# Steve Tarvin

Steve Tarvin is a Republican member of the Georgia House for district 2.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Georgia House, district 2
- Serving since: 2014-02-11
- Current term: GA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/80f4bbdf-02f3-4233-8456-e550e7e745af

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/80f4bbdf-02f3-4233-8456-e550e7e745af (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

Tarvin sits at +0.86 on the CSIP scale, more conservative than 97% of State House Republicans.

## What Tarvin says (GA 2025–26 session)

81 classified statements: 81 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State House Republicans average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Tarvin | State House Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.9% | 642 of 791 |
| Policy criticism | 0.0% | 9.3% | 735 of 791 |
| Policy discussion | 1.2% | 31.9% | 763 of 791 |
| Bipartisanship | 0.0% | 1.8% | 677 of 791 |
| Credit claiming | 0.0% | 12.7% | 764 of 791 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.4% | 618 of 791 |

Most discussed policy areas: Government Operations and Politics 100% (State House Republicans 18%); Agriculture and Food 0% (State House Republicans 4.4%); Armed Forces and National Security 0% (State House Republicans 4.9%); Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues 0% (State House Republicans 6.2%); Commerce 0% (State House Republicans 3.9%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.86 (standard error 0.03), from 36 donors and 983 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 97% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (GA 2025–26 session)

1,391 roll calls. Attendance 98.5% (Georgia House 93.5%). Party unity 99.1% (97.2%). 39 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 63 bills: 51 reached committee, 41 passed one chamber, 17 passed both, 16 became law. Cosponsored 0. 65.1% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Georgia House 65.7%; rank 105 of 177).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 36: Catoosa County; ad valorem tax; provide homestead exemption (passed one chamber, 2026-06-22) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2026_ss/HB36/
- HB 39: Ringgold, City of; ad valorem tax; provide homestead exemption (passed one chamber, 2026-06-22) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2026_ss/HB39/
- HB 8: Walker County; ad valorem tax; provide homestead exemption (passed one chamber, 2026-06-22) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2026_ss/HB8/
- HB 40: Fort Oglethorpe, City of; ad valorem tax; provide homestead exemption (passed one chamber, 2026-06-22) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2026_ss/HB40/
- HR 2058: Heritage High School girls basketball team; congratulate (passed one chamber, 2026-03-31) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HR2058/
- HR 1988: Chronic federal deficit spending as a root cause of inflation and long-term economic instability; recognize (passed one chamber, 2026-03-27) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HR1988/
- HR 1883: Poole, Halen Christopher; commend (passed one chamber, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HR1883/
- HR 1765: Poole, Haden Christopher; commend (passed one chamber, 2026-03-18) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HR1765/
- HB 1532: Dalton Independent School System; remove the increased millage rate limitation (passed one chamber, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HB1532/
- HB 1533: Dalton Independent School System; remove the increased millage rate limitation (passed one chamber, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HB1533/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $64.0K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 100% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Recent statements

Newest first. Posts on X are listed by date and link only.

- 2026-10-24 · Post on X · https://x.com/SteveTarvin/status/2113946660447441284
- 2026-10-20 · Post on X · https://x.com/SteveTarvin/status/2112480604109373697
- 2026-10-20 · Post on X · https://x.com/SteveTarvin/status/2112487115149758498
- 2026-10-20 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/SteveTarvin/status/2112620425570033756
- 2026-10-12 · Post on X · https://x.com/SteveTarvin/status/2109690337262190639
- 2026-10-11 · Post on X · https://x.com/SteveTarvin/status/2109252144746619171
- 2026-10-10 · Post on X · https://x.com/SteveTarvin/status/2108899790574563730
- 2026-10-10 · Post on X · https://x.com/SteveTarvin/status/2108900962534654436
- 2026-10-09 · Post on X · https://x.com/SteveTarvin/status/2108681113501602198
- 2026-10-01 · Post on X · https://x.com/SteveTarvin/status/2105704296440639995

## Links

- Official site: https://www.legis.ga.gov/members/house/849?session=1031
- X: https://x.com/SteveTarvin
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/votetarvin
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stevetarvin/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/steve-tarvin-b36a7429/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/80f4bbdf-02f3-4233-8456-e550e7e745af