# Carl Gilliard

Carl Gilliard is a Democratic member of the Georgia House for district 162.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Georgia House, district 162
- Serving since: 2016-05-05
- Current term: GA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/562e162f-2a60-441c-956b-11db12eef266

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/562e162f-2a60-441c-956b-11db12eef266 (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

Gilliard sits at −0.19 on the CSIP scale, more conservative than 96% of State House Democrats.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.19 (standard error 0.01), from 31 donors and 849 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 96% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (GA 2025–26 session)

1,391 roll calls. Attendance 75% (Georgia House 93.5%). Party unity 93.9% (97.2%). 15 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-06-23 · voted nay · 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 nay · PASSAGE · SB 3 Election Equipment Specifications and Standards Committee; establish · pass · https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2026_ss/SB3/
- 2026-06-23 · voted nay · 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 nay · 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 nay · 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 nay · 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 nay · 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 not voting · 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 not voting · 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 100 bills: 66 reached committee, 63 passed one chamber, 14 passed both, 13 became law. Cosponsored 0. 63.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Georgia House 65.7%; rank 114 of 177).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HR 2093: Hutchings, Jacob "Jake"; commend (passed one chamber, 2026-04-02) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HR2093/
- HR 2086: Clifton Baptist Church, commend (passed one chamber, 2026-04-02) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HR2086/
- HR 2099: Hall, Reverend Gilbert; commend (passed one chamber, 2026-04-02) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HR2099/
- HR 1982: Gayle, Mrs. Theresa; commend (passed one chamber, 2026-03-27) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HR1982/
- HR 1976: Brannen, Lyndy; commend (passed one chamber, 2026-03-27) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HR1976/
- HR 1950: President Barack Obama; opening of the Obama Presidential Center; recognize (introduced, 2026-04-02) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HR1950/
- HR 1961: Race Amity Day; June 14, 2026; recognize (passed one chamber, 2026-03-27) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HR1961/
- HR 1939: Mitchell; Teresa LaBarham; commend (passed one chamber, 2026-03-25) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HR1939/
- 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 1850: Arbery, Marcus, Sr.; author of Where's Daddy: The Ahmaud Arbery Story; commend (passed one chamber, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HR1850/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $30.8K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 100% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://www.legis.ga.gov/members/house/4881?session=1033
- Campaign site: https://www.gilliardforgeorgia.org/
- X: https://x.com/GilliardforGA
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/carl.gilliard1
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/carl.gilliard/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/562e162f-2a60-441c-956b-11db12eef266