How Georgia lawmakers voted on the 'religious liberty' bill

The legislation, which is seen by some conservatives as an answer to the Supreme Court’s legalization of same-sex marriage but by corporate leaders and gay rights activists as state-sanctioned discrimination.

The bill would allow faith-based organizations to deny services to those who violate their “sincerely held religious belief” and preserve their right to fire employees who aren’t in accord with those beliefs. It would also require government to prove a “compelling governmental interest” before it interferes with a person’s exercise of religion, and it includes a clause saying it could not be used to allow discrimination banned by state or federal law.

Here is the breakdown of the vote on House Bill 757. The Speaker votes only if needed to break a tie, which was not the case.

Senate

Name	Party	Vote
John Albers	Republican	Yea
Brandon Beach	Republican	Yea
Charlie Bethel	Republican	Yea
Ellis Black	Republican	Yea
Dean Burke	Republican	Yea
Bill Cowsert	Republican	Yea
Mike Crane	Republican	Yea
Mike Dugan	Republican	Yea
Frank Ginn	Republican	Yea
Steve Gooch	Republican	Yea
Marty Harbin	Republican	Yea
Tyler Harper	Republican	Yea
Bill Heath	Republican	Yea
Jack Hill	Republican	Yea
Hunter Hill	Republican	Yea
Judson Hill	Republican	Yea
Chuck Hufstetler	Republican	Yea
William Jackson	Republican	Yea
Rick Jeffares	Republican	Yea
Burt Jones	Republican	Yea
John Kennedy	Republican	Yea
Greg Kirk	Republican	Yea
William Ligon, Jr.	Republican	Yea
P. K. Martin IV	Republican	Yea
Joshua McKoon	Republican	Yea
Fran Millar	Republican	Yea
Butch Miller	Republican	Yea
Jeff Mullis	Republican	Yea
David Shafer	Republican	Yea
Jesse Stone	Republican	Yea
Bruce Thompson	Republican	Yea
Lindsey Tippins	Republican	Yea
Renee Unterman	Republican	Yea
Lawrence Walker III	Republican	Yea
John Wilkinson	Republican	Yea
Tommie Williams	Republican	Yea
Michael Williams	Republican	Yea
Name	Party	Vote
Gloria Butler	Democrat	Nay
Gail Davenport	Democrat	Nay
Vincent Fort	Democrat	Nay
Ed Harbison	Democrat	Nay
Steve Henson	Democrat	Nay
Lester Jackson	Democrat	Nay
Donzella James	Democrat	Nay
Emanuel Jones	Democrat	Nay
Harold Jones II	Democrat	Nay
David Lucas	Democrat	Nay
Nan Orrock	Democrat	Nay
Elena Parent	Democrat	Nay
Michael "Doc" Rhett	Democrat	Nay
Valencia Seay	Democrat	Nay
Freddie Sims	Democrat	Nay
Horacena Tate	Democrat	Nay
Curt Thompson	Democrat	Nay
JaNice VanNess	Republican	Nay
Name	Party	Vote
Ben Watson	Republican	Excused

House

Name	Party	Vote
Stephen Allison	Republican	Yea
Alex Atwood	Republican	Yea
Mandi Ballinger	Republican	Yea
Timothy Barr	Republican	Yea
Paul Battles	Republican	Yea
D. C. Belton	Republican	Yea
Tommy Benton	Republican	Yea
Shaw Blackmon	Republican	Yea
Bruce Broadrick	Republican	Yea
Buzz Brockway	Republican	Yea
Jon Burns	Republican	Yea
Michael Caldwell	Republican	Yea
Johnnie Caldwell, Jr.	Republican	Yea
Wesley Cantrell	Republican	Yea
John Carson	Republican	Yea
Amy Carter	Republican	Yea
David Casas	Republican	Yea
Joyce Chandler	Republican	Yea
Mike Cheokas	Republican	Yea
David Clark	Republican	Yea
Valerie Clark	Republican	Yea
Heath Clark	Republican	Yea
Brooks Coleman	Republican	Yea
Kevin Cooke	Republican	Yea
Christian Coomer	Republican	Yea
Sharon Cooper	Republican	Yea
John Corbett	Republican	Yea
John Deffenbaugh	Republican	Yea
Katie Dempsey	Republican	Yea
Robert Dickey	Republican	Yea
Tom Dickson	Republican	Yea
Matt Dollar	Republican	Yea
Mike Dudgeon	Republican	Yea
Emory Dunahoo	Republican	Yea
Geoff Duncan	Republican	Yea
Chuck Efstration	Republican	Yea
Earl Ehrhart	Republican	Yea
Terry England	Republican	Yea
James Epps	Republican	Yea
Barry Fleming	Republican	Yea
Dan Gasaway	Republican	Yea
Sheri Gilliigan	Republican	Yea
Micah Gravley	Republican	Yea
Buddy Harden	Republican	Yea
Brett Harrell	Republican	Yea
Matt Hatchett	Republican	Yea
Lee Hawkins	Republican	Yea
Bill Hitchens	Republican	Yea
Susan Holmes	Republican	Yea
Penny Houston	Republican	Yea
Rick Jasperse	Republican	Yea
Jan Jones	Republican	Yea
J. B. Jones	Republican	Yea
Trey Kelley	Republican	Yea
Tom Kirby	Republican	Yea
David Knight	Republican	Yea
Dominic Lariccia	Republican	Yea
Jodi Lott	Republican	Yea
Eddie Lumsden	Republican	Yea
Howard Maxwell	Republican	Yea
John Meadows	Republican	Yea
Greg Morris	Republican	Yea
Chad Nimmer	Republican	Yea
Randy Nix	Republican	Yea
Butch Parrish	Republican	Yea
Don Parsons	Republican	Yea
Jesse Petrea	Republican	Yea
Clay Pirkle	Republican	Yea
Alan Powell	Republican	Yea
Jay Powell	Republican	Yea
Betty Price	Republican	Yea
Regina Quick	Republican	Yea
Brad Raffensperger	Republican	Yea
Paulette Rakestraw	Republican	Yea
Matt Ramsey	Republican	Yea
Albert Reeves	Republican	Yea
Trey Rhodes	Republican	Yea
Tom Rice	Republican	Yea
Terry Rogers	Republican	Yea
Carl Rogers	Republican	Yea
Roger Rutledge	Republican	Yea
Ed Rynders	Republican	Yea
Ed Setzler	Republican	Yea
Jason Shaw	Republican	Yea
Barbara Sims	Republican	Yea
Lynn Smith	Republican	Yea
Richard Smith	Republican	Yea
Jason Spencer	Republican	Yea
Ron Stephens	Republican	Yea
David Stover	Republican	Yea
Brian Strickland	Republican	Yea
Jan Tankersley	Republican	Yea
Kevin Tanner	Republican	Yea
Steve Tarvin	Republican	Yea
Darlene Taylor	Republican	Yea
Sam Teasley	Republican	Yea
Scot Turner	Republican	Yea
Sam Watson	Republican	Yea
Andrew Welch	Republican	Yea
Tom Weldon	Republican	Yea
William Werkheiser	Republican	Yea
Wendell Willard	Republican	Yea
Bruce Williamson	Republican	Yea
John Yates	Republican	Yea
Name	Party	Vote
Stacey Abrams	Democrat	Nay
Kimberly Alexander	Democrat	Nay
Taylor Bennett	Democrat	Nay
Karen Bennett	Democrat	Nay
Patty Bentley	Democrat	Nay
Beth Beskin	Republican	Nay
James Beverly	Democrat	Nay
Roger Bruce	Democrat	Nay
Debbie Buckner	Democrat	Nay
Doreen Carter	Democrat	Nay
Dee Dawkins-Haigler	Democrat	Nay
Pam Dickerson	Democrat	Nay
Demetrius Douglas	Democrat	Nay
Karla Drenner	Democrat	Nay
Winfred Dukes	Democrat	Nay
Darrel Ealum	Democrat	Nay
Stacey Evans	Democrat	Nay
Hugh Floyd	Democrat	Nay
Virgil Fludd	Democrat	Nay
Gloria Frazier	Democrat	Nay
Spencer Frye	Democrat	Nay
Pat Gardner	Democrat	Nay
Rich Golick	Republican	Nay
J. Craig Gordon	Democrat	Nay
Gerald Greene	Republican	Nay
Michele Henson	Democrat	Nay
Scott Holcomb	Democrat	Nay
Carolyn Hugley	Democrat	Nay
Sheila Jones	Democrat	Nay
LaDawn Jones	Democrat	Nay
Darryl Jordan	Democrat	Nay
Margaret Kaiser	Democrat	Nay
Dar'shun Kendrick	Democrat	Nay
Rusty Kidd	Independent	Nay
Pedro Marin	Democrat	Nay
Charles Martin	Republican	Nay
Rahn Mayo	Democrat	Nay
Dewey McClain	Democrat	Nay
Marie Metze	Democrat	Nay
Billy Mitchell	Democrat	Nay
Howard Mosby	Democrat	Nay
Mary Oliver	Democrat	Nay
B.J. Pak	Republican	Nay
Allen Peake	Republican	Nay
John Pezold	Republican	Nay
Brian Prince	Democrat	Nay
Nikki Randall	Democrat	Nay
Sandra Scott	Democrat	Nay
Dexter Sharper	Democrat	Nay
Michael Smith	Democrat	Nay
Earnest Smith	Democrat	Nay
Calvin Smyre	Democrat	Nay
Mickey Stephens	Democrat	Nay
Pam Stephenson	Democrat	Nay
Valencia Stovall	Democrat	Nay
Tom Taylor	Republican	Nay
Erica Thomas	Democrat	Nay
Mable Thomas	Democrat	Nay
Robert Trammell	Democrat	Nay
Keisha Waites	Democrat	Nay
David Wilkerson	Democrat	Nay
Joe Wilkinson	Republican	Nay
Chuck Williams	Republican	Nay
Al Williams	Democrat	Nay
Name	Party	Vote
Sharon Beasley-Teague	Democrat	Excused
Bob Bryant	Democrat	Excused
Mike Glanton	Democrat	Excused
Dustin Hightower	Republican	Excused
Wayne Howard	Democrat	Excused
Mack Jackson	Democrat	Excused
Ronnie Mabra	Democrat	Excused
Tom McCall	Republican	Excused
Jimmy Pruett	Republican	Excused
Earnest Williams	Democrat	Excused

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