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Republican
· Representative
Jordan Ridley
Represents District 22 in the House of Representatives.
Votes with Republicans
90%
on 115 party-line votes · House Republicans median 98%
Cast a vote
97%
Yea or Nay on 1,116 of 1,146 roll calls · House median 96%
Their bills that became law
28 of 76
as a primary sponsor, this session · Republicans median 47
Roll calls on record
1,146
2025-2026 Regular Session
Votes and bills updated Oct 4, 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 Jordan Ridley 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 Jordan Ridley 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. Jordan Ridley is circled.
Always on the Republican sideAlways on the Democratic side
Times they broke with their party
11 of 115 party-line votes, most recent 10 shown.
SB513 · "Every Day Counts Act"; enact
Passage: House Vote #843 · 2026-04-02 · Failed 80–90 · most Republicans voted the other way
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.
Passage: House Vote #804 · 2026-03-31 · Passed 95–68 · most Republicans voted the other way
HB369 · Motor vehicles; sale of food or beverages; provide vehicle equipment standards
In plain English Requires motor vehicles used to sell food or beverages on roadways to meet specified equipment standards.
Agree To Senate Substitute: House Vote #790 · 2026-03-27 · Passed 93–64 · most Republicans voted the other way
HB1020 · Judicial Retirement System; payment of monthly retirement benefits for creditable service as a district attorney at the age of 65 years; provide
Agree To Senate Substitute: House Vote #770 · 2026-03-25 · Passed 100–55 · most Republicans voted the other way
HB1446 · Health; transfer responsibility for oversight of emergency medical services from Department of Public Health to Georgia Emergency Medical Services and Trauma Council
Passage: House Vote #655 · 2026-03-06 · Failed 52–114 · most Republicans voted the other way
HB516 · State government; authorize county and regional library boards to conduct meetings via teleconference
Agree To Senate Substitute: House Vote #453 · 2025-04-04 · Passed 94–71 · most Republicans voted the other way
HB308 · Motor vehicles; operation of miniature on-road vehicles on certain highways; provide
Agree To Senate Amendment: House Vote #415 · 2025-04-04 · Passed 104–60 · most Republicans voted the other way
SB40 · Secondary Metals Recyclers; the definition of the term "used, detached catalytic converters" to said article; provide for applicability
Agree To Sam To Hsub: House Vote #403 · 2025-04-02 · Passed 91–63 · most Republicans voted the other way
SB125 · Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors; decouple the sequential order of experience and examination requirements
Passage: House Vote #385 · 2025-04-02 · Passed 104–61 · most Republicans voted the other way
SB68 · Civil Practice; substantive and comprehensive revision of provisions regarding civil practice, evidentiary matters, damages, and liability in tort actions; provide
Passage: House Vote #290 · 2025-03-20 · Passed 91–82 · most Republicans voted the other way
Closest votes they cast
Roll calls decided by the fewest votes, one per bill.
SB68 · Civil Practice; substantive and comprehensive revision of provisions regarding civil practice, evidentiary matters, damages, and liability in tort actions; provide
Passage: House Vote #290 · 2025-03-20 · Passed 91–82
SB513 · "Every Day Counts Act"; enact
Passage: House Vote #843 · 2026-04-02 · Failed 80–90
HB1324 · Crimes and offenses; possessing a silencer; repeal prohibition
Passage: House Vote #665 · 2026-03-06 · Passed 87–76
SB175 · Elections and Primaries; use of ranked-choice voting; prohibit
Passage: House Vote #817 · 2026-03-31 · Passed 89–73
HB314 · Professions and businesses; athletic trainers; revise and update definitions
Passage: House Vote #152 · 2025-03-04 · Passed 93–77
Democrats 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.
Dexter SharperDemocrat · District 177 · 87 shared contested votes
53%
Tangie HerringDemocrat · District 145 · 154 shared contested votes
52%
Sheila NelsonDemocrat · District 130 · 66 shared contested votes
52%
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 (30 in all). Gaps are months the chamber wasn’t voting.
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Their bills, from filing to law
Bills Jordan Ridley 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.
Introduced76
Out of committee40
Passed one chamber32
Passed both chambers29
Became law28
Never left committee36
For comparison, the median Republican member of the House has 47 bills that became law this session.
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
Holly Springs, City of; revise boundaries
In plain English Revises the City of Holly Springs' boundaries, reduces its city council from five to four members, and redraws council district boundaries.
Official synopsis: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act creating a new charter for the City of Holly Springs in the County of Cherokee, approved March 18, 1980 (Ga. L. 1980, p. 3281), as amended, so as to revise the boundaries of the…
Became lawEffective Date 2026-06-12 · 2026-05-12
Woodstock, City of; change corporate limits
In plain English Changes the corporate limits of the City of Woodstock.
Official synopsis: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act reincorporating and re-creating the City of Woodstock, approved April 17, 1975 (Ga. L. 1975, p. 4160), as amended, particularly by an Act approved April 12, 2012 (Ga. L. 2012, p. 5404), so as to…
Became lawEffective Date 2026-05-11 · 2026-05-11
Acworth, City of; adopt by reference a certain map
In plain English Allows the City of Acworth to adopt a map by reference as part of its city charter.
Official synopsis: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to reincorporate and provide a new charter for the City of Acworth, approved February 17, 1989 (Ga. L. 1989, p. 3512), as amended, particularly by an Act approved May 13, 2025 (Ga. L. 2025,…
Became lawEffective Date 2026-05-11 · 2026-05-11
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
Cobb County; State Court; change compensation and number of certain staff of solicitor-general
In plain English Changes the compensation and number of certain staff positions for the solicitor-general of Cobb County State Court.
Official synopsis: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act creating the State Court of Cobb County, approved March 26, 1964 (Ga. L. 1964, p. 3211), as amended, so as to change the compensation and number of certain staff of the solicitor-general; to provide…
Became lawEffective Date 2026-07-01 · 2026-05-11
Cobb County; State Court; chief deputy clerk and clerk; change salary
In plain English Changes the salary of the chief deputy clerk and clerk of Cobb County State Court.
Official synopsis: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act creating the State Court of Cobb County, approved March 26, 1964 (Ga. L. 1964, p. 3211), as amended, particularly by an Act approved May 3, 2023 (Ga. L. 2023, p. 4333), so as to…
Became lawEffective Date 2026-05-11 · 2026-05-11
Cobb County; tax commissioner and certain employees; change compensation
In plain English Changes the compensation of Cobb County's tax commissioner and certain office employees.
Official synopsis: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act consolidating the offices of tax collector and tax receiver into the office of tax commissioner of Cobb County, approved February 17, 1949 (Ga. L. 1949, p. 790), as amended, so as to change the…
Became lawEffective Date 2026-05-11 · 2026-05-11
Agriculture; prohibit local ordinances that prohibit operation of mobile sawmills on agricultural land
In plain English Prohibits local ordinances from banning mobile sawmills on agricultural land.
Official synopsis: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 1 of Title 2 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions regarding agriculture, so as to prohibit local ordinances that prohibit the operation of mobile sawmills on agricultural lands; to provide…
Became lawEffective Date 2026-04-22 · 2026-04-22
Revenue and taxation; eliminate title ad valorem tax fee requirement for certain inherited vehicles
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 48-5C-1 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to alternative ad valorem taxation of motor vehicles and title ad valorem tax fee, so as to eliminate the title ad valorem tax fee requirement…
Passed one chamberSenate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute · 2026-03-27
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
Eric W. Wilmarth Roundabout; Cherokee County; dedicate
A RESOLUTION recognizing Mr. Eric Wilmarth and dedicating a roundabout in his honor; and for other purposes.
Not out of committeeHouse Second Readers · 2026-03-09
Sandberg, Jonathan; commend
A RESOLUTION commending and congratulating Jonathan Sandberg; and for other purposes.
Became lawHouse Read and Adopted · 2026-03-06
Penner, Grant; commend
A RESOLUTION commending and congratulating Grant Penner; and for other purposes.
Became lawHouse Read and Adopted · 2026-03-06
Representative Mandi L. Ballinger Memorial Interchange; Cherokee County; dedicate
A RESOLUTION honoring the life of the Honorable Mandi Lia Ballinger and dedicating an interchange in her memory; and for other purposes.
Not out of committeeHouse Second Readers · 2026-03-06
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HB1409 · 2026-04-03
Domestic relations; revise mandated reporting of child abuse (Agree To Senate Substitute: House Vote #880)
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)
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)
HB350 · 2026-04-03
Domestic relations; safe places for newborns; revise provisions (Agree To Senate Substitute: House Vote #877)
HB413 · 2026-04-02
Agriculture; prohibit local ordinances that prohibit operation of mobile sawmills on agricultural land (Agree To Senate Substitute: House Vote #861)
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)
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)
HB334 · 2026-04-02
Sickle Cell Disease Protection Act; enact (Agree To Senate Substitute: House Vote #867)
SB622 · 2026-04-02
City of Tucker; annexation of certain territory into the boundaries of the city; provide (Local Calendar : House Vote #846)
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)
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)
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)
SB627 · 2026-04-02
City of Dallas; ad valorem taxes for municipal purposes; provide a homestead exemption (Supplemental Local Calendar : House Vote #857)
SB627 · 2026-04-02
City of Dallas; ad valorem taxes for municipal purposes; provide a homestead exemption (Sb614 & Sb627 Recon: House Vote #858)
SB619 · 2026-04-02
Board of Education of Hancock County; the description of the education districts; change (Supplemental Local Calendar : House Vote #857)
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)
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)
SB76 · 2026-04-02
License Plates; specialty license plate benefitting the Georgia Veterans Service Foundation; establish (Passage: House Vote #839)
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)
SB621 · 2026-04-02
"Barrow County Public Facilities Authority Act"; enact (Supplemental Local Calendar : House Vote #857)
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)
SB620 · 2026-04-02
State Court of Barrow County; a full-time solicitor-general; provide (Supplemental Local Calendar : House Vote #857)
HB1129 · 2026-04-02
Local government; designation of enterprise zones; provisions (Agree To Senate Substitute: House Vote #868)
HB1247 · 2026-04-02
Georgia Bureaucratic Deference Elimination Act; enact (Am 62 0077: House Vote #853)
HB1247 · 2026-04-02
Georgia Bureaucratic Deference Elimination Act; enact (Agree To Senate Sub As Am: House Vote #854)
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)
SB411 · 2026-04-02
Professions and Businesses; dry needling to be performed by certain licensed professionals; provide (Passage: House Vote #855)
SB440 · 2026-04-02
Department of Public Health; provisions relative to duties or functions; modernize and update (Passage: House Vote #847)
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)
HB1344 · 2026-04-02
Georgia Insurance Affordability and Claims Integrity Act; enact (Agree To Senate Substitute: House Vote #860)
SB52 · 2026-04-02
"Timberlands Recovery, Exemption, and Earnings Stability (TREES) Act"; enact (Passage: House Vote #872)
HB1283 · 2026-04-02
Family Justice Center Act; enact (Agree To Senate Amendment: House Vote #834)
HB506 · 2026-04-02
Social services; Medicaid coverage for tobacco cessation treatments; provide (Agree To Senate Substitute: House Vote #835)
HB466 · 2026-04-02
State symbols; marsh tacky horse as official Georgia heritage horse breed; designate (Agree To Senate Substitute: House Vote #863)
HB297 · 2026-04-02
Ad valorem tax; define multipurpose off-highway vehicle; provisions (Agree To Senate Sub As Am: House Vote #841)
HB1534 · 2026-04-02
Chatham County; State Court; provide additional judge (Supplemental Local Calendar #2: House Vote #871)
HB974 · 2026-04-02
General appropriations; State Fiscal Year July 1, 2026 – June 30, 2027 (Adopt Ccr: House Vote #876)
HB1116 · 2026-04-02
Homeownership Opportunity and Market Equalization Act of 2026; enact (Agree To Senate Sub As Am: House Vote #848)
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)
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)
SB513 · 2026-04-02
"Every Day Counts Act"; enact (Passage: House Vote #843)
SB513 · 2026-04-02
"Every Day Counts Act"; enact (Reconsider: House Vote #844)
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)
HB256 · 2026-04-02
Social services; foster parents bill of rights; revise provisions (Agree To Senate Substitute: House Vote #836)
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)
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)
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)
HB1138 · 2026-04-02
Increasing Access to Contraceptives Act; enact (Agree To Senate Substitute: House Vote #874)
HB1434 · 2026-04-02
Aviation; air facilities; identification of airport affected areas; provide (Agree To Senate Substitute: House Vote #869)
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)
SB609 · 2026-04-02
DeKalb County; County Board of Education; changes in boundaries of school district; revise provisions (Local Calendar : House Vote #846)
HB1215 · 2026-04-02
Middle Judicial Circuit; superior courts; provide for a third judge (Agree To Senate Substitute: House Vote #837)
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)
SB614 · 2026-04-02
City of Hampton; homestead exemption; ad valorem taxes for municipal purposes; provide (Supplemental Local Calendar : House Vote #857)
SB614 · 2026-04-02
City of Hampton; homestead exemption; ad valorem taxes for municipal purposes; provide (Sb614 & Sb627 Recon: House Vote #858)
SB616 · 2026-04-02
Fulton County; written consent for the creation of community improvement districts; provide (Supplemental Local Calendar : House Vote #857)
HR1300 · 2026-04-02
Representative Penny Houston Roundabout; Cook County; dedicate (Agree To Senate Substitute: House Vote #862)
SR624 · 2026-04-02
Officer Drew Haynes Brown Memorial Intersection; Cobb County; dedicate (Adopt: House Vote #859)
SB447 · 2026-03-31
Control of Soil Erosion and Sedimentation; denial or nonacceptance of permits; revise provisions (Passage: House Vote #805)
HB1374 · 2026-03-31
Insurance; methods of payment to healthcare providers; provide certain requirements (Agree To Senate Substitute: House Vote #814)
Complete voting record from LegiScan (showing the 60 most recent of 1146 total roll-call votes this session).
Capitol Office
📍Room 601-D, Coverdell Legislative Office Building 18 Capitol Square SW, Atlanta, GA 30334
District-Mail Office
📍P.O. Box 772, Woodstock, GA 30188
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