# Jesse Petrea

Jesse Petrea is a Republican member of the Georgia House for district 166.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Georgia House, district 166
- Serving since: 2015-01-12
- Current term: GA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/38c596a4-df69-4a56-9329-be73f26bc7d5

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/38c596a4-df69-4a56-9329-be73f26bc7d5 (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

Petrea missed 13% of 1,391 roll calls, attendance in the bottom quarter of the Georgia House (average 93.5%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.47 (standard error 0.03), from 139 donors and 893 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 70% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (GA 2025–26 session)

1,391 roll calls. Attendance 87% (Georgia House 93.5%). Party unity 99.4% (97.2%). 8 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 71 bills: 62 reached committee, 54 passed one chamber, 26 passed both, 24 became law. Cosponsored 0. 76.1% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Georgia House 65.7%; rank 34 of 177).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HR 2020: Gilliard, Representative Carl; recognize (passed one chamber, 2026-03-31) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HR2020/
- HR 1940: Buy Local Savannah; commitment to strengthening independent businesses and preserving the unique character and economic vitality of Savannah and Chatham… (passed one chamber, 2026-03-25) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HR1940/
- HR 1860: House Study Committee on Comprehensive Services and Long-term Outcomes for Individuals with Disabilities; create (in committee, 2026-03-31) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HR1860/
- HB 1574: Motor vehicles; certain convictions of homicide by vehicle when operating such vehicle under the influence of alcohol or drugs; require restitution (introduced, 2026-03-20) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HB1574/
- HB 1571: Bryan County; State Court; revise terms (became law, 2026-07-01) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HB1571/
- HR 1709: Mary Davis "S.O.S. Band" Intersection; Chatham County; dedicate (introduced, 2026-03-19) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HR1709/
- HB 1534: Chatham County; State Court; provide additional judge (became law, 2026-05-12) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HB1534/
- HB 1508: Pembroke, City of; election and terms for mayor and city council members; revise provisions (became law, 2026-05-11) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HB1508/
- HR 1545: Cole, Jesse and Emily; Banana Ball and Bananas Foster; commend (passed one chamber, 2026-03-03) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HR1545/
- HR 1488: Leopold's Ice Cream; commend (passed one chamber, 2026-02-25) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HR1488/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $48.2K (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/862?session=1031
- Campaign site: http://www.jessepetrea.com/
- X: https://x.com/JPetrea
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PetreaForStateRepresentative
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jesse-petrea-15aba719/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/38c596a4-df69-4a56-9329-be73f26bc7d5