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R Georgia Senate · District 1 On the 2026 ballot

Sen. Ben Watson

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Total votes
3,873
all sessions
Attendance
97%
104 missed
Near the chamber average
With party
98%
of cast votes
Near the chamber average
Bipartisan score
1%
crosses aisle rarely
Near the chamber average
Sponsored
1,310
bills & resolutions
Lower than 77% of chamber peers
Committees
7
assignments
1,310 bills and resolutions

Sponsored bills

Total
1,310
Primary
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Primary SR 861
Passed · Georgia Senate · Lead sponsor
Jordan, Senator Jen; recognize

A RESOLUTION recognizing and commending Senator Jen Jordan on her outstanding public service as a Georgia state senator; and for other purposes.

Passed Apr 4, 2022 0 co-sponsors
Primary SB 52
Passed · Georgia Senate · Lead sponsor
Selling and Other Trade Practices; legislative findings; standards for cybersecurity programs to protect businesses from liability; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 1 of Title 10 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to selling and other trade practices, so as to provide for legislative findings; to provide standards for cybersecurity programs to protect businesses from liability; to provide for affirmative defenses for data breaches of private information; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Passed Apr 4, 2022 0 co-sponsors
Primary SB 558
Passed · Georgia Senate · Lead sponsor
Department of Transportation; meetings for the election of board members; amend notice provisions

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 2 of Title 32 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Department of Transportation, so as to amend notice provisions relative to meetings for the election of board members; to provide for negotiations in request for proposals relative to public-private partnerships (P3s); to provide for procurement procedures relative to alternative contracting; to amend Code Section 50-18-72 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to when public disclosure not required by a state agency, so as to exempt certain records from public disclosure requirements; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Passed Apr 4, 2022 0 co-sponsors
Primary SB 218
Passed · Georgia Senate · Lead sponsor
Vacation of Office; suspension of compensation for certain public officers who are suspended because of indictment for a felony; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 5 of Title 45 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to vacation of office, so as to provide for the suspension of compensation for certain public officers who are suspended because of indictment for a felony; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Passed Apr 4, 2022 0 co-sponsors
Primary SR 873
Passed · Georgia Senate · Lead sponsor
Au, Senator Michelle; recognize

A RESOLUTION recognizing and commending Senator Michelle Au on her outstanding public service; and for other purposes.

Passed Apr 4, 2022 0 co-sponsors
Primary SR 875
Passed · Georgia Senate · Lead sponsor
Jordan, Senator Jen; recognize

A RESOLUTION recognizing and commending Senator Jen Jordan on her outstanding public service as a Georgia state senator; and for other purposes.

Passed Apr 4, 2022 0 co-sponsors
Primary SR 874
Passed · Georgia Senate · Lead sponsor
Jackson III, Dr. Lester G.; recognize

A RESOLUTION recognizing and commending Dr. Lester G. Jackson III on his outstanding public service as a Georgia state senator; and for other purposes.

Passed Apr 4, 2022 0 co-sponsors
Primary SB 82
Passed · Georgia Senate · Lead sponsor
Emergency Medical Services; prudent layperson standard is not affected by the final diagnosis given; clarify

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 11 of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to emergency medical services, so as to clarify that the prudent layperson standard is not affected by the final diagnosis given; to amend Title 33 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to insurance, so as to also clarify that the prudent layperson standard is not affected by the final diagnosis given; to provide for legislative findings; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Passed Apr 1, 2022 0 co-sponsors
Primary SB 456
Passed · Georgia Senate · Lead sponsor
Health; requirements relating to the use of abortion-inducing drugs; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to health, so as to provide requirements relating to the use of abortion-inducing drugs; to provide for definitions; to prohibit abortion-inducing drugs in school facilities or on state property; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Passed Apr 1, 2022 0 co-sponsors
Primary SB 256
Failed · Georgia Senate · Lead sponsor
County Boards of Health; comprehensive reorganization; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 12, Code Section 16-12-4, Code Section 19-11-9, Chapter 2 of Title 26, Title 31, and Code Section 43-18-75 of the O.C.G.A., relating to conservation and natural resources, cruelty to animals, location of absent parents by department, standards, labeling, and adulteration of food, health, and inspections, suspension or revocation of license, and other disciplinary actions, respectively, so as to provide for the reorganization of county boards of health; to revise the powers of county boards of health; to authorize the Department of Public Health to select district health directors; to provide for qualifications of district health directors; to authorize the commissioner of public health to select chief medical officers; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Failed Apr 1, 2022 0 co-sponsors
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