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Brian Strickland

Republican · GA · Georgia State Senator, District 42

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Brian Strickland is listed by WABE among the candidates for the 2026 Georgia general-election Attorney General contest.

Where Brian Strickland stands, based on their records

Supports

Healthcare Affordability (1 record), Environment and Public Health (1 record), Government Efficiency (1 record),

Opposes

Reduce Wealth Gap (1 record), Labor Rights (1 record), Immigration (1 record),

Mixed record

Data Privacy (2 support · 1 oppose), Civil Rights (4 support · 2 oppose)

Track record

Track record — Healthcare Affordability

Healthcare Affordability · 1 support
  • Voted to accept the final version of HB 1339, which loosens certificate of need rules for new hospitals and raises the rural hospital tax credit. The Georgia Senate agreed it 34-17, and it became law.

    March 21, 2024Supports Healthcare Affordability

    Source: legiscan.com

Track record — Environment and Public Health

Environment and Public Health · 1 support
  • Voted to accept the House rewrite of Senate Bill 220, which lets medical cannabis patients get the plant, oils and extracts. The Georgia Senate agreed 38-14, and it became law as Act 712.

    March 18, 2026Supports Environment and Public Health

    Source: legiscan.com

Track record — Reduce Wealth Gap

Reduce Wealth Gap · 1 oppose
  • Voted to pass SB 362, which strips economic development incentives from employers that accept a union on signed cards alone. The Georgia Senate passed it 31-23, and it became law.

    February 8, 2024Opposes Reduce Wealth Gap

    Source: legiscan.com

Track record — Labor Rights

Labor Rights · 1 oppose
  • Voted to pass SB 362, which strips economic development incentives from employers that accept a union on signed cards alone. The Georgia Senate passed it 31-23, and it became law.

    February 8, 2024Opposes Labor Rights

    Source: legiscan.com

Track record — Government Efficiency

Government Efficiency · 1 support
  • Voted to accept the final version of House Bill 1247, which bars courts from deferring to an agency's reading of the law. The Georgia Senate agreed 34-18, and it became law as Act 718.

    April 3, 2026Supports Government Efficiency

    Source: legiscan.com

Track record — Immigration

Immigration · 1 oppose
  • Voted to pass HB 1105, which requires jails to check immigration status and honor federal detainer requests. The Georgia Senate passed it 34-19, and it became law.

    March 21, 2024Opposes Immigration

    Source: legiscan.com

Track record — Public Safety and Crime Control

Public Safety and Crime Control · 5 support
  • Voted to pass Senate Bill 443, which makes blocking a highway after a police order a high and aggravated misdemeanor. The Georgia Senate passed it 35-17, and it became law.

    March 3, 2026Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

    Source: legiscan.com

  • Co-sponsored a bill requiring jails to collect DNA samples from anyone charged with a crime who is also held under an immigration detainer, a federal request to keep the person in custody (Senate Bill 116). The Georgia Senate passed it 33-20 on February 25, 2026.

    February 25, 2026Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

    Source: legis.ga.gov

  • Voted to pass HB 500, which creates the crime of arson of a law enforcement vehicle, with five to 20 years in prison. The Georgia Senate passed it 36-18, and it became law.

    March 28, 2024Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

    Source: legiscan.com

  • Voted to adopt the compromise version of SB 63, which requires money bail for more offenses and caps the cash bonds one person may post. The Georgia Senate adopted it 30-17, and it became law.

    February 1, 2024Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

    Source: legiscan.com

  • Voted to accept the final version of SB 44, which sets at least five years in prison for recruiting someone into a criminal street gang. The Georgia Senate agreed it 30-20, and it became law.

    March 29, 2023Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

    Source: legiscan.com

Track record — Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties

Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties · 2 oppose
  • Voted to pass Senate Bill 185, which bars state money for prisoners' sex-change surgery or hormone therapy. The Georgia Senate passed it 37-15, and it became law.

    March 3, 2025Opposes Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties

    Source: legiscan.com

  • Voted to pass SB 517, which gives police officers immunity from charges and lawsuits when their use of force was lawful. The Georgia Senate passed it 34-17, and it became law.

    February 29, 2024Opposes Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties

    Source: legiscan.com

Track record — Public Education Quality

Public Education Quality · 1 support
  • Voted to accept the House rewrite of Senate Bill 472, which lets the state ask the governor to suspend school board members over money mismanagement. The Georgia Senate agreed 29-17, and it became law as Act 722.

    March 27, 2026Supports Public Education Quality

    Source: legiscan.com

Track record — Gun Control

Gun Control · 1 oppose
  • Voted to pass HB 1018, which bars banks from using a merchant code that marks gun shops and bars any registry of gun owners. The Georgia Senate passed it 33-19, and it became law.

    March 26, 2024Opposes Gun Control

    Source: legiscan.com

Track record — Election Integrity

Election Integrity · 2 support
  • Voted to accept the House rewrite of Senate Bill 3EX, which plans a hand-marked paper ballot voting system and orders hand recounts in close races. The Georgia Senate agreed 36-16, and it became law.

    June 23, 2026Supports Election Integrity

    Source: legiscan.com

  • Voted to accept the final version of SB 222, which bars election officials taking private donations and makes the State Election Board its own agency. The Georgia Senate agreed it 32-21, and it became law.

    March 29, 2023Supports Election Integrity

    Source: legiscan.com

Track record — Limit Foreign Influence

Limit Foreign Influence · 1 support
  • Voted to accept the final version of SB 420, which bars companies and agents of foreign adversary governments from buying Georgia farmland. The Georgia Senate agreed it 41-11, and it became law.

    March 26, 2024Supports Limit Foreign Influence

    Source: legiscan.com

Track record — National Defense

National Defense · 1 support
  • Voted to accept the final version of SB 420, which bars companies and agents of foreign adversary governments from buying Georgia farmland. The Georgia Senate agreed it 41-11, and it became law.

    March 26, 2024Supports National Defense

    Source: legiscan.com

Track record — Personal Income Tax Reduction

Personal Income Tax Reduction · 3 support
  • Voted yes on the final version of House Bill 463, which cuts the income tax rate to 4.99 percent in 2026, then toward 3.99. The Georgia Senate agreed 33-20, and it became law as Act 465.

    April 2, 2026Supports Personal Income Tax Reduction

    Source: legiscan.com

  • Voted to pass House Bill 111. It cuts the individual income-tax rate from 5.39 percent to 5.19 percent starting January 1, 2025. The Georgia Senate passed it 30-23, and it became law.

    March 20, 2025Supports Personal Income Tax Reduction

    Source: legiscan.com

  • Voted to pass HB 1015, which cut the personal income tax rate to 5.39 percent for 2024 with yearly cuts toward 4.99 percent. The Georgia Senate passed it 40-12, and it became law.

    March 20, 2024Supports Personal Income Tax Reduction

    Source: legiscan.com

Track record — Data Privacy

Data Privacy · 2 support · 1 oppose
  • Co-sponsored a bill requiring jails to collect DNA samples from anyone charged with a crime who is also held under an immigration detainer, a federal request to keep the person in custody (Senate Bill 116). The Georgia Senate passed it 33-20 on February 25, 2026.

    February 25, 2026Opposes Data Privacy

    Source: legis.ga.gov

  • Voted to pass Senate Bill 212, which bars schools giving student directory information to campaigns and makes leaking voter data a felony. The Georgia Senate passed it 33-19, and it became law.

    March 6, 2025Supports Data Privacy

    Source: legiscan.com

  • Voted to accept the final version of SB 414, which bars agencies from collecting or releasing lists of nonprofit members, supporters or donors. The Georgia Senate agreed it 33-21, and it became law.

    March 28, 2024Supports Data Privacy

    Source: legiscan.com

Track record — Civil Rights

Civil Rights · 4 support · 2 oppose
  • Voted to accept the House rewrite of Senate Bill 244, which pays wrongly imprisoned people $75,000 for each year served. The Georgia Senate agreed 35-18, and it became law as Act 361.

    April 4, 2025Supports Civil Rights

    Source: legiscan.com

  • Voted to accept the House's version of Senate Bill 1, the Riley Gaines Act of 2025, barring males from female school sports teams. The Georgia Senate agreed 34-20, and it became law as Act 11.

    March 31, 2025Opposes Civil Rights

    Source: legiscan.com

  • Voted to pass Senate Bill 3EX, a new map of Georgia's congressional districts to replace the 2021 map a federal court struck down. The Georgia Senate passed it 32-22, and it became law.

    December 5, 2023Supports Civil Rights

    Source: legiscan.com

  • Voted to pass House Bill 1EX, a new map of Georgia's state House districts to replace the 2021 map a federal court struck down. The Georgia Senate passed it 32-21, and it became law.

    December 5, 2023Supports Civil Rights

    Source: legiscan.com

  • Voted to pass Senate Bill 1EX, a new map of Georgia's state Senate districts to replace the 2021 map a federal court struck down. The Georgia Senate passed it 32-23, and it became law.

    December 1, 2023Supports Civil Rights

    Source: legiscan.com

  • Voted to accept the final version of SB 140, which bans hormone therapy and sex reassignment surgery for minors treated for gender dysphoria. The Georgia Senate agreed it 31-21, and it became law.

    March 21, 2023Opposes Civil Rights

    Source: legiscan.com

Track record — Corporate Accountability

Corporate Accountability · 2 oppose
  • Voted yes to accept the House's version of Senate Bill 68, which limits pain-and-suffering arguments, allows seat-belt evidence and tightens other lawsuit rules. The Senate agreed 34-21, and it became law as Act 9.

    March 21, 2025Opposes Corporate Accountability

    Source: legiscan.com

  • Voted to pass Senate Bill 144, which lets a federally approved pesticide label satisfy the maker's health-warning duty. The Georgia Senate passed it 42-12, and it became law.

    March 4, 2025Opposes Corporate Accountability

    Source: legiscan.com

Track record — General

General · 4 records
  • As a Georgia state senator, Brian Strickland was listed among the Senate sponsors of Senate Bill 384, legislation providing an optional five-year motor-vehicle registration and revalidation; the General Assembly page records the bill signed by the governor on May 11, 2026.

    May 11, 2026

    Source: legis.ga.gov

  • As a Georgia state senator, Brian Strickland was listed among the Senate sponsors of Senate Bill 547, legislation modifying penalties for pimping and pandering; the General Assembly page records the bill signed by the governor on May 6, 2026.

    May 6, 2026

    Source: legis.ga.gov

  • Co-sponsored a bill requiring jails to collect DNA samples from anyone charged with a crime who is also held under an immigration detainer, a federal request to keep the person in custody (Senate Bill 116). The Georgia Senate passed it 33-20 on February 25, 2026.

    February 25, 2026

    Source: legis.ga.gov

  • As a Georgia state senator, Brian Strickland was listed among the Senate sponsors of Senate Bill 477, a measure reducing personal and business income-tax rates and increasing the standard deduction; the General Assembly page records Senate passage on February 12, 2026.

    February 12, 2026

    Source: legis.ga.gov

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