# Butch Parrish

Butch Parrish is a Republican member of the Georgia House for district 158.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Georgia House, district 158
- Serving since: 2013-01-14
- Current term: GA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/842218b5-88ae-4ba8-8395-756bf3340e16

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/842218b5-88ae-4ba8-8395-756bf3340e16 (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

94% of the 32 bills Parrish sponsored got out of committee, the highest of 177 in the Georgia House.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.39 (standard error 0.03), from 79 donors and 999 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 57% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (GA 2025–26 session)

1,391 roll calls. Attendance 99.5% (Georgia House 93.5%). Party unity 99.7% (97.2%). 3 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 32 bills: 30 reached committee, 30 passed one chamber, 6 passed both, 5 became law. Cosponsored 0. 93.8% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Georgia House 65.7%; rank 1 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/
- HR 2016: Middle Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office and the Emanuel County Sheriff's Office; commend (passed one chamber, 2026-03-31) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HR2016/
- HR 1979: Hyland, Donna W.; retirement from Children's Healthcare of Atlanta; commend (passed one chamber, 2026-03-27) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HR1979/
- HR 1800: Jones, Speaker Pro Tempore Jan; extraordinary service to the State of Georgia; occasion of her retirement; recognize (passed one chamber, 2026-03-19) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HR1800/
- HR 1745: Georgia School of Orthodontics; 10th anniversary; commend (passed one chamber, 2026-03-16) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HR1745/
- HR 1526: Representative Bubber Epps Interchange; Twiggs County; dedicate (introduced, 2026-03-06) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HR1526/
- HR 1477: Sports, Joseph A. "Joe"; honoring the life and memory; condolences (passed one chamber, 2026-02-25) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HR1477/
- HR 1488: Leopold's Ice Cream; commend (passed one chamber, 2026-02-25) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HR1488/
- HB 1393: Hospitals; allow rural hospitals to join together to allow further purchasing power with third-party payors but retain their independence (passed both chambers, 2026-03-31) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HB1393/
- HB 1357: Bulloch County Public Facilities Authority; revenue bonding authority; revise provisions (became law, 2026-05-11) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HB1357/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $180.1K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 88% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: http://www.house.ga.gov/Representatives/en-US/member.aspx?Member=183&Session=27
- X: https://x.com/butchparrish1
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/butch.parrish.7

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/842218b5-88ae-4ba8-8395-756bf3340e16