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State Level Legislator Fact Sheet · Georgia State Senate · District 3

Mike Hodges

Party Republican
In Office 2023 – present
Senate Role Member · Golden Isles/Glynn
Scope of This Review 2023 – 2026

Mike Hodges, a businessman from St. Simons Island, represents Senate District 3 — the Golden Isles and surrounding coast, including Brunswick and Glynn County — and has served in the Senate since 2023. His record on these bills is a straight Republican one. (The 2019 Heartbeat Bill predates his tenure and is not shown below.)

10 / 10Hodges voted YEA on all ten of the key bills below — with the Republican majority every time.

Methodology. Each vote is Sen. Hodges'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. Hodges' 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.

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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. Hodges' 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.

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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. Hodges' 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.

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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. Hodges' 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.

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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. Hodges' 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.

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06

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. Hodges' 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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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. Hodges' 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.

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08

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. Hodges' 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.

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09

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. Hodges' 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.

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10

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. Hodges' 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 · Golden Isles · since 2023

Hodges represents the Golden Isles and engages through his Senate office and the coastal business community (he is active with the Brunswick-Golden Isles Chamber). No recurring open constituent town-hall series is documented in the review period.

Documented Record

  • No recurring open in-person constituent town hall in the review period is documented in local press. Hodges, a Golden Isles businessman, is most visible through coastal business and Chamber engagement in Brunswick and on St. Simons Island.

State legislators' constituent-event records are thin and locally reported; this section will be expanded as events are documented. Corrections with documented events are welcome via the contact link below.

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Campaign Finance

Campaign Finance

Who's funding Sen. Hodges · recent cycles

Pinned — Port & Party

Gateway Terminals + leadership

Hodges’s donors reflect his coastal seat and his place in the majority: Gateway Terminals, a Savannah/Brunswick port-logistics operator (which also gives to Savannah’s Carl Gilliard), plus GOP leadership money — the Georgia First Fund, the incumbent PAC Competitive Georgia Action, and a personal $2,000 from Senate Majority Leader Jason Anavitarte.

Top Contributors

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

#ContributorTotal
1Georgia Financial Services Assoc. (Atlanta, GA)$2,500.00
2PCI Gaming Authority (Attmore, AL)$2,000.00
3Georgia Better Government Fund (Atlanta, GA)$2,000.00
4Ga Association of Realtors (Atlanta, GA)$2,000.00
5Rocket (Detriot, MI)$1,500.00
6Visa (Austin, TX)$1,000.00
7CCF (Carrollton, TX)$1,000.00
8United Health Group, Inc (Englewood, CO)$1,000.00
9Assembly Atlanta (Atlanta, GA)$1,000.00

$43,400 raised · $167,730 cash on hand — as of May 14, 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 Sen. Hodges'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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