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Randy Robertson

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Overview

Wiley Randall Robertson is an American politician from Cataula, Georgia. He is a Republican member of the Georgia State Senate representing District 29, elected in 2018.

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Facts from Wikipedia.

Bills they wrote

Bills and joint resolutions where they're the main author, since 2023. Laws first, then the ones that got furthest.

Wrote

56 bills

Became law

20 became law. Another 11 passed the House or Senate but didn't.

  • Introduced Feb 20, 2026SB 542: Sexual Offenses; clergy members to be charged with certain improper sexual contact offenses; permit
    Became law
  • Introduced Jan 28, 2026SB 430: Taxes; certain military museums qualify as destination marketing organizations and private sector nonprofit organizations; provide
    Became law
  • Introduced Feb 27, 2025SB 306: Bona Fide Conservation Use Property; impending expiration to be sent via certified mail; require notices
    Became law
  • Introduced Feb 27, 2025SB 298: Judgements and Rulings; certain appellate procedures regarding the denial of sovereign and any other immunity available to the state; provide
    Became law
  • Introduced Feb 26, 2025SB 285: Emergency Communications Authority; increase in the percentage of all 9-1-1 charges to be remitted to the Peace Officers' Annuity and Benefit Fund; increase
    Became law
  • Introduced Feb 19, 2025SB 216: Georgia Judicial Retirement System; membership in the system for individuals employed as the director of the Prosecuting Attorneys Qualifications Commission; provide
    Became law
  • Introduced Feb 19, 2025SB 218: Prosecuting Attorneys Qualifications Commission; shall be assigned for administrative purposes only to the Administrative Office of the Courts; provide
    Became law
  • Introduced Feb 18, 2025SB 185: Correctional Institutions of State and Counties; use of state funds or resources for certain treatments for state inmates; prohibit
    Became law
  • Introduced Feb 5, 2025SB 99: Crimes and Offenses; definition of law enforcement officer; provide
    Became law
  • Introduced Feb 5, 2025SB 100: "Andee's Law"; enact
    Became law
  • Introduced Feb 5, 2025SB 101: Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy; testing in the newborn screening system; require
    Became law
  • Introduced Feb 16, 2024SB 517: Criminal Prosecutions; immunity from certain criminal prosecutions against law enforcement officers whose threat or use of force is justified or otherwise lawful; provide
    Became law
  • Introduced Jan 29, 2024SB 424: West Georgia Judicial Circuit; create
    Became law
  • Introduced Jan 9, 2024SB 342: Child Abuse Records; child abuse and neglect registries; authorize the disclosure
    Became law
  • Introduced Jan 2, 2024SB 332: Prosecuting Attorneys Qualifications Commission; promulgate standards of conduct and rules for the commission's governance; provide
    Became law
  • Introduced Feb 13, 2023SB 159: Correctional Institutions of States and Counties; wireless communications and stand-alone electronic devices behind guard lines; prohibit
    Became law
  • Introduced Feb 6, 2023SB 95: Solid Waste Trust Fund; specify the manner in which funds appropriated shall be used
    Became law
  • Introduced Feb 2, 2023SB 92: Prosecuting Attorneys Oversight Commission; create
    Became law
  • Introduced Jan 31, 2023SB 63: Bonds and Recognizances; setting of bonds and schedules of bails; provide
    Became law
  • Introduced Jan 27, 2023SB 37: Sheriffs; qualification requirements for the office of sheriff; revise
    Became law
  • Introduced Feb 12, 2026SB 501: Office of the Safety Fire Commissioner; update provisions
    Passed both chambers
  • Introduced Feb 13, 2025SB 175: Elections and Primaries; use of ranked-choice voting; prohibit
    Passed both chambers
  • Introduced Feb 13, 2023SB 158: Property Insurance; insurance premium discount or rate reduction for property owners; tornado, hurricane, or other catastrophic windstorm events; provide
    Passed both chambers
  • Introduced Jan 27, 2023SB 36: Pimping and Pandering; penalty provisions; increase
    Passed both chambers
  • Introduced Feb 24, 2026SB 565: Peace Officers; the definition of law enforcement unit and peace officer to include members of police forces of nonprofit private colleges and universities; revise
    Passed the Senate
  • Introduced Feb 18, 2026SB 527: Sheriffs; candidates for the office of sheriff are certified peace officers at the time of qualifying as a candidate; require
    Passed the Senate
  • Introduced Feb 26, 2025SB 268: Offenses Against Public Order; crime of interference with a first responder; provide
    Passed the Senate
  • Introduced Feb 5, 2025SB 102: Dogfighting; revise provisions
    Passed the Senate
  • Introduced Jan 31, 2024SB 437: Department of Agriculture; enforce certain criminal laws; authorize
    Passed the Senate
  • Introduced Jan 12, 2024SB 355: Elections and Primaries; use of ranked-choice voting; prohibit
    Passed the Senate
  • Introduced Feb 1, 2023SB 64: Birth Certificate; issuance of a copy of the original birth certificate to certain adult persons who were adopted; provide
    Passed the Senate
  • Introduced Feb 19, 2026SB 539: Sales and Use Taxes; certain baby products and feminine hygiene products from taxation; exempt
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 18, 2026SB 525: Juvenile Code; recording of all proceedings under the juvenile code; require
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 18, 2026SB 526: Mental Health; the licensing and regulation of recovery residences; provide
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 18, 2026SB 528: Insurance; health benefit plans, policies, or contracts executed by the state to cover medically necessary orthotic devices and prosthetic devices and their materials and components; require
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 6, 2026SB 474: State Income Tax; overtime compensation from taxation; exclude
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 6, 2026SB 473: Motor Vehicles and Traffic; submission of proof of completion of certified DUI Alcohol or Drug Use Risk Reduction Programs by certain applicants to obtain limited driving permits; require
    Introduced
  • Introduced Apr 4, 2025SB 376: "Georgia Restaurant Franchise Relations Act"; enact
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 27, 2025SB 297: Sales and Use Taxes; certain menstrual discharge collection devices; create an exemption
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 19, 2025SB 215: State Bar of Georgia; responsibilities of the administrative arm of the Supreme Court relative to the practice of law in this state; provide
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 13, 2025SB 176: "Victims of Wrongful Incarceration Compensation Act"; establish
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 1, 2024SB 447: "Georgia Restaurant Franchise Relations Act"; a franchisor may not terminate a franchise except under certain circumstances; provide
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jan 29, 2024SB 413: Elections; provisions relating to dates for certain special elections related to sales and use taxes; revise
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jan 29, 2024SB 415: "Police Registration Oversight for Tracking Enforcement and Capture Technology (PROTECT) Act"; enact
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jan 9, 2024SB 343: West Georgia Judicial Circuit; new judicial for the State of Georgia; create
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 27, 2023SB 331: Drug Abuse Treatment and Education Programs; the certification of recovery residences; provide
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 21, 2023SB 219: Firearm or Knife; exception to the definition of firearm in relation to possession during commission of or attempt to commit certain crimes and Brady Law regulations; provide
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 15, 2023SB 184: New Dealers; prohibition on ownership, operation, and control of motor vehicle dealerships by certain manufacturers; repeal an exception
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 14, 2023SB 167: Public Utilities and Public Transportation; electricity to propel motor vehicles through electric vehicle charging equipment; exclude the provision
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 13, 2023SB 156: Sales Taxes; consolidated governments to use the proceeds of such tax to establish a maintenance reserve fund; authorize
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 7, 2023SB 114: City of Buckhead City; incorporate
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 7, 2023SB 113: Municipal Corporations; the transition of services and facilities from an existing municipality to a newly incorporated municipality; provide
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 6, 2023SB 94: 'Georgia Secure Automated Vehicle Enforcement (SAVE) Act'; enact
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 2, 2023SB 77: "Coleman-Baker Act"; enact
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 2, 2023SB 78: Off-Road Vehicles; civil forfeiture of any off-road vehicle operated while fleeing police or driving aggressively; authorize
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jan 27, 2023SB 38: Speed Limit in School Zones; local governing body to apply for a permit to operate a traffic enforcement safety device which enforces the speed limit in a school zone by recorded image; authorize
    Introduced

Source: Open States

How they voted

Final votes on bills that passed either chamber of the Georgia legislature, since 2023. Votes on amendments, committees, and procedure are left out. A bill can show up under more than one topic.

Votes shown

1,331 votes on bills that passed at least one chamber.

Attendance

Didn't vote on 68 of 1,704 votes (4%). They had permission to be away (excused) for 27 of them.

By topic
Agriculture36 votes
    Alcoholic Beverages5 votes
      Animals6 votes
        Appeal and Error17 votes
          Aviation9 votes
            Banking and Finance17 votes
              Buildings and Housing20 votes
                Civil Practice38 votes
                  Commerce and Trade51 votes
                    Commercial Code3 votes
                      Conservation and Natural Resources38 votes
                        Contracts5 votes
                          Corporations, Partnerships, and Associations6 votes
                            Courts108 votes
                              Crimes and Offenses (Criminal Code)120 votes
                                Criminal Procedure33 votes
                                  Domestic Relations23 votes
                                    Education207 votes
                                      Elections33 votes
                                        Equity3 votes
                                          Evidence10 votes
                                            Fire Protection and Safety11 votes
                                              Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics22 votes
                                                Game and Fish11 votes
                                                  General Assembly49 votes
                                                    General Provisions, Ocga4 votes
                                                      Guardian and Ward7 votes
                                                        Handicapped Persons9 votes
                                                          Health125 votes
                                                            Highways, Bridges, and Ferries43 votes
                                                              Insurance68 votes
                                                                Labor and Industrial Relations14 votes
                                                                  Law Enforcement Officers and Agencies53 votes
                                                                    Local Government90 votes
                                                                      Mental Health20 votes
                                                                        Military, Emergency Management, and Veterans Affairs34 votes
                                                                          Minors49 votes
                                                                            Motor Vehicles and Traffic103 votes
                                                                              Nuisances2 votes
                                                                                Penal Institutions31 votes
                                                                                  Professions and Businesses106 votes
                                                                                    Property67 votes
                                                                                      Public Officers and Employees56 votes
                                                                                        Public Utilities and Transportation18 votes
                                                                                          Retirement and Pensions45 votes
                                                                                            Revenue and Taxation153 votes
                                                                                              Social Services41 votes
                                                                                                State Government106 votes
                                                                                                  Torts20 votes
                                                                                                    Waters, Ports, and Watercraft9 votes
                                                                                                      Wills, Trusts, and Administration of Estates9 votes
                                                                                                        Local laws (one city or county)23 votes
                                                                                                          Other66 votes

                                                                                                            Source: Open States, Georgia General Assembly. Topics from the state legislature.