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Zell Shaw Blackmon III is from Houston County, Georgia. He has a bachelor's degree in management information systems from the University of Georgia. He lives in Warner Robins with his wife, Whitney, and three children.

Zell Shaw Blackmon III is originally from Warner Robins, Georgia. He earned a bachelor's degree in management information systems from the University of Georgia. He lives in Warner Robins with his wife and three children.

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Shaw serves as president and chief executive officer of National Bank Products, a financial products company in Warner Robins. 

Shaw is currently a state representative in the Georgia House of Representatives. He was first elected in 2015. He is the chair of the House Ways and Means Committee.

Shaw is currently a state representative in the Georgia House of Representatives. He was first elected in 2015 and is serving his fifth term. He is the chair of the House Ways and Means Committee.

Supports fiscally conservative policies, prioritizing spending cuts over tax increases.

Supports policies that help attract new businesses and aid small business owners in Houston County.

Supports expediting professional and business licenses for military spouses and eliminating income tax on military retirement income.

- Supports fiscally conservative policies, prioritizing spending cuts over tax increases.
- Supports policies that help attract new businesses and aid small business owners in Houston County.
- Supports expediting professional and business licenses for military spouses and eliminating income tax on military retirement income.

Economy

As of March 11, 2026, Shaw Blackmon III’s website did not contain information on this issue.

Energy & the Environment

Supports addressing prescription drug costs and accessibility in Georgia.

Prioritizes addressing prescription drug costs and accessibility in Georgia.

Supports enhancing child safety by mandating local committees to review child fatalities, aiming to identify preventable deaths and recommend interventions.

Wants to enhance child safety by mandating local committees to review child fatalities. 

Sponsored legislation to set requirements for radiologist assistants, including continuing education hours and approved subjects.

Sponsored legislation that would require insurance coverage for peripheral artery disease (PAD) screenings for at-risk individuals between the ages of 50 and 64.

Supports increasing the amount of THC in medical cannabis.

- Prioritizes addressing prescription drug costs and accessibility in Georgia.
- Wants to enhance child safety by mandating local committees to review child fatalities. 
- Sponsored legislation to set requirements for radiologist assistants, including continuing education hours and approved subjects.
- Sponsored legislation that would require insurance coverage for peripheral artery disease (PAD) screenings for at-risk individuals between the ages of 50 and 64.
- Supports increasing the amount of THC in medical cannabis.

Healthcare

Voting & Elections

As a state senator, sponsored SB 570 to mandate annual training for hotel and short-term rental employees on identifying and reporting human trafficking, with bipartisan support.

Supports modernizing Georgia’s dietetics and nutrition framework and expanding licensing pathways for nutrition therapists.

Sponsored legislation that would allow students, visitors, and university employees to possess opioid antagonists on campus and at university-sponsored events and require institutions to maintain a supply of these medications for opioid overdose emergencies.

Sponsored legislation that would allow students, visitors, and university employees to possess opioid antagonists on campus and at university-sponsored events, require institutions to maintain a supply of these medications for opioid overdose emergencies.

Passed House Resolution 948 to examine the role of pharmacy benefits managers in prescription drug costs and accessibility in Georgia.

- As a state senator, sponsored SB 570 to mandate annual training for hotel and short-term rental employees on identifying and reporting human trafficking, with bipartisan support.
- Supports modernizing Georgia’s dietetics and nutrition framework and expanding licensing pathways for nutrition therapists.
- Sponsored legislation that would allow students, visitors, and university employees to possess opioid antagonists on campus and at university-sponsored events, require institutions to maintain a supply of these medications for opioid overdose emergencies.
- Passed House Resolution 948 to examine the role of pharmacy benefits managers in prescription drug costs and accessibility in Georgia.

Public Safety

Supports the Georgia Civic Renewal Act, which mandates a financial literacy course.

Supports strengthening protections against discrimination in Georgia's public education, mandating a standardized reporting process and a statewide coordinator for monitoring complaints based on race, ethnicity, national origin, or religion.

Supports strengthening protections against discrimination in Georgia's public education.

- Supports the Georgia Civic Renewal Act, which mandates a financial literacy course.
- Supports strengthening protections against discrimination in Georgia's public education.

Education

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