# Carmen Rice

Carmen Rice is a Republican member of the Georgia House for district 139.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Georgia House, district 139
- Serving since: 2024-05-15
- Current term: GA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/3646e872-85a6-4383-97c5-36ff96ca7113

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/3646e872-85a6-4383-97c5-36ff96ca7113 (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

Rice reported $102.8K in the 2026 cycle, in the top quarter of State House Republicans (median $33.7K).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.46 (standard error 0.05), from 137 donors and 297 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 68% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (GA 2025–26 session)

1,391 roll calls. Attendance 98.4% (Georgia House 93.5%). Party unity 99.7% (97.2%). 28 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 103 bills: 81 reached committee, 64 passed one chamber, 15 passed both, 11 became law. Cosponsored 0. 62.1% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Georgia House 65.7%; rank 119 of 177).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 87: West Point, City of; ad valorem tax; provide homestead exemption (introduced, 2026-06-23) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2026_ss/HB87/
- HR 47: Hilton, Robert Lund; Chris Ann Chapman Hilton; commend (passed one chamber, 2026-06-22) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2026_ss/HR47/
- HR 9: Barrera, Joshua; commend (passed one chamber, 2026-06-17) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2026_ss/HR9/
- HB 44: Harris County; ad valorem tax; provide homestead exemption (passed one chamber, 2026-06-22) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2026_ss/HB44/
- HR 5: Holden, Benjamin A.; condolences (passed one chamber, 2026-06-17) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2026_ss/HR5/
- HR 8: Dover, Olivia; commend (passed one chamber, 2026-06-17) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2026_ss/HR8/
- HR 2045: Muscogee County School District's 2026 Teachers of the Year; commend (passed one chamber, 2026-03-31) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HR2045/
- HR 1960: Huff, Bruce; outstanding public service; commend (passed one chamber, 2026-03-27) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HR1960/
- HR 1785: Harbison, Senator Ed; outstanding public service; commend (passed one chamber, 2026-03-18) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HR1785/
- HR 1734: Georgia Pre-K Week; October 5-9, 2026; recognize (passed one chamber, 2026-03-16) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HR1734/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $102.8K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 100% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/3646e872-85a6-4383-97c5-36ff96ca7113