State Level Legislator Fact Sheet · Georgia State Senate · District 20

Larry Walker III

Party Republican
In Office 2015 – present
Senate Role President Pro Tempore
Scope of This Review 2019 – 2025

The scorecard below tracks how Sen. Walker voted on eleven of the most consequential bills before the Georgia General Assembly (2019–2026) — abortion, LGBTQ rights, taxes, tort reform, religious liberty, homelessness, and more. Each entry is his actual recorded vote from the official Senate roll call, shown with the chamber's outcome.

11 / 11Walker voted YEA on all eleven — with the Republican majority every time.

Methodology. Each vote is Sen. Walker's actual position from the official Georgia Senate roll call (legis.ga.gov), transcribed into a verified vote database and cross-checked against the published Yea/Nay totals. "Passed Senate" is the chamber vote; final status (became law / died in House) is 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. Walker'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.

02

Tort Reform

SB 68 · 2025 Session
YEA
Floor Vote
Senate vote (Agree to House Substitute), 2025 session — 34–21
Status
Became law — Gov. Kemp's signature 2025 priority
Sen. Walker's Vote
Voted YEA — with 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.

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. Walker'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.

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. Walker'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.

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. Walker'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.

06

Heartbeat Bill (Abortion Ban)

HB 481 · 2019 Session
YEA
Floor Vote
Senate vote (Passage by Substitute), 2019 session — 34–18
Status
Became law (2019); took effect in 2022 after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade
Sen. Walker's Vote
Voted YEA — with the chamber majority, on a party-line vote.

Impact on Everyday Georgians

Bans most abortions once embryonic cardiac activity is detected — around six weeks, before many people know they are pregnant — with narrow exceptions. Blocked by courts for years, it took effect in 2022 after Dobbs. It sharply curtailed abortion access in Georgia and has reshaped how doctors manage pregnancy complications across the region.

07

Right to IVF

HB 428 · 2025 Session
YEA
Floor Vote
Senate vote (Passage by Substitute), 2025 session — 53–1
Status
Became law (2025 session)
Sen. Walker'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.

08

State Income Tax Cut

HB 111 · 2025 Session
YEA
Floor Vote
Senate vote (Passage), 2025 session — 30–23
Status
Became law (2025 session)
Sen. Walker'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.

09

Property Tax Relief (LHOST)

SB 33 · 2026 Session
YEA
Floor Vote
Senate vote (Agree to House Substitute as Amended), 2026 session — 32–21
Status
Became law (2026 session)
Sen. Walker's Vote
Voted YEA — with 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.

10

Homelessness Enforcement

HB 295 · 2026 Session
YEA
Floor Vote
Senate vote (Agree to House Amendment to Senate Amendment), 2026 session — 34–19
Status
Became law (2026 session)
Sen. Walker's Vote
Voted YEA — with 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.

11

Medical Cannabis Expansion

SB 220 · 2026 Session
YEA
Floor Vote
Senate vote (Agree to House Substitute as Amended), 2026 session — 38–14
Status
Became law (2026 session)
Sen. Walker'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.

Constituent Access

Town Halls

Public meetings with constituents · review period 2019–2025

State legislators in Georgia typically engage constituents through pre-session "listening" events and local chamber and civic gatherings rather than standalone open town halls. Walker's documented public engagement includes joint legislative listening sessions in Middle Georgia.

Documented Record

  • December 3, 2025 — Middle Georgia Listening Day. Walker joined fellow legislators (Reps. Matt Hatchett, Butch Parrish, and Danny Mathis) to hear issues and concerns ahead of the 2026 legislative session.
  • December 3, 2025 — Regional Listening Day. A session hosted by the Heart of Georgia Regional Commission with community leaders, local officials, educators, and economic-development partners.

Verified against the Georgia Senate Press Office and regional reporting. This is not an exhaustive list. State-level constituent-event records are thinner and more locally reported than federal ones; corrections with documented events are welcome via the contact link below.

Sources

Campaign Finance

Campaign Finance

Who's funding Larry Walker III · 2025–26 cycle

Pinned — Industry & Oversight

Insurance chair · insurance owner

The relationship worth watching for Walker is an industry/oversight overlap: he chairs the Senate Insurance & Labor Committee while owning Walker Insurance Agency. This is legal and disclosed, and common in a part-time "citizen legislature," but it is exactly the kind of relationship to watch — does insurance-industry money track with his committee gavel? The donor breakdown below will show whether it does.

Top Contributors

Sen. Walker's largest reported contributors, pulled live from the Georgia Ethics Commission (PeachFile). The list skews heavily toward Georgia business and trade PACs — the Metro Atlanta Chamber, the Hospital Association, highway contractors, rural telecom/broadband, agriculture, and tobacco — plus a civil-justice PAC. No dedicated insurance trade PAC appears in the top tier, though insurance-sector money may sit lower on the list or come from individual donors.

#ContributorTotal
1Civil Justice PAC Inc (Atlanta, GA)$6,000.00
2MACPAC Metro Atlanta Chamber Political Action Committee (Atlanta, GA)$4,600.00
3GHAPAC Georgia Hospital Association (Atlanta, GA)$4,100.00
4Georgia's Rural Telephone & Broadband PAC (GTBA) (Atlanta, GA)$3,650.00
5Georgia AgPAC Inc. (Commerce, GA)$3,500.00
6Georgia Association of Professional Bondsmen Inc (Gainesville, GA)$3,300.00
7Altria Client Services LLC (Richmond, VA)$3,300.00
8Georgia Entertainment Company LLC (Indianapolis, IN)$3,300.00
9Jimmy Allgood Rental LLC (Dublin, GA)$3,300.00
10Georgia Bankers Association PAC (Atlanta, GA)$3,300.00

$363,907 raised · $451,670 cash on hand — as of May 10, 2026 (GA Ethics latest filing).

Source: the Georgia Ethics Commission (Georgia campaign-finance filings). "Anonymous" reflects aggregated unitemized / small-dollar donations. Figures are reported totals for the period shown on the Georgia Ethics Commission; this is a top-contributors view, not a full sector breakdown. Georgia does not produce the OpenSecrets-style sector/industry rollups available for federal members.

Who He Funds

Walker doesn't just raise money — as President Pro Tempore he directs it. These are the contributions he has personally made to other candidates and committees, almost entirely fellow Republican state-legislative campaigns and GOP party committees. It's a concrete measure of his influence inside the chamber: money to his colleagues' races.

#RecipientAmount
1Max Burns (state senate)$6,600.00
2Steven McNeel (for Senate)$6,600.00
3Lanny Thomas (state senate)$4,500.00
4Benjamin Watson (state senate)$3,300.00
5Chuck Payne (for Senate)$3,300.00
6Lee Anderson (state senate)$3,300.00
7The Home Depot Inc PAC$2,500.00
8Georgia Republican Party Inc$400.00
9Bethany Ballard (state house)$300.00
10Robert Dickey (state house)$250.00

Source: the Georgia Ethics Commission — contributions made by Larry Walker to other candidates and committees (his outgoing donations, not money received). Figures are reported totals for the period shown.

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Verification Resources

Vote positions are Sen. Walker's actual recorded votes from the official Georgia Senate roll calls (legis.ga.gov), transcribed into a verified vote database and cross-checked against the published Yea/Nay totals. Campaign-finance figures are his top reported contributors via the Georgia Ethics Commission (PeachFile); Georgia does not produce OpenSecrets-style sector/industry rollups, and the Georgia Ethics Commission holds the official itemized filings.

Accountability

PPP Loan

A COVID-era Paycheck Protection Program loan tied to this person's business

Forgiven in full
Business
Walker Insurance Agency, Inc. (Perry, GA)
Loan
$58,975
Approved
April 2020
Jobs reported
5
Lender
Planters First Bank

The insurance agency Sen. Walker leads in Perry took a $58,975 PPP loan, forgiven in March 2021.

Sources

The Paycheck Protection Program was a lawful pandemic-relief program; many loans were forgiven under its rules. Figures are from the SBA's public loan data via the source(s) listed. Forgiveness is stated only where the record shows it; a “paid in full” status does not by itself confirm forgiveness.