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State Level Legislator Fact Sheet · Georgia House of Representatives · District 42

Gabriel Sanchez

Party Democrat
In Office 2025 – present
House Role Member · Smyrna/Cobb
Scope of This Review 2025 – 2026

Gabriel Sanchez, a Smyrna Democrat, represents House District 42 in south Cobb and took office in January 2025, succeeding Teri Anulewicz. In his freshman session he voted with the Democratic minority on the bills below. (Bills predating his 2025 term are not shown.)

2 / 8In his freshman term Sanchez voted NO on the Republican priorities below and YEA only on the two bipartisan measures (IVF protection and medical-cannabis expansion).

Methodology. Each vote is Rep. Sanchez'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
NAY
Floor Vote
House vote (Passage), 2025 session — 100–64
Status
Became law (2025 session)
Rep. Sanchez's Vote
Voted NAY — against 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.

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02

Tort Reform

SB 68 · 2025 Session
NAY
Floor Vote
House vote (Immediately Transmit), 2025 session — 94–77
Status
Became law — Gov. Kemp's signature 2025 priority
Rep. Sanchez's Vote
Voted NAY — against the chamber majority, on a party-line vote.

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.

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03

Religious Freedom Restoration Act

SB 36 · 2025 Session
NAY
Floor Vote
House vote (Passage), 2025 session — 96–70
Status
Became law (2025 session)
Rep. Sanchez's Vote
Voted NAY — against 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.

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04

Right to IVF

HB 428 · 2025 Session
YEA
Floor Vote
House vote (Passage), 2025 session — 172–0
Status
Became law (2025 session)
Rep. Sanchez's Vote
Voted YEA — with the chamber majority, on a bipartisan vote.

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.

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05

State Income Tax Cut

HB 111 · 2025 Session
NAY
Floor Vote
House vote (Passage), 2025 session — 110–60
Status
Became law (2025 session)
Rep. Sanchez's Vote
Voted NAY — against 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.

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06

Property Tax Relief (LHOST)

SB 33 · 2026 Session
NAY
Floor Vote
House vote (Agree to Senate Amend to House Sub), 2026 session — 97–72
Status
Became law (2026 session)
Rep. Sanchez's Vote
Voted NAY — against the chamber majority, on a party-line vote.

Impact on Everyday Georgians

Authorizes a local-option homestead sales tax and related homestead relief, letting communities offset rising property-tax bills driven by climbing home values. Supporters framed it as relief for homeowners squeezed by reassessments; critics noted sales taxes are regressive and that any relief depends on each community choosing to adopt it.

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07

Homelessness Enforcement

HB 295 · 2026 Session
NAY
Floor Vote
House vote (Agree to Senate Amend as HAm), 2026 session — 93–76
Status
Became law (2026 session)
Rep. Sanchez's Vote
Voted NAY — against the chamber majority, on a party-line vote.

Impact on Everyday Georgians

Restricts unsanctioned public camping and sleeping and presses local governments toward enforcement and state-directed approaches to homelessness. Supporters said it keeps public spaces safe and orderly; homeless-services advocates warned it criminalizes poverty and can push people away from services without adding any housing.

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08

Medical Cannabis Expansion

SB 220 · 2026 Session
YEA
Floor Vote
House vote (Agree to Senate Amend to House Sub), 2026 session — 144–21
Status
Became law (2026 session)
Rep. Sanchez's Vote
Voted YEA — with the chamber majority, on a bipartisan vote.

Impact on Everyday Georgians

Expands Georgia's low-THC medical cannabis program — broadening the qualifying conditions and access for registered patients — and passed with bipartisan support. It widened eligibility for Georgians managing chronic and serious illnesses under the state's tightly regulated program.

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Constituent Access

Town Halls

Public meetings with constituents · Cobb delegation

Sanchez takes part in the Cobb County legislative delegation, which engages constituents and local leaders through the Cobb Chamber's advocacy program and an annual pre-session legislative breakfast.

Documented Record

  • Sanchez is part of the Cobb County legislative delegation, whose members meet with county and city leaders and constituents — including the annual pre-session legislative breakfast — on session priorities.
  • A fixed standalone Sanchez-only open town-hall series is not yet documented for the first-term member, who took office in January 2025.

State legislators' constituent-event records are thin and locally reported, and Sanchez is a first-term member; this section will be expanded as more events are documented. Corrections are welcome via the contact link below.

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Campaign Finance

Campaign Finance

Who's funding Rep. Sanchez · recent cycles

Pinned — Grassroots Money

Small-dollar individual donors

Sanchez’s reported donors are a grassroots roster of small individual contributions rather than industry PACs — a typical profile for a first-term Democrat in a safe Smyrna seat.

Top Contributors

Sanchez's largest reported contributors from the Georgia Ethics Commission (PeachFile).

#ContributorTotal
1Knauf, Nate (Atlanta, GA)$3,800.00
2Buffum, Carol L. (Smyrna, GA)$3,300.00
3Jones, Jeffrey G. (Smyrna, GA)$3,300.00
4Waller, McKenzie W. (Peachtree Corners, GA)$3,300.00
5Bragg, Jeff D. (Atlanta, GA)$3,000.00
6Atlanta DSA PAC (Atlanta, GA)$2,500.00
7Roberts, Jamie (Decatur, GA)$1,908.00
8Listur, Amanda (Marietta, GA)$1,600.00
9Civil Justice PAC (Atlanta, GA)$1,500.00
10Harrison, Olivia (Atlanta, GA)$1,240.00

$75,800 raised · $43,466 cash on hand — as of May 7, 2026 (GA Ethics latest filing).

Source: the Georgia Ethics Commission (Georgia campaign-finance filings). Reported top donors, not a full sector breakdown; Georgia does not produce OpenSecrets-style sector/industry rollups, and the Georgia Ethics Commission holds the official itemized filings.

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Verification Resources

Vote positions are Rep. Sanchez'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.

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