# Shawn Still (GA Senate D-48) — Legislator Fact Sheet · The GA Files > Shawn Still (R, Senate District 48 — Johns Creek), a freshman senator indicted in the Fulton County fake-elector case: his votes, constituent access, and donors — a state-level legislator fact sheet. *Source: https://thegafiles.com/ShawnStill.html · The GA Files (thegafiles.com)* --- State Level Legislator Fact Sheet · Georgia State Senate · District 48 # Shawn Still Party Republican In Office 2023 – present Senate Role Member · Johns Creek/north metro Scope of This Review 2023 – 2026 Shawn Still, a Johns Creek swimming-pool contractor and former finance chairman of the Georgia Republican Party, represents Senate District 48 across north Fulton, south Forsyth, and northwest Gwinnett. Months after taking office in 2023 he was indicted by a Fulton County grand jury in the election-interference (RICO) case as one of the 16 Georgia Republicans who signed a certificate falsely declaring themselves the state's 2020 presidential electors — charges he is contesting. He has voted a uniform Republican line on the bills below. (Bills predating his 2023 term are not shown.) 10 / 10Still voted **YEA on all ten** of the key bills below — with the Republican majority every time. He separately faces felony charges in the Fulton County fake-elector case (see below). **Methodology.** Each vote is Sen. Still'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. Still'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. Still'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. Still'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. Still'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. Still'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 YEA Floor Vote Senate vote (Passage by Substitute), 2025 session — 53–1 Status Became law (2025 session) Sen. Still'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) 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. Still'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) 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. Still'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) 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. Still'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) 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. Still'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 · since 2023 Still engages constituents through the Gwinnett/north-Fulton delegation and his Senate office, against the backdrop of his ongoing felony case. ## Documented Record - Gwinnett and north-metro legislators, including Still, take part in the area delegation's session town-hall circuit. - A fixed standalone Still-only town-hall series is not separately catalogued. Still has been a national news subject as a defendant in the Fulton County election-interference case — in which he was one of 16 Georgians charged over the 2020 "fake elector" certificate — and won re-election in 2024 while under indictment. State legislators' constituent-event records are thin and locally reported; this section will be expanded as more events are documented. Corrections are welcome via the contact link below. ## Sources - [Shawn Still — Wikipedia (incl. indictment)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shawn_Still) - [Shawn Still — Ballotpedia](https://ballotpedia.org/Shawn_Still) Campaign Finance ## Campaign Finance Who's funding Sen. Still · recent cycles Pinned — Indicted & Re-Elected A fake-elector defendant Still is one of the 16 Georgia Republicans charged in the Fulton County election-interference (RICO) case over the 2020 “fake elector” certificate — facing felony counts including forgery and false statements, which he is fighting. He kept his seat in 2024 while under indictment. His reported campaign donors are mainstream health-care and business PACs (Georgia Dental, DaVita). ## Top Contributors Still's largest reported contributors from the Georgia Ethics Commission (PeachFile). | # | Contributor | Total | | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | Georgia Dental Association Political Action Committee (Marietta, GA) | $3,300.00 | | 2 | Quinones, Peter (MARIETTA, GA) | $3,300.00 | | 3 | AMR Holdco Inc (Greenwood Village, CO) | $3,300.00 | | 4 | Georgia Republican Senatorial Committee (Roswell, GA) | $3,300.00 | | 5 | Georgia Association of Realtors Political Action Committee (Atlanta, GA) | $2,500.00 | | 6 | Davita Inc (Federal Way, WA) | $2,500.00 | | 7 | GHA PAC - Georgia Hospital Association PAC (Atlanta, GA) | $2,500.00 | | 8 | Retail Services & Systems, Inc. (Bethesda, MD) | $2,500.00 | | 9 | Georgia Solidarity Network Inc (Atlanta, GA) | $2,300.00 | | 10 | McGuireWoods (Richmond, VA) | $2,000.00 | **$86,501** raised · **$102,362** 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. ## 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 ## PPP Loan A COVID-era Paycheck Protection Program loan tied to this person's business Forgiven in full BusinessStill Pool Construction, Inc. (Norcross, GA) Loan$787,100 ApprovedApril 2020 Jobs reported60 LenderThe Piedmont Bank The pool-construction company Sen. Still owns and leads took a $787,100 PPP loan, forgiven in November 2020. Sources - [Georgia Bankers Assn. — SBA PPP >$150K disclosure](https://resources.gabankers.com/downloads/GA%20PPP%20Over%20150000%20080820.pdf) - [pppreport.org](https://pppreport.org/location/GA/NORCROSS) 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. Accountability ## Scandals Reported controversies, charges & ethics matters · past decade August 2023Criminal — RICO / elections ### Indicted in the Fulton County 2020 election-interference case Pleaded not guilty; case pending A Fulton County grand jury indicted Still in the racketeering (RICO) case over the effort to overturn Georgia's 2020 presidential result. He was one of 16 Georgia Republicans who signed a certificate falsely declaring themselves the state's “duly elected” presidential electors, and was charged with counts including forgery and false statements. He has pleaded not guilty, is contesting the charges, and won re-election in 2024 while under indictment. Sources - [Courthouse News — Still challenges election-interference charges](https://www.courthousenews.com/trump-co-defendant-and-georgia-senator-challenges-election-interference-charges/) - [FOX 5 Atlanta — Still seeks to dismiss charges](https://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/georgia-state-senator-trump-co-defendant-want-all-charges-dismissed) 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) - [Shawn Still — Ballotpedia](https://ballotpedia.org/Shawn_Still) - [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. Still'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)