# Sharon Cooper

Sharon Cooper is a Republican member of the Georgia House for district 45.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Georgia House, district 45
- Serving since: 2023-01-09
- Current term: GA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/15db25fc-273b-467f-b8f9-897337f40b65

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/15db25fc-273b-467f-b8f9-897337f40b65 (America’s Political Pulse, Polarization Research Lab), data through 2026-10-27. Data under CC BY 4.0. Cite as: Westwood, Sean J., and Yphtach Lelkes. 2024. America's Political Pulse [data set].

## Headline

82% of Cooper’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Georgia, in the bottom quarter of State House Republicans.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.43 (standard error 0.03), from 219 donors and 929 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 63% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (GA 2025–26 session)

1,391 roll calls. Attendance 93.6% (Georgia House 93.5%). Party unity 99.7% (97.2%). 4 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-06-23 · voted yea · Local Calendar · HB 78 Tifton, City of; ad valorem tax; provide homestead exemption · fail · https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2026_ss/HB78/
- 2026-06-23 · voted yea · PASSAGE · SB 3 Election Equipment Specifications and Standards Committee; establish · pass · https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2026_ss/SB3/
- 2026-06-23 · voted yea · Local Calendar · HB 78 Tifton, City of; ad valorem tax; provide homestead exemption · pass · https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2026_ss/HB78/
- 2026-06-23 · voted yea · Local Calendar · HB 78 Tifton, City of; ad valorem tax; provide homestead exemption · fail · https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2026_ss/HB78/
- 2026-06-22 · voted yea · Local Calendar · HB 61 Twiggs County; ad valorem tax; provide homestead exemption · pass · https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2026_ss/HB61/
- 2026-06-22 · voted yea · Local Calendar · HB 30 Early County; ad valorem tax; provide homestead exemption · fail · https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2026_ss/HB30/
- 2026-06-22 · voted yea · Local Calendar · HB 30 Early County; ad valorem tax; provide homestead exemption · pass · https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2026_ss/HB30/
- 2026-06-20 · voted yea · Local Calendar · HB 30 Early County; ad valorem tax; provide homestead exemption · fail · https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2026_ss/HB30/
- 2026-06-20 · voted yea · Local Calendar · HB 61 Twiggs County; ad valorem tax; provide homestead exemption · fail · https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2026_ss/HB61/
- 2026-04-03 · voted yea · House Vote #880 - 2025-2026 Regular Session · HB 1409 Domestic relations; revise mandated reporting of child abuse · pass · https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HB1409/

## Legislation (GA 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 110 bills: 93 reached committee, 80 passed one chamber, 22 passed both, 17 became law. Cosponsored 0. 72.7% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Georgia House 65.7%; rank 47 of 177).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HR 1728: Haven House; critical service to pregnant women and young mothers in the State of Georgia; recognize (passed one chamber, 2026-03-16) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HR1728/
- HR 1622: American Red Cross; Red Cross Month; March 2026; recognize (passed one chamber, 2026-03-06) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HR1622/
- HR 1522: House Study Committee on Evaluating Community Health; create (in committee, 2026-03-16) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HR1522/
- HR 1480: Hemophilia of Georgia; commend (passed one chamber, 2026-02-25) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HR1480/
- HR 1476: National Immunization Awareness Month; August; recognize (introduced, 2026-03-03) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HR1476/
- HB 1430: Community Health, Department of; license supportive senior housing communities; provide (introduced, 2026-02-26) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HB1430/
- HR 1471: Fertility Awareness Week; July 27-Aug 2, 2026; recognize (passed one chamber, 2026-02-24) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HR1471/
- HB 1408: Veterinarians; authorize licensed veterinary technicians to administer antirabies vaccinations to animals (became law, 2026-05-11) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HB1408/
- HR 1431: Lehman, Larry M.; lifetime of service and leadership in public health; commend (passed one chamber, 2026-02-20) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HR1431/
- HR 1419: Turner Syndrome Awareness Month; February 2026; recognize (introduced, 2026-02-24) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HR1419/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $101.9K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 82% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://www.legis.ga.gov/members/house/86?session=1031
- X: https://x.com/RepSharonCooper
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SharonCooperHD43
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/repsharoncooper/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/15db25fc-273b-467f-b8f9-897337f40b65