# Derrick McCollum

Derrick McCollum is a Republican member of the Georgia House for district 30.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Georgia House, district 30
- Serving since: 2023-01-09
- Current term: GA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/3a323603-753e-4380-993c-9bb2a7fc55f3

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/3a323603-753e-4380-993c-9bb2a7fc55f3 (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

McCollum sits at +0.55 on the CSIP scale, more conservative than 80% of State House Republicans.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.55 (standard error 0.03), from 210 donors and 522 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 80% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (GA 2025–26 session)

1,391 roll calls. Attendance 97.3% (Georgia House 93.5%). Party unity 99.4% (97.2%). 12 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 48 bills: 38 reached committee, 30 passed one chamber, 11 passed both, 10 became law. Cosponsored 0. 62.5% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Georgia House 65.7%; rank 117 of 177).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HR 2000: Holy Week; March 29 to April 4, 2026; recognize (passed one chamber, 2026-03-27) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HR2000/
- HB 1602: Gainesville, City of; school district ad valorem tax; provide homestead exemption (became law, 2026-05-12) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HB1602/
- HB 1601: Gainesville, City of; ad valorem tax for municipal purposes; provide homestead exemption (became law, 2026-05-12) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HB1601/
- HR 1784: Veterans Support Services Awareness Day; 04/30/26; James "Jim" Dunn; lifelong service to veterans; recognize (passed one chamber, 2026-03-18) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HR1784/
- HR 1538: City of Cochran Fire Department; commend (passed one chamber, 2026-03-03) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HR1538/
- HB 1465: Motor vehicles; repeal requirement to display a revalidation decal as evidence of annual motor vehicle registration renewal (passed one chamber, 2026-03-09) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HB1465/
- HB 1418: Georgia Resource Exchange and Sharing for Community Uplift and Emergency Resilience (RESCUER) Act; enact (introduced, 2026-02-25) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HB1418/
- HR 1414: Collinson, Andrew; commend (passed one chamber, 2026-02-18) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HR1414/
- HR 1411: Georgia Speech-Language-Hearing Association; commend (passed one chamber, 2026-02-18) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HR1411/
- HR 1413: North Hall High School girls cross country team; winning the 2025 GHSA Class 3A State Cross Country Championship; commend (passed one chamber, 2026-02-18) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HR1413/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $61.2K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 99% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://www.legis.ga.gov/members/house/5022?session=1031
- Campaign site: http://derrickmccollum.com/
- X: https://x.com/DerrickMcColl30
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/votederrickmccollum/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/votederrickmccollum/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/derrick-mccollum-18459226b/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/3a323603-753e-4380-993c-9bb2a7fc55f3