Georgia House · District 157

Bill Werkheiser

Republican

Where they sit

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

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Werkheiser
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Votes with DemocratsCrosses party linesVotes with Republicans

Bill Werkheiser'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

Georgia House45thpercentile
More liberal than 54% of the Georgia House.
Most liberalMost conservative
80th most liberal of 176
Votes with the House Majority Leader
94%
Democrats Republicans 0%100%

Each tick is a current House member, by party; the dot is Bill Werkheiser.

On 149 contested votes where both voted98% on all 768 votes where both voted
Votes with own party
94%
Democrats Republicans 45%100%

Each tick is a current House member, by party; the dot is Bill Werkheiser.

On 107 party-line votesPartisan rank: 131 of 176 in the House

Contested votes where they split

9 against the House Majority Leader; 8 against most of their party.

Contested votes where they split: Bill Werkheiser
DateBill and motion Their voteHouse Majority LeaderMost of their party
April 2, 2026 HB 413: Prohibit local ordinances that prohibit the operation of mobile sawmills on agricultural lands
Concur
Nay Yea (split) Yea (split)
April 2, 2026 SB 513: Revise requirements for public school policies and procedures relative to student attendance
Passage
Nay Yea (split) Yea (split)
March 31, 2026 SB 447: Revise provisions regarding denial or nonacceptance of permits
Passage
Nay Yea (split) Yea (split)
March 31, 2026 SB 458: Provide for licensure of home inspectors
Passage
Nay Yea (split) Yea (split)
March 6, 2026 HR 450: Authorize the Georgia General Assembly to provide by general law for sports betting in this state
Adoption
Nay Yea (split) Nay
March 6, 2026 HB 1166: Provide that zoning decisions shall not affect or be required for certain residential dwellings of 400 square feet or fewer
Passage
Yea Yea Nay (split)
March 6, 2026 HB 1446: Transfer responsibility for the oversight of emergency medical services from the Department of Public Health to the Georgia Emergency Medical Services and…
Passage
Nay Yea (split) Yea (split)
April 4, 2025 HB 233: Designate Brunswick stew as the official state stew
Concur
Nay Yea (split) Yea (split)
April 4, 2025 HB 370: Require the property tax bill for any school district that opts out of the state-wide base year homestead exemption to state the total amount of the school…
Concur
Yea Nay (split) Yea
March 4, 2025 HB 314: Revise and update definitions
Passage
Nay Yea (split) Yea (split)

Every roll call

How Bill Werkheiser voted on each of the 816 floor roll calls while in office, newest first.

Every roll call: Bill Werkheiser
DateVoteTheir vote Most of their partyHouse 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.werkheiser@house.ga.gov
Capitol office
State Capitol Room 218-A, 206 Washington St. SW, Atlanta, GA 30334
404-656-5132
District office
P.O. Box 27, Glennville, GA 30427
912-237-0145

Committees

  • Industry and Labor Chair
  • Appropriations
  • Energy, Utilities and Telecommunications
  • Judiciary Juvenile
  • Public Safety and Homeland Security
  • Resource Management Special
  • State Properties

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