vote #865)
Passed · 166-0
Yea
HB1238 · 2026-04-02
Community Health, Department of; submit a waiver request to the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to authorize the qualification of certain caregivers for Medicaid reimbursement (Agree To Senate Sub As Am: House Vote #852)
Passed · 165-2
Yea
HB295 · 2026-04-02
Local government; procedures for real property owners to make claims for compensation for loss of property value or expenses incurred; provisions (Agree To Senate Amend As Ham: House Vote #866)
Passed · 93-76
Nay
HB1138 · 2026-04-02
Increasing Access to Contraceptives Act; enact (Agree To Senate Substitute: House Vote #874)
Passed · 158-11
Yea
HB1434 · 2026-04-02
Aviation; air facilities; identification of airport affected areas; provide (Agree To Senate Substitute: House Vote #869)
Passed · 172-0
Yea
SB214 · 2026-04-02
Elections and Primaries; electors to cast physical absentee on-request ballots as an alternative to using other authorized means of casting in-person votes; authorize (Passage: House Vote #856)
Passed · 132-39
Yea
SB609 · 2026-04-02
DeKalb County; County Board of Education; changes in boundaries of school district; revise provisions (Local Calendar : House Vote #846)
Passed · 110-63
Nay
HB1215 · 2026-04-02
Middle Judicial Circuit; superior courts; provide for a third judge (Agree To Senate Substitute: House Vote #837)
Passed · 172-0
Yea
HB1396 · 2026-04-02
State government; require certain privately funded organizations that operate a shelter or provide outreach services to homeless individuals participate in the Georgia Homeless Management Information System (HMIS) (Agree To Senate Am As Am: House Vote #851)
Passed · 93-75
Nay
SB614 · 2026-04-02
City of Hampton; homestead exemption; ad valorem taxes for municipal purposes; provide (Supplemental Local Calendar : House Vote #857)
Passed · 94-75
Nay
SB614 · 2026-04-02
City of Hampton; homestead exemption; ad valorem taxes for municipal purposes; provide (Sb614 & Sb627 Recon: House Vote #858)
Passed · 98-72
Nay
SB616 · 2026-04-02
Fulton County; written consent for the creation of community improvement districts; provide (Supplemental Local Calendar : House Vote #857)
Passed · 94-75
Nay
HR1300 · 2026-04-02
Representative Penny Houston Roundabout; Cook County; dedicate (Agree To Senate Substitute: House Vote #862)
Passed · 171-0
Yea
SR624 · 2026-04-02
Officer Drew Haynes Brown Memorial Intersection; Cobb County; dedicate (Adopt: House Vote #859)
Passed · 173-0
Yea
SB447 · 2026-03-31
Control of Soil Erosion and Sedimentation; denial or nonacceptance of permits; revise provisions (Passage: House Vote #805)
Passed · 95-72
Nay
HB1374 · 2026-03-31
Insurance; methods of payment to healthcare providers; provide certain requirements (Agree To Senate Substitute: House Vote #814)
Passed · 165-0
Yea
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