security system and a loss of electronic data including personal information. Rogers also authored the Georgia Credit Protection Act which would allow Georgia residents the opportunity to freeze their personal credit in order to prevent identity theft. Senator Rogers was the author of Mattie's Call Act, a law which uses the Georgia statewide emergency alert system to help locate person's suffering from Alzheimer's disease or Dementia, who have gone missing. In 2011 and 2012 Rogers committed to not accepting any lobbyist gifts. After receiving gifts and donations of $10,771 from lobbyists he indicated that he returned all gifts stating, "I spent considerable amounts of money paying people for things I never asked for" and that he wanted a "zero" on his lobbyist balance sheet." Georgia Senate Majority Leader (2008–2012) In November 2008, Senator Rogers was unanimously elected Senate Majority Leader for the Republican Party. He was unanimously re-elected in November 2010. In 2010 Rogers authored a comprehensive overhaul of the Georgia Property Tax Code. The two laws authored by Rogers, SB 240 and SB 346 allowed for alternative property tax appeals, prevented local governments from ignoring distressed sales when establishing property values, and required that property sales price establishes initial assessed value. For his efforts in helping property owners, Rogers was honored as the "Legislator of the Year" by the Georgia Property Taxpayer Association. Rogers also earned the 2010 "Golden Shovel" Award from the Georgia Utility Contractors. In a statement from the association, "(Rogers)played an integral role in passing favorable legislation for GUCA in the 2010 Legislative Session, including SB 339, GUCA's legislation that allows utility contractors to directly bid on utility construction work ... and specifically helped carry legislation to help reduce the property tax burden for heavy equipment operators." In 2011 he announced support for Tea Party advocates looking to expand school choice in the state. In October 2012, Rogers held an educational meeting about Agenda 21 for Senators and staffers, at the request of constituents, to discuss "how regionalism and public private partnerships are tearing down constitutionally limited self-government and free market economics." A resolution denouncing Agenda 21 as a threat to private property rights was part of the 2012 Republican National Platform. May 2012: Decades-old videos surface that show Rogers, billed as Will “The Winner” Rogers, urging viewers to call a 900-number to get picks to gamble on sporting events. Georgia Public Broadcasting On December 4,