# Larry Walker III (GA Senate D-20) — Legislator Fact Sheet · The GA Files > Key state votes by Georgia Senator Larry Walker III, his constituent access, and campaign finance — a state-level legislator fact sheet. *Source: https://thegafiles.com/LarryWalker.html · The GA Files (thegafiles.com)* --- 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. #### Sources - [LegiScan — SB 1 bill text, history & roll calls](https://legiscan.com/GA/bill/SB1/2025) 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. #### 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. 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. #### 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. 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. #### 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. 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. #### Sources - [LegiScan — SB 39 bill text, history & roll calls](https://legiscan.com/GA/bill/SB39/2025) 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. #### Sources - [LegiScan — HB 481 bill text, history & roll calls](https://legiscan.com/GA/bill/HB481/2019) 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. #### Sources - [LegiScan — HB 428 bill text, history & roll calls](https://legiscan.com/GA/bill/HB428/2025) 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. #### Sources - [LegiScan — HB 111 bill text, history & roll calls](https://legiscan.com/GA/bill/HB111/2025) 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. #### Sources - [LegiScan — SB 33 bill text, history & roll calls](https://legiscan.com/GA/bill/SB33/2026) 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. #### Sources - [LegiScan — HB 295 bill text, history & roll calls](https://legiscan.com/GA/bill/HB295/2026) 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. #### Sources - [LegiScan — SB 220 bill text, history & roll calls](https://legiscan.com/GA/bill/SB220/2026) 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 - [Georgia Senate Press Office — Larry Walker III](https://senatepress.net/category/senate-press/larry-walker-iii) - [Official Senate member page](https://www.senate.ga.gov/senators/en-us/member.aspx?Member=4878) 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. | # | Contributor | Total | | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | Civil Justice PAC Inc (Atlanta, GA) | $6,000.00 | | 2 | MACPAC Metro Atlanta Chamber Political Action Committee (Atlanta, GA) | $4,600.00 | | 3 | GHAPAC Georgia Hospital Association (Atlanta, GA) | $4,100.00 | | 4 | Georgia's Rural Telephone & Broadband PAC (GTBA) (Atlanta, GA) | $3,650.00 | | 5 | Georgia AgPAC Inc. (Commerce, GA) | $3,500.00 | | 6 | Georgia Association of Professional Bondsmen Inc (Gainesville, GA) | $3,300.00 | | 7 | Altria Client Services LLC (Richmond, VA) | $3,300.00 | | 8 | Georgia Entertainment Company LLC (Indianapolis, IN) | $3,300.00 | | 9 | Jimmy Allgood Rental LLC (Dublin, GA) | $3,300.00 | | 10 | Georgia 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. | # | Recipient | Amount | | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | Max Burns (state senate) | $6,600.00 | | 2 | Steven McNeel (for Senate) | $6,600.00 | | 3 | Lanny Thomas (state senate) | $4,500.00 | | 4 | Benjamin Watson (state senate) | $3,300.00 | | 5 | Chuck Payne (for Senate) | $3,300.00 | | 6 | Lee Anderson (state senate) | $3,300.00 | | 7 | The Home Depot Inc PAC | $2,500.00 | | 8 | Georgia Republican Party Inc | $400.00 | | 9 | Bethany Ballard (state house) | $300.00 | | 10 | Robert 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. ## 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) ## Verification Resources - [Georgia General Assembly — Senate roll-call votes](https://www.legis.ga.gov/votes/senate) - [Larry Walker III — official Senate page](https://www.senate.ga.gov/senators/en-us/member.aspx?Member=4878) - [Larry Walker III — Ballotpedia](https://ballotpedia.org/Larry_Walker_(Georgia)) - [Open States — Georgia legislators & votes](https://openstates.org/ga/legislators/) - [LegiScan — Georgia legislation](https://legiscan.com/GA) - [Georgia Ethics Commission — campaign finance](https://media.ethics.ga.gov/search/Campaign/Campaign_ReportLog.aspx) 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. [← All Legislators](https://thegafiles.com/legislators.html) Accountability ## PPP Loan A COVID-era Paycheck Protection Program loan tied to this person's business Forgiven in full BusinessWalker Insurance Agency, Inc. (Perry, GA) Loan$58,975 ApprovedApril 2020 Jobs reported5 LenderPlanters First Bank The insurance agency Sen. Walker leads in Perry took a $58,975 PPP loan, forgiven in March 2021. Sources - [FederalPay — SBA PPP data](https://www.federalpay.org/paycheck-protection-program/walker-insurance-agency-inc-perry-ga) - [ProPublica — Tracking PPP](https://projects.propublica.org/coronavirus/bailouts/loans/r-walker-insurance-agency-inc-2614097210) 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.