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Running forLieutenant Governor

Greg Dolezal

Republican

Overview

Georgia state senator since 2019.

  • Represents State Senate District 27, in the Cumming/Forsyth County area
  • Co-owns Renewed Vision, a software company

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Facts from Ballotpedia.

How to reach them
Source: Open States

Bills they wrote

Bills and joint resolutions where they're the main author, since 2023. Laws first, then the ones that got furthest.

Wrote

35 bills

Became law

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

  • Introduced Feb 10, 2025SB 140: Optometrists; doctors of optometry to dispense and sell pharmaceutical agents to patients under certain conditions; provide
    Became law
  • Introduced Jan 13, 2025SB 1: 'Fair and Safe Athletic Opportunities Act'; enact
    Became law
  • Introduced Jan 30, 2024SB 430: COVID-19 Pandemic Business Safety; provisions for rebuttable presumptions of risk by claimants in certain COVID-19 liability claims; revise
    Became law
  • Introduced Jan 11, 2024SB 353: Highways, Bridges, and Ferries; duties when death results from an accident upon a highway in certain instances; allow for delegation
    Became law
  • Introduced Feb 22, 2023SB 233: 'The Georgia Promise Scholarship Act'; establishment of promise scholarship accounts
    Became law
  • Introduced Feb 16, 2023SB 204: Education Accountability; recognition of certain accrediting agencies as evaluators of the quality of education offered in public schools in this state; provide
    Became law
  • Introduced Jan 26, 2023SB 26: State Government; meetings and public hearings of development authorities and community improvement districts to be held by teleconference; permit
    Became law
  • Introduced Jan 9, 2023SB 1: State Government; automatic repealer on the prohibition on state and local governments from requiring proof of COVID vaccination for government services; remove
    Became law
  • Introduced Jan 30, 2024SB 429: "Small Business Protection Act of 2024"; enact
    Passed both chambers
  • Introduced Feb 24, 2026SB 568: Elections and Primaries; the list of eligible voters is posted and made public prior to each primary or election; require
    Passed the Senate
  • Introduced Feb 6, 2026SB 471: Education; requires a student to wear a face mask or face covering while present on school property; eliminate automatic repeal provision
    Passed the Senate
  • Introduced Feb 4, 2026SB 463: Specialized Land Transactions; business enterprises or business enterprises controlled by natural born persons from owning an interest in more than 500 single-family residential properties; prohibit
    Passed the Senate
  • Introduced Feb 2, 2026SB 445: "Georgia Promise Scholarship Act"; public schools with a state-wide attendance zone and certain charter schools shall not be included in the separate list of public schools annually reported by the Office of Student Achievement; provide
    Passed the Senate
  • Introduced Feb 12, 2025SB 152: "Georgia Promise Scholarship Act"; the biological or adopted children of individuals who are foster parents and who meet certain conditions shall qualify for promise scholarship accounts; provide
    Passed the Senate
  • Introduced Jan 29, 2025SB 61: Delinquency; additional offenses over which superior courts are authorized to exercise exclusive original jurisdiction; provide
    Passed the Senate
  • Introduced Jan 27, 2025SB 28: "Red Tape Rollback Act of 2025"; enact
    Passed the Senate
  • Introduced Jan 27, 2025SB 31: Income Taxes; all income received as retirement benefits derived from service in the armed forces of the United States or the reserve components; exempt from taxation
    Passed the Senate
  • Introduced Jan 13, 2025SB 4: Education; fundamental roles of local boards of education and local school superintendents; revise provisions
    Passed the Senate
  • Introduced Feb 16, 2023SB 208: 'Georgia Development Impact Fee Act'; provide for fees for education
    Passed the Senate
  • Introduced Feb 6, 2023SB 99: Certificate of Need Requirements; exemption for acute care hospitals established in rural counties that meet certain criteria; provide
    Passed the Senate
  • Introduced Feb 10, 2026SB 486: Laws and Statutes; provisions relating to the effect and enforcement of foreign laws; revise
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 31, 2025SB 370: Elections and Primaries; closed primaries; provide
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 13, 2025SB 178: State Depository Board; allow the state treasurer to invest in Bitcoin; provide
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jan 28, 2025SB 38: Development Impact Fees; provide for education
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jan 13, 2025SB 2: State Income Tax; exclude tips from taxation
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jan 13, 2025SB 3: Prosecuting Attorneys; convictions for district attorneys, assistant district attorneys, deputy district attorneys; provide additional qualifications
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 1, 2024SB 452: Banking and Finance and Property; regulations of motor vehicle title pawn transactions; provide
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jan 22, 2024SB 361: Meetings Open to the Public; authorized nonemergency teleconference meetings in which members of nonstatewide agencies participate; increase the number
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jan 22, 2024SB 365: Education; notification to parents and legal guardians of public school students of the right to receive email notification each time their child obtains school library materials; provide
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 27, 2023SB 261: Education; postsecondary educational institutions, local school systems; prohibit the use of political litmus tests
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 23, 2023SB 242: Statute of Frauds; agreements with a value in excess of $10,000.00 shall be in writing; provide
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 15, 2023SB 186: "Georgia Landowners Protection Act"; enact
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 14, 2023SB 183: Ticket Brokers; exception permitting certain resale restrictions; remove
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 13, 2023SB 154: Sale or Distribution of Harmful Materials to Minors; provisions of Code Section 16-12-103 shall be applicable to libraries operated by schools; provide
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jan 11, 2023SB 2: Torts; certain immunities from liability claims regarding COVID-19; provisions; revise
    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

1,331 votes on bills that passed at least one chamber.

Attendance

Didn't vote on 87 of 1,704 votes (5%). They had permission to be away (excused) for 65 of them.

By topic
Agriculture36 votes
    Alcoholic Beverages5 votes
      Animals6 votes
        Appeal and Error17 votes
          Aviation9 votes
            Banking and Finance17 votes
              Buildings and Housing20 votes
                Civil Practice38 votes
                  Commerce and Trade51 votes
                    Commercial Code3 votes
                      Conservation and Natural Resources38 votes
                        Contracts5 votes
                          Corporations, Partnerships, and Associations6 votes
                            Courts108 votes
                              Crimes and Offenses (Criminal Code)120 votes
                                Criminal Procedure33 votes
                                  Domestic Relations23 votes
                                    Education207 votes
                                      Elections33 votes
                                        Equity3 votes
                                          Evidence10 votes
                                            Fire Protection and Safety11 votes
                                              Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics22 votes
                                                Game and Fish11 votes
                                                  General Assembly49 votes
                                                    General Provisions, Ocga4 votes
                                                      Guardian and Ward7 votes
                                                        Handicapped Persons9 votes
                                                          Health125 votes
                                                            Highways, Bridges, and Ferries43 votes
                                                              Insurance68 votes
                                                                Labor and Industrial Relations14 votes
                                                                  Law Enforcement Officers and Agencies53 votes
                                                                    Local Government90 votes
                                                                      Mental Health20 votes
                                                                        Military, Emergency Management, and Veterans Affairs34 votes
                                                                          Minors49 votes
                                                                            Motor Vehicles and Traffic103 votes
                                                                              Nuisances2 votes
                                                                                Penal Institutions31 votes
                                                                                  Professions and Businesses106 votes
                                                                                    Property67 votes
                                                                                      Public Officers and Employees56 votes
                                                                                        Public Utilities and Transportation18 votes
                                                                                          Retirement and Pensions45 votes
                                                                                            Revenue and Taxation153 votes
                                                                                              Social Services41 votes
                                                                                                State Government106 votes
                                                                                                  Torts20 votes
                                                                                                    Waters, Ports, and Watercraft9 votes
                                                                                                      Wills, Trusts, and Administration of Estates9 votes
                                                                                                        Local laws (one city or county)23 votes
                                                                                                          Other66 votes

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