# Colton Moore (GA Senate D-53) — Legislator Fact Sheet · The GA Files > Colton Moore (R, Senate District 53 — Trenton), the far-right firebrand who resigned to run for Congress: his votes, constituent access, and donors — a state-level legislator fact sheet. *Source: https://thegafiles.com/ColtonMoore.html · The GA Files (thegafiles.com)* --- State Level Legislator Fact Sheet · Georgia State Senate · District 53 # Colton Moore Party Republican In Office 2023 – 2026 (resigned) Senate Role Former member · resigned to run for U.S. House Scope of This Review 2023 – 2026 Colton Moore, a Trenton Republican, represented Senate District 53 in Georgia's northwest corner from 2023 until January 2026, when he resigned to run for the U.S. House seat in the 14th District vacated by Marjorie Taylor Greene. One of the chamber's most combative members, he was removed from the Senate Republican caucus in 2023 after publicly attacking colleagues over his demand for a special session to defund Fulton District Attorney Fani Willis. His record set him apart on the populist right — he voted against the business-backed tort-reform bill and against the IVF-protection bill. (Republican Lanny Thomas won the special election to succeed him; the 2026 votes fell after the seat went vacant.) 5 / 7Moore broke right of his own caucus on several votes below — a **NO on tort reform (SB 68)** and a **NO on the IVF-protection bill (HB 428)** — before resigning in January 2026 to run for Congress. **Methodology.** Each vote is Sen. Moore's actual position from the official Georgia roll call (legis.ga.gov), transcribed into a verified vote database and cross-checked against the published Yea/Nay totals. The chamber tally and final status (became law / died in House) are noted per bill. 01 ## Riley Gaines Act SB 1 · 2025 Session YEA Floor Vote Senate vote (Agree to House Substitute), 2025 session — 34–20 Status Became law (2025 session) Sen. Moore's Vote Voted **YEA** — with the chamber majority, on a party-line vote. ### Impact on Everyday Georgians Bars transgender women and girls from competing on female school and college sports teams and requires K–12 and college sports, locker rooms, and restrooms to be designated by sex assigned at birth. Supporters framed it as protecting fairness and safety in women's sports; opponents — including LGBTQ advocates and some parents — said it stigmatizes transgender students and invites invasive enforcement. #### Sources - [LegiScan — SB 1 bill text, history & roll calls](https://legiscan.com/GA/bill/SB1/2025) 02 ## Tort Reform SB 68 · 2025 Session NAY Floor Vote Senate vote (Agree to House Substitute), 2025 session — 34–21 Status Became law — Gov. Kemp's signature 2025 priority Sen. Moore's Vote Voted **NAY** — against the chamber majority, on a party-line vote. Moore broke with the business wing of his party to vote NO on tort reform. ### Impact on Everyday Georgians Overhauled Georgia's civil-litigation rules — limiting when businesses and property owners can be sued (notably for negligent-security claims), changing how juries are told about medical damages, and allowing trials to be split into liability and damages phases. Backers said it would lower insurance costs and curb runaway verdicts; trial lawyers and consumer advocates warned it makes it harder for injured Georgians to recover full damages. #### Sources - [LegiScan — SB 68 bill text, history & roll calls](https://legiscan.com/GA/bill/SB68/2025) 03 ## Religious Freedom Restoration Act SB 36 · 2025 Session YEA Floor Vote Senate vote (Passage), 2025 session — 32–23 Status Became law (2025 session) Sen. Moore's Vote Voted **YEA** — with the chamber majority, on a party-line vote. ### Impact on Everyday Georgians Georgia's Religious Freedom Restoration Act bars state and local government from “substantially burdening” a person's exercise of religion without a compelling interest. Supporters called it a long-sought protection mirroring the 1993 federal law; opponents — including civil-rights groups and some businesses — warned it could be used to justify discrimination, particularly against LGBTQ Georgians, since the state has no statewide anti-discrimination law. #### Sources - [LegiScan — SB 36 bill text, history & roll calls](https://legiscan.com/GA/bill/SB36/2025) 04 ## Gender-Affirming Care Ban (Minors) SB 140 · 2023 Session YEA Floor Vote Senate vote (Agree to House Substitute), 2023 session — 31–21 Status Became law (2023 session) Sen. Moore's Vote Voted **YEA** — with the chamber majority, on a party-line vote. ### Impact on Everyday Georgians Prohibits hormone therapy and surgical gender-affirming care for transgender minors in Georgia, with limited exceptions. Supporters said it shields children from irreversible decisions; major medical associations and families of transgender youth opposed it, arguing it overrides parents and doctors and strips away evidence-based care. #### Sources - [LegiScan — SB 140 bill text, history & roll calls](https://legiscan.com/GA/bill/SB140/2023) 05 ## Gender-Affirming Care Funding Ban SB 39 · 2025 Session YEA Floor Vote Senate vote (Motion to Immediately Transmit), 2025 session — 32–18 Status Passed the Senate; died in the House (2025 session) — did not become law Sen. Moore's Vote Voted **YEA** — with the chamber majority, on a party-line vote. ### Impact on Everyday Georgians Would have barred the use of state funds — including the State Health Benefit Plan and Medicaid — to pay for gender-affirming care for state employees and prisoners. It cleared the Senate but died in the House. Supporters said taxpayers should not fund the care; opponents said it singles out transgender state workers and inmates for denial of medically recognized treatment. #### Sources - [LegiScan — SB 39 bill text, history & roll calls](https://legiscan.com/GA/bill/SB39/2025) 06 ## Right to IVF HB 428 · 2025 Session NAY Floor Vote Senate vote (Passage by Substitute), 2025 session — 53–1 Status Became law (2025 session) Sen. Moore's Vote Voted **NAY** — against the chamber majority, on a bipartisan vote. Moore was among the few to vote NO on the IVF-protection bill. ### Impact on Everyday Georgians Establishes a state right to access in-vitro fertilization (IVF) and protects providers — one of the rare bipartisan votes in this set. It followed national alarm after an Alabama court ruling threatened IVF, and aimed to reassure Georgia families pursuing fertility treatment that the procedure would remain legal and available. #### Sources - [LegiScan — HB 428 bill text, history & roll calls](https://legiscan.com/GA/bill/HB428/2025) 07 ## State Income Tax Cut HB 111 · 2025 Session YEA Floor Vote Senate vote (Passage), 2025 session — 30–23 Status Became law (2025 session) Sen. Moore's Vote Voted **YEA** — with the chamber majority, on a party-line vote. ### Impact on Everyday Georgians Accelerated Georgia's move to a lower flat income tax, cutting the rate ahead of schedule (to 5.19%). Supporters said it returns surplus money to taxpayers; critics cautioned that flat-rate cuts deliver the largest dollar benefits to higher earners and reduce the revenue available for schools, health care, and public services. #### Sources - [LegiScan — HB 111 bill text, history & roll calls](https://legiscan.com/GA/bill/HB111/2025) Constituent Access ## Town Halls Public meetings with constituents · 2023–2026 Moore cultivated a national grassroots following through rallies and conservative media rather than traditional district town halls. ## Documented Record - No recurring open constituent town-hall series of the conventional kind is documented for Moore. He built his profile through grassroots rallies, social media, and national conservative media — including his high-profile push for a special session to investigate and defund the Fulton County district attorney. - Moore resigned the Senate seat in January 2026 to run for the U.S. House (Georgia's 14th District); Republican Lanny Thomas won the special election to succeed him. State legislators' constituent-event records are thin and locally reported; this section reflects his time in office. Corrections are welcome via the contact link below. ## Sources - [AJC — race to replace Colton Moore (resigned for Congress)](https://www.ajc.com/politics/2026/03/four-running-for-colton-moores-northwest-georgia-senate-district/) - [Colton Moore — Ballotpedia](https://ballotpedia.org/Colton_Moore) Campaign Finance ## Campaign Finance Who funded Sen. Moore · recent cycles Pinned — Right of His Own Party Removed from the GOP caucus Moore was **kicked out of the Senate Republican caucus** in 2023 after attacking fellow Republicans over his demand for a special session to defund the Fulton DA. A Marjorie Taylor Greene ally, he voted against tort reform and against IVF protection, then resigned in 2026 to run for her old congressional seat. His state-committee itemized donor data is thin; he has built a small-dollar, anti-establishment fundraising base. ## Top Contributors Colton Moore’s largest reported contributors, pulled live from the Georgia Ethics Commission (PeachFile). | # | Contributor | Total | | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | Civil Justice PAC (Atlanta, GA) | $3,000.00 | | 2 | Crattie, Bart (Lockout Mountain, GA) | $2,000.00 | | 3 | Gurtler, Matt (Tiger, GA) | $1,333.47 | | 4 | Carpenter, Kay (Marietta, GA) | $1,200.00 | | 5 | PCI Gaming Authority (Atmore, AL) | $1,000.00 | | 6 | Cooper, Lance (Marietta, GA) | $1,000.00 | | 7 | Cromartie, Hendrick L. (Rome, GA) | $1,000.00 | | 8 | Dickinson, Curtis (Woodstock, GA) | $1,000.00 | | 9 | Ebersbach, John (Newnan, GA) | $1,000.00 | | 10 | Conley Griggs Partin LLP (Atlanta, GA) | $1,000.00 | **$338,495** raised · **$0** cash on hand — as of **Apr 30, 2026** (GA Ethics latest filing). Source: Georgia Government Transparency & Campaign Finance Commission (PeachFile). ## Sources - [Georgia Ethics Commission (PeachFile) — campaign finance](https://peachfile.ethics.ga.gov) - [Georgia Ethics Commission — official filings](https://media.ethics.ga.gov/search/Campaign/Campaign_ReportLog.aspx) - [OpenSecrets — Georgia state](https://www.opensecrets.org/states/GA) Accountability ## Scandals Reported controversies, charges & ethics matters · past decade June 2025Ethics — campaign finance ### Fined for late and missing campaign and financial-disclosure filings Consent order — $500 fine In a June 2025 consent order with the State Ethics Commission, Moore admitted failing to file a January 2025 campaign-finance report and his 2022 and 2023 personal financial disclosures, and paid a $500 fine — part of an audit-driven sweep of legislators' filings. Sources - [AJC — Georgia senators admit campaign-finance violations (June 2025)](https://www.ajc.com/politics/2025/06/state-senators-admit-to-campaign-finance-violations/) January 2025Conduct — arrest at the Capitol ### Arrested trying to enter the House chamber after being banned Removed by police; ban later rescinded After House leaders banned him from their chamber over remarks about the late Speaker David Ralston, Moore was arrested while attempting to enter during Gov. Kemp's State of the State address and was removed by police. The Speaker later rescinded the ban. Sources - [NBC News — Moore arrested entering House chamber](https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/georgia-senator-colton-moore-arrested-rcna188068) - [The Hill — Georgia Speaker rescinds ban after arrest](https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/5093345-georgia-state-senator-arrest-ban/) September 2023Political — caucus suspension ### Suspended from the Senate Republican Caucus Indefinitely suspended from caucus The Senate Republican Caucus indefinitely suspended Moore after he attacked fellow Republicans while pushing for a special session to investigate and defund Fulton DA Fani Willis over the Trump indictment. The caucus said Moore had “knowingly misled people” and put colleagues “at risk of personal harm.” Sources - [GPB — Moore suspended from Republican Caucus](https://www.gpb.org/news/2023/09/29/state-sen-colton-moore-suspended-republican-caucus) - [CNBC — Georgia Republicans suspend Colton Moore](https://www.cnbc.com/2023/09/29/georgia-republicans-suspend-state-senator-colton-moore.html) Each item is drawn from published reporting or official records, with sources listed. Where a matter was dismissed, settled, withdrawn, or remains pending, that disposition is noted; allegations are identified as such, and inclusion does not imply a finding of guilt. Corrections are welcome via the contact link below. ## Verification Resources - [Georgia General Assembly — Senate roll-call votes](https://www.legis.ga.gov/votes/senate) - [Colton Moore — Ballotpedia](https://ballotpedia.org/Colton_Moore) - [Open States — Georgia legislators & votes](https://openstates.org/ga/legislators/) - [Georgia Ethics Commission — campaign finance](https://media.ethics.ga.gov/search/Campaign/Campaign_ReportLog.aspx) Vote positions are Sen. Moore's actual recorded votes from the official Georgia roll calls (legis.ga.gov), transcribed into a verified vote database and cross-checked against the published Yea/Nay totals. Campaign-finance figures are pulled live from the Georgia Government Transparency & Campaign Finance Commission (PeachFile) and are current to the committee's most recent filed disclosure report; Georgia does not produce OpenSecrets-style sector/industry rollups. [← All Legislators](https://thegafiles.com/legislators.html)