# Bill Hitchens

Bill Hitchens is a Republican member of the Georgia House for district 161.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Georgia House, district 161
- Serving since: 2013-01-14
- Current term: GA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/4a9ef816-9130-4510-a19e-3124e3f2aeed

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/4a9ef816-9130-4510-a19e-3124e3f2aeed (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

100% of Hitchens’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Georgia, in the top quarter of State House Republicans.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.38 (standard error 0.03), from 69 donors and 937 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 55% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (GA 2025–26 session)

1,391 roll calls. Attendance 94.0% (Georgia House 93.5%). Party unity 99.4% (97.2%). 6 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 113 bills: 95 reached committee, 80 passed one chamber, 30 passed both, 26 became law. Cosponsored 0. 70.8% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Georgia House 65.7%; rank 64 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 37: Effingham County; ad valorem tax; provide homestead exemption (passed one chamber, 2026-06-22) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2026_ss/HB37/
- HR 1886: F.H.P. Trooper Charles Eugene "Gene" Campbell Memorial Highway; Houston County; dedicate (introduced, 2026-03-31) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HR1886/
- 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/
- HB 1579: Savannah, City of; change corporate limits (introduced, 2026-03-20) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HB1579/
- HB 1560: Springfield, City of; Redevelopment Powers Law; provide for a referendum (became law, 2026-05-11) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HB1560/
- HR 1721: Baldino, Corporal Daniel; Corporal Dylan Warren; commend (passed one chamber, 2026-03-16) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HR1721/
- HB 1534: Chatham County; State Court; provide additional judge (became law, 2026-05-12) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HB1534/
- HR 1591: The Claxton Enterprise; commend (passed one chamber, 2026-03-04) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HR1591/
- HR 1581: Sidney R. Miles Memorial Highway; Tattnall County; dedicate (introduced, 2026-03-06) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HR1581/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $26.0K (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/823?session=1031
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bill.hitchens.77
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bill-hitchens-bb369957/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/4a9ef816-9130-4510-a19e-3124e3f2aeed