# Steven Meeks

Steven Meeks is a Republican member of the Georgia House for district 178.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Georgia House, district 178
- Serving since: 2019-01-14
- Current term: GA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/3194a8e0-aaf8-4686-b2c9-a22521f85fff

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/3194a8e0-aaf8-4686-b2c9-a22521f85fff (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

89% of the 46 bills Meeks sponsored got out of committee, in the top 5% of the Georgia House.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.59 (standard error 0.03), from 97 donors and 972 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 85% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (GA 2025–26 session)

1,391 roll calls. Attendance 93.8% (Georgia House 93.5%). Party unity 99.4% (97.2%). 11 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 46 bills: 43 reached committee, 41 passed one chamber, 10 passed both, 9 became law. Cosponsored 0. 89.1% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Georgia House 65.7%; rank 4 of 177).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HR 28: Burns, Speaker Jon and Mrs. Dayle; celebration of their 50th wedding anniversary; recognize (passed one chamber, 2026-06-22) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2026_ss/HR28/
- HB 71: Blackshear, City of; ad valorem tax; provide homestead exemption (passed one chamber, 2026-06-23) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2026_ss/HB71/
- HB 72: Patterson, City of; ad valorem tax; provide homestead exemption (passed one chamber, 2026-06-23) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2026_ss/HB72/
- HB 57: Pierce County; ad valorem tax; provide homestead exemption (passed one chamber, 2026-06-22) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2026_ss/HB57/
- HB 54: Bacon County; ad valorem tax; provide homestead exemption (passed one chamber, 2026-06-22) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2026_ss/HB54/
- HR 2098: Lee, Vernon; commend (passed one chamber, 2026-04-02) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HR2098/
- HR 2056: Melton, Sheriff Mark; commend (passed one chamber, 2026-03-31) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HR2056/
- HR 1839: Atlanta Gas Light; 170th anniversary; recognize (passed one chamber, 2026-03-20) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HR1839/
- HR 1759: Georgia Department of Natural Resources' Division of State Parks & Historic Sites; commend (passed one chamber, 2026-03-18) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HR1759/
- HB 1507: Wayne County; State Court; judge and solicitor; revise salary (became law, 2026-05-11) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HB1507/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $38.4K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 100% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://www.legis.ga.gov/members/house/4961?session=1031
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/steve-meeks-0b8a7937/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/3194a8e0-aaf8-4686-b2c9-a22521f85fff