State Level Legislator Fact Sheet · Georgia State Senate · District 49
Shelly Echols, a Gainesville Republican who previously served on the Hall County Board of Commissioners, represented Senate District 49 in Hall County from January 2023 until January 13, 2025. She did not seek re-election in 2024, and her husband, Drew Echols, succeeded her in the seat. A backer of local transportation funding (TSPLOST) legislation, she voted with the Republican majority on the key bill below from her tenure. (Bills voted on before 2023 or after she left office are not shown.)
Methodology. Each vote is Sen. Echols'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.
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.
Constituent Access
Public meetings with constituents · 2023 – 2025
Echols engaged constituents through her Senate office and Hall-county civic and local-government networks, drawing on her prior service as a county commissioner.
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.
Campaign Finance
Who funded Sen. Echols · 2022 – 2024 cycles
Shelly Echols’s largest reported contributors, pulled live from the Georgia Ethics Commission (PeachFile).
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$0 raised · $32,601 cash on hand — as of Aug 7, 2026 (GA Ethics latest filing).
Source: Georgia Government Transparency & Campaign Finance Commission (PeachFile).
Vote positions are Sen. Echols'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.