President Pro Tempore, Georgia State Senate, 2023-present

Senator, Georgia State Senate, District 18, 2014-present

Majority Caucus Chair, Georgia State Senate, 2017-2023

Candidate, Georgia State Senate, District 18, 2022

Administration Floor Leader, Georgia State Senate, 2015-2016

Member, Administrative Affairs Committee

Member, Appropriations Committee

Member, Assignments Committee

Vice Chair, Banking and Financial Institutions Committee

Member, Ethics Committee

Member, Health and Human Services Committee

Member, Insurance and Labor Committee

Chair, Judicial Subcommittee

Member, Judiciary Committee

Member, Reapportionment and Redistricting Committee

Secretary, Regulated Industries and Utilities Committee

Member, Rules Committee

Member, Subcommittee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety

Member, Veterans, Military and Homeland Security Committee

Member, Georgia Immigration Enforcement Review Board, 2013-present

Ex-Officio, Appropriations Committee, Georgia State Senate, present

Vice Chair, Banking and Financial Institutions Committee, Georgia State Senate, present

Ex-Officio, Health & Human Services Committee, Georgia State Senate, present

Secretary, Judiciary Committee, Georgia State Senate, present

Chair, Reapportionment and Redistricting Committee, Georgia State Senate, present

Secretary, Regulated Industries and Utility Committee, Georgia State Senate, present

Ex-Officio, Rules Committee, Georgia State Senate, present

Former Member, Appropriations Committee, Georgia State Senate

Former Member, Judiciary - Non-Civil Committee, Georgia State Senate

Former Member, Rules Committee, Georgia State Senate

Former Vice Chair, Science and Technology Committee, Georgia State Senate

Former Member, Subcommittee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety, Georgia State Senate

Former Member, Subcommittee on Judicial, Georgia State Senate

Chief Executive Officer/Managing Partner, James, Bates, Brannan, & Groover Limited Liability Partnership, present

Member, Boy Scouts of America Executive Board of Directors

Member, Board of Governors for the State Bar of Georgia, present

Member, Executive Board of Directors, Central Georgia Council, present

Member, Ingleside Baptist Church, present

Board Member, Macon Civic Club, present

Member, Lawyers Club of Atlanta

Former President, Macon Bar Association

Graduated Member, Leadership Georgia, 2007

Member, Executive Committee of Young Lawyers Division, State Bar of Georgia, 1997-2002

Member, Younger Lawyers Executive Council, State Bar of Georgia, 1996-2002

Graduated Member, Leadership Macon, 2000