Georgia Senate · District 46

Bill Cowsert

Republican
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Votes with the Senate Majority Leader 86% On 169 contested votes where both voted · 93% on all votes Votes with own party 94% Partisan rank: 32 of 51 in the Senate Didn't vote at roll call 1% 6 of 449 roll calls

Where they sit

Every current senator, placed from most liberal to most conservative by how they voted on contested bills.

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Bill Cowsert's seat is marked. Seats run from most liberal (left) to most conservative (right), by contested floor votes. Color shows how often each member crosses party lines toward the middle on votes that divide the parties: solid blue or red means almost never, and purple means on at least 1 in 5 of those votes. Gray seats are members too new to score. How these numbers work

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More conservative than 88% of the Georgia Senate.
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7th most conservative of 51

The scores

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Votes with the Senate Majority Leader
86%
Democrats Republicans 0%100%

Each tick is a current senator, by party; the dot is Bill Cowsert.

On 169 contested votes where both voted93% on all 435 votes where both voted
Votes with own party
94%
Democrats Republicans 75%100%

Each tick is a current senator, by party; the dot is Bill Cowsert.

On 127 party-line votesPartisan rank: 32 of 51 in the Senate

Contested votes where they split

23 against the Senate Majority Leader; 22 against most of their party.

DateBill and motion Their voteSenate Majority LeaderMost of their party
April 4, 2025 HB 296: Provide that presentation of a driver's license in a certain electronic format satisfies the requirement to possess a driver's license while operating a motor…
Amendment		 Yea Yea Nay
April 4, 2025 HB 399: Require certain residential landlords to have in-state staff to manage tenant communications related to such properties
Passage		 Nay Yea Yea
April 4, 2025 HB 651: Revise provisions relative to the use of automated traffic enforcement safety devices in school zones
Amendment		 Nay Yea Yea
April 2, 2025 HB 78: Raise the limit for the total percentage of funds that the Employees' Retirement System of Georgia may invest in alternative investments
Passage		 Nay Yea Yea
April 2, 2025 HB 308: Provide for the operation of miniature on-road vehicles on certain highways
Passage		 Nay Yea Yea
April 2, 2025 HB 308: Provide for the operation of miniature on-road vehicles on certain highways
Amendment		 Nay Nay Yea
April 2, 2025 HB 532: Revise provisions related to certain counties claiming such grant while also claiming similar grants in Chapter 14 of Title 48, relating to grants and special…
Passage		 Nay Yea Yea
April 2, 2025 HB 129: Remove a limitation on leased property as to certain entities
Passage		 Nay Yea Yea
March 31, 2025 HB 358: Provide for a definition
Passage		 Nay Yea Yea
March 31, 2025 HB 416: Revise the class of retailer from which fees may be collected
Passage		 Yea Nay Yea
March 31, 2025 HB 153: Extend the sunset date for an exemption for maintenance and replacement parts for certain machinery or equipment used to mix or transport concrete
Passage		 Nay Yea Yea
March 31, 2025 HB 137: Increase the dollar value of certain public works contracts exempt from provisions relating to retention of contractual payments
Passage		 Nay Yea Yea
March 28, 2025 HB 360: Revise a tax credit for the rehabilitation of historic structures
Passage		 Nay Yea Nay
March 27, 2025 HB 86: Revise provisions relating to calculating and setting the salaries of Justices of the Supreme Court, Judges of the Court of Appeals, the judge of the Georgia…
Passage		 Yea Nay Yea
March 27, 2025 HB 86: Revise provisions relating to calculating and setting the salaries of Justices of the Supreme Court, Judges of the Court of Appeals, the judge of the Georgia…
Motion to Reconsider		 Nay Yea Yea
March 27, 2025 HB 86: Revise provisions relating to calculating and setting the salaries of Justices of the Supreme Court, Judges of the Court of Appeals, the judge of the Georgia…
Amendment		 Yea Nay Nay
March 20, 2025 HB 111: Reduce the rate of the tax
Passage		 Nay Yea Yea
March 6, 2025 SB 57: Protect the exercise of constitutional rights
Passage		 Nay Yea Nay
March 6, 2025 SB 57: Protect the exercise of constitutional rights
Amendment		 Nay Yea Nay
March 6, 2025 SB 57: Protect the exercise of constitutional rights
Amendment		 Nay Yea Yea
March 6, 2025 SB 57: Protect the exercise of constitutional rights
Amendment		 Nay Yea Nay
March 6, 2025 SB 220: Rename low THC oil as medical cannabis
Amendment		 Yea Yea Nay
March 6, 2025 SB 220: Rename low THC oil as medical cannabis
Amendment		 Yea Yea Nay
March 6, 2025 SB 220: Rename low THC oil as medical cannabis
Amendment		 Yea Yea Nay
March 6, 2025 SB 254: Provide milligram limits on delta-9-THC in consumable hemp products
Amendment		 Nay Yea Yea
March 4, 2025 SB 154: Revise or remove references to the United States Department of Education from the Official Code of Georgia Annotated
Amendment		 Yea Nay Nay
March 3, 2025 SB 29: Provide for the collection of DNA samples of individuals arrested for the commission of a felony at the time such individuals are booked or otherwise…
Passage		 Nay Yea Yea
Feb. 10, 2025 SB 23: Raise the limit for the total percentage of funds that the Employees' Retirement System of Georgia may invest in alternative investments
Passage		 Nay Yea Yea

Every roll call

How Bill Cowsert voted on each of the 449 floor roll calls while in office, newest first.

DateVoteTheir vote Most of their partySenate Majority LeaderYeas–nays
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Contested and party-line votes link to their own pages; the rest link to the official record.

Contact and committees

Contact

Official page
www.legis.ga.gov
Email
bill.cowsert@senate.ga.gov
Capitol office
State Capitol Room 432, 206 Washington St. SW, Atlanta, GA 30334
404-463-1366
District office
P.O. Box 512, Athens, GA 30603
706-543-7700

Committees

  • Investigations Special Chair
  • Regulated Industries and Utilities Chair
  • Judiciary Vice chair
  • Reapportionment and Redistricting Secretary
  • Rules Secretary
  • Finance Ex officio
  • Health and Human Services Ex officio
  • Insurance and Labor

Contact details and committee assignments from Open States' data on the Georgia General Assembly, which it collects from the chambers' websites, as of Oct. 13, 2026.

Source: the Georgia House and Senate Journals (the Senate's for its 2025 session; it hasn't published its 2026 Journals yet), Jan. 13, 2025 to June 23, 2026. How these numbers work · Corrections