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Running forState Senate, District 51

Will Wade

Republican

Overview

William Solomon Wade is an American banker and politician from the State of Georgia.

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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

19 bills

Became law

12 became law. Another 1 passed the House or Senate but didn't.

  • Introduced Feb 17, 2026HB 1328: University of North Georgia military scholarships; authorize selection committee to select additional scholarship recipients
    Became law
  • Introduced Feb 3, 2026HB 1164: Education; require State Board of Education to appoint an audit committee
    Became law
  • Introduced Mar 25, 2025HB 824: Dawson County; ad valorem tax; close new applications for certain homestead exemptions for senior citizens
    Became law
  • Introduced Mar 25, 2025HB 823: Dawson County; ad valorem tax; homestead exemption; revise definition of senior citizen
    Became law
  • Introduced Mar 3, 2025HB 699: Dawson County; board of elections and registration; provide staggered terms
    Became law
  • Introduced Feb 12, 2025HB 423: Emergency telephone number 9-1-1 system; Next Generation 9-1-1 systems and services; provide
    Became law
  • Introduced Jan 17, 2025HB 105: Public officers and employees; increase indemnification award of certain state public school personnel in the event of death
    Became law
  • Introduced Feb 27, 2024HB 1422: Dawson County; ad valorem tax for county purposes for certain senior citizens; provide homestead exemption
    Became law
  • Introduced Feb 27, 2024HB 1423: Dawson County; ad valorem tax for educational purposes for certain senior citizens; provide homestead exemptions
    Became law
  • Introduced Feb 1, 2024HB 1114: Data Analysis for Tort Reform Act; enact
    Became law
  • Introduced Jan 31, 2023HB 147: Safe Schools Act; enact
    Became law
  • Introduced Jan 26, 2023HB 91: Wills, trusts and administration of estates; notices to beneficiaries regarding issuance of letters testamentary; require
    Became law
  • Introduced Jan 16, 2026HB 1001: Income tax; reduce rate of tax
    Passed the House
  • Introduced Jun 17, 2026HB 65: Dahlonega, City of; ad valorem tax; provide homestead exemption
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jun 17, 2026HB 17: Lumpkin County; ad valorem tax; provide homestead exemption
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 3, 2026HB 1505: Quality Basic Education Act; prescribed course of study in sex education and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) prevention instruction is age appropriate and medically accurate; provide
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 10, 2026HB 1269: Quality Basic Education Act; content standards for digital literacy instruction; provide
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jan 28, 2026HB 1066: Nuisances; immunity from public and private nuisance claims; provide
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jan 29, 2024HB 1076: Buildings and housing; provide circumstances under which a manufactured or mobile home shall become real property
    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

1,474 votes on bills that passed at least one chamber.

Attendance

Didn't vote on 94 of 1,606 votes (6%). They had permission to be away (excused) for 65 of them.

By topic
Agriculture42 votes
    Alcoholic Beverages6 votes
      Animals10 votes
        Appeal and Error21 votes
          Aviation11 votes
            Banking and Finance18 votes
              Buildings and Housing23 votes
                Civil Practice36 votes
                  Commerce and Trade53 votes
                    Commercial Code2 votes
                      Conservation and Natural Resources55 votes
                        Contracts5 votes
                          Corporations, Partnerships, and Associations7 votes
                            Courts124 votes
                              Crimes and Offenses (Criminal Code)132 votes
                                Criminal Procedure49 votes
                                  Domestic Relations25 votes
                                    Education212 votes
                                      Elections33 votes
                                        Equity6 votes
                                          Evidence15 votes
                                            Fire Protection and Safety14 votes
                                              Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics30 votes
                                                Game and Fish20 votes
                                                  General Assembly56 votes
                                                    General Provisions, Ocga10 votes
                                                      Guardian and Ward10 votes
                                                        Handicapped Persons19 votes
                                                          Health159 votes
                                                            Highways, Bridges, and Ferries43 votes
                                                              Insurance98 votes
                                                                Labor and Industrial Relations19 votes
                                                                  Law Enforcement Officers and Agencies72 votes
                                                                    Local Government127 votes
                                                                      Mental Health30 votes
                                                                        Military, Emergency Management, and Veterans Affairs47 votes
                                                                          Minors33 votes
                                                                            Motor Vehicles and Traffic137 votes
                                                                              Nuisances2 votes
                                                                                Penal Institutions36 votes
                                                                                  Professions and Businesses132 votes
                                                                                    Property91 votes
                                                                                      Public Officers and Employees76 votes
                                                                                        Public Utilities and Transportation27 votes
                                                                                          Retirement and Pensions37 votes
                                                                                            Revenue and Taxation203 votes
                                                                                              Social Services51 votes
                                                                                                State Government135 votes
                                                                                                  Torts18 votes
                                                                                                    Waters, Ports, and Watercraft14 votes
                                                                                                      Wills, Trusts, and Administration of Estates9 votes
                                                                                                        Local laws (one city or county)9 votes
                                                                                                          Other23 votes

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